80172 Mon Mar 27 01:26:30 -0800 2006 12 2 Los Angeles Area 0 443351 Anywhere we can get traditional japanese style breakfast--the best I had was in Japan once on a layover flight with JAL and they put us up in a hotel and the hotel had awesome breakfast buffet with all the traditional dishes like rice, soup, tempura and other assorted light menu items.... not looking for anything to top that :) any suggestions would be much appreciated :) thanks! Mon Mar 27 01:26:30 -0800 2006 0 Cowee 1 443364 Hotel Nikko in Beverly Hills, and the New Otani Hotel in J-Town. Mon Mar 27 03:11:39 -0800 2006 443351 0 JL 2 443496 Added, the New Otani Hotel is a serene and quiet place for breakfast, or any meal - sit next to the glass panes, looking out at the Japanese garden on its rooftop, with a small pond, etc. Mon Mar 27 16:52:20 -0800 2006 443364 0 chica 3 443497 I forgot to mention; I know what you mean by how good Japanese breakfasts are. I wish they had such variety and authentic options in LA, too, with items such as fried fish, young (barely cooked) tofu, poached egg, pickles, noodles, miso, and so much more! When I had such a breakfast, I felt like writing a book called "Why Japanese Women Don't Get Fat." Mon Mar 27 16:55:26 -0800 2006 443496 0 chica 4 443506 There actually is a book called "Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat...Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen" by Naomi Moriyama. It is about the Japanese diet and also has recipes. I wasn't impressed with the recipes, but the reading was a little entertaining. Mon Mar 27 17:06:40 -0800 2006 443497 0 BombayUpWithaTwist 5 2456075 I was four when first visiting Japan with my family for a summer break. The first breakfast I recall was a simple green salad tossed with some miso concoction, ochazuke (rice with tea or hot water), a strange pinkish plastic looking sausage made of fish (kamaboko) and a smelly piece of mackerel - the cooked white eyes were staring down this meek four-year old! The only thing that appealed to me was the coffee milk that was delivered every day by the local milkman - on a big delivery tricycle. Little did I know that this was how most of Japan ate in the morning but now would enjoy and appreciate it all... Thu Apr 05 22:54:00 -0700 2007 443506 64003 bulavinaka 1 443476 The Japanese restaurant in the corner of the shopping center with the Marukai on Redondo Beach Blvd. in Gardena serves Japanese breakfast from 7-11 AM. Although I've never tried it, dinner and lunch at this restaurant have been pretty good, and the breakfast is reasonably priced, ranging from 6 to 8 dollars or so. Mon Mar 27 16:13:48 -0800 2006 443351 0 Nate 2 443478 Restaurant name: Fukagawa 1630 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., Gardena, CA 90247 Mon Mar 27 16:20:57 -0800 2006 443476 0 Nate 3 2456051 just tried it this morning. really good! they have four different sets, A-D. I had D which is the works: rice, oshinko, nori, natto w/ raw quail egg, miso soup, mackerel (or you can get salmon), and choice of egg (over-easy, sunny-side up, or japanese-style omelette). Very tasty. Miso soup was a tad salty. The mackerel was perfect... everything else was excellent as well. $9.25 for the D set. Can't wait to go again. Thu Apr 05 22:37:30 -0700 2007 443478 24287 ladius 3 4824775 I did Fukagawa for breakfast and really enjoyed how the breakfast was layed out in small portions. The drive however for me from the SFV was quite far... is there someplace around the SFV environs somplace similar? Thu Jul 02 10:55:27 -0700 2009 443478 97644 ReelMike84 4 4825500 Daichan opens at 11:30A. All though it doesn't say "Japanese breakfast" on their menu, I'm sure they could come up with choices you like. Natto IS on the menu! The stuffed lotus root and stuffed pumpkin is great! 11288 Ventura Blvd # F Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 980-8450 Thu Jul 02 14:52:29 -0700 2009 4824775 11934 Kitchen Queen 5 4825541 Natto is strangely terribly and addicting to me at the same time. To me it tastes like coffee grounds, though for some reason I couldn't stop eating it. Thu Jul 02 15:08:24 -0700 2009 4825500 97644 ReelMike84 6 4827579 Natto is VERY typical in traditional Japanese. I don't think modern, new age Japanese eat it. Just think of the homogenous old lifestyle of the country/island without large variety of resources - before cars, trains, planes. A very nutritious alt. to meat. When I lived there, it took me a few tries. I used to dress it up w/avocado, a not so popular import. If you try it at Daichan they'll prep it w/avocado. The more fermented and sticky the beans the more flavorful! A bowl of "gohan" (rice), fried egg (Traditional is raw), natto, avocado and pickled diacon radish!! YUM! Fri Jul 03 11:36:46 -0700 2009 4825541 11934 Kitchen Queen