Why are so many Japanese restaurants closed on Mondays?
I don't know why, but I completely forgot about that little bit of trivia when I offered JT to drive to Il Chianti on a not so manic Monday - only to find it closed.
Not being familiar with the Lomita area, I was at a loss of where to go for dinner. Thankfully, JT had a PLAN B for our dinner outing - Soho Thai Fusion just down the way.
We pulled into their parking lot in the back, and entered the restaurant to find a large, vaulted ceiling and a pretty modern yet empty space.
After being seated right away by the friendly waitstaff, we quickly ordered our dinner. The menu was pretty extensive - highlighting foods that were "Issan-Classics" and as far reaching as Little Bangkok, Little Hong Kong, Little Saigon, Little Tokyo, and Little Italy - there's so much to choose from.
We started with the Shrimp Pad Thai [$8, not pictured here, but there's a great photo of this dish on the restaurant's website]. It was absolutely delicious - not too sweet, not too heavy, and with lots of shrimp to be had between the two of us. That was the best part - having about three or four jumbo shrimps EACH!
After getting some advice from our welcoming and attentive server, we ordered some of the sweet Thai Chicken Curry with potatoes and carrots. The actual name of this dish was Karee Curry [$8] made with sweet a sweet coconut curry. Nothing like the spicy curries I would have expected, but was more like mild, homecooked comfort foods on a cold night out.
Next up, we dug into the Pleasing Garlic from the Wok with beef [$8] and were pleasantly surprised in the good flavor of this dish. Atop a bed of iceberg lettuce, there were snow peas, carrots, and water chestnuts with the marinated meats - all of which made for some good leftovers the next day for lunch with some white jasmine rice.
Always a good time with my girlfriend JT and her impeccable taste for good eats!
Soho Thai Fusion Restaurant
street: 2104 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite #3 | Lomita, CA 90717
tel: 310.530.7646
hrs: su-th / 11.30a-10p, f-sa / 11.30-10.30p
web: www.sohothai.com
free parking lot behind restaurant
4 comments:
Hmmm...i've been here about 3 times...its ok but didn't strike me as particularly authentic..perhaps it was the modern setting....another thing that annoyed me was their drinks were so small and they were slow to refill...not good with spicy-ish food.
Also don't generally dig when restaurants fuse too many different cuisines....
I'll have to check this place out. The garlic beef w/ vegetables dish looks amazing. Oh and most of the Japanese places by me (OC) are oddly closed on Sundays. It's really annoying when you're craving sushi but all the decent places are closed!
Hey Eric! The menu was a bit overwhelming for me, and I stuck with some things I would always order at a Thai restaurant. ;) B/c it was a Monday night, I had non-alcoholic beverages... hehe!!
Hey Kat! I hear you on Sunday Sushi cravings... Mmm... went to Sasabune last night and had a sushi feast! YUM!
why are japanese restaurants usually closed on mondays??
simply beacause the fishermen dun work on sundays and there's not enought fresh fish to go around on mondays. everybody knows fres fish is essential in japanese restaurants.
anthony bourdain also said, "never order fish on mondays."
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