Sakana Seafood Restaurant – Arcadia

 

We always eat here for lunch since the combinations are decently priced.  My boyfriend ordered the Chicken Teriyaki Combo ($8.95) while I got the Fried Chicken & Sashimi Combo ($10.95).

I’m in no way an expert on miso soup, but I think it tasted a bit watered down (which actually works out for me since I don’t like things too salty).  The seaweed was really good though.  As for the sashimi, the tuna tasted kinda fishy but the other pieces tasted fresh.  Definitely not the best I’ve had; just average.

The chicken teriyaki is probably the only reason we like to come here.  The chicken is always moist and the sauce tastes so good.  The salad, on the other hand, had too much vinegar for my liking.

FYI, there was more chicken but I ate some before I remembered to take a picture.  ^_^;;  This was our first time ordering the fried chicken since we wanted to try something new.  It was actually really good (but I don’t think it’s too hard to go wrong with fried chicken).  The chicken was pretty moist and it wasn’t overly fried.

The staff is always attentive (but we usually go early when there aren’t too many people yet).  The place itself has cute decor and the atmosphere is pretty quiet.  Overall, Sakana is the place we go when we’re craving some chicken teriyaki for lunch.

Sakana Seafood Restaurant
713 W Duarte Road, Suite H
Arcadia, CA 91007
626.821.9800

 

Vanille de Patisserie – San Marino

 

My boyfriend took me here for dessert since it was a few days before my birthday.  I really love cute cafés and bakeries like this (and he doesn’t really), so it was nice to go to one.  Since I have a huge sweet tooth and chocolate obsession, we got two chocolatey cakes.  I preferred the square cake more since it had a bunch of chocolate shavings and had a sweeter taste (plus the sugar coated strawberry never hurt!).  Although the cake slice was good, the chocolate was more bitter.

I think each cake was about $4.50-$5.00, which is pretty pricey considering how tiny those cakes are!  I was a bit confused about one thing though … we ordered to eat in, and it took them like 10 minutes to get our cakes out to us.  I guess it takes time to put them on the plate?  :P

This is a type of place I’d probably go out with my girlfriends to drink coffee and chit chat while snacking on sugary goodness.  But then again, I could probably do that at a Starbucks.

Vanille de Patisserie
2998 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
626.286.3600
http://www.vanillecakes.com/