Restaurant: Grandma Kim’s Family Diner
Location: 8384 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Canoga Park, CA 91304. (818) 346-1590
Date: March 23, 2024
Cuisine: Northern Korean
Rating: Solid
Finding yet another place in the western SFV.
Very casual Canoga Park Korean.
The huge menu.
Casual interior was crowded.
Banchan.
Potato soup.
Rice.
Beef Bulgolgi.
Fishcake soon tofu. Pretty good.
Not a bad family-style place.
Restaurant: Okumura Restaurant
Location: 17302 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91316. (818) 986-9712
Date: October 3, 2022
Cuisine: Japanese Sushi
Rating: Fine
Here I was just trying to find a reasonably priced but solid Sushi spot during one of my valley dinner “waits” (while my son was in robotics).
Nice enough interior.
Salad.
Albacore with crispy onions and ponzu.
Halibut and sweetened soy.
Hamachi Jalepeno.
Salmon and Hamachi sashimi.
Scallop and Mackerel Sashimi.
Toro, uni, and eel sushi.
Okumura was solid. They didn’t have much in the way of exotics on the menu, but what I had was good. It’s a dependable neighborhood sushi joint.