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    CLARK STREET BAKERY – AN LA FAVORITE BAKERY

    Following the Lodge Bread Company entry from the other day, another bakery I often use is Clark Street Bakery. There are shops in Echo Park, Grand Central Market, Brentwood, as well as a coffee shop near Echo Park. I’ve been to all three shops,…

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    THANKSGIVING DINNER 2019 SUSHISHO MASA

    I typically go back to Japan every mid-November, so I’m spending Thanksgiving in Japan. As a result, I don’t eat turkey according to American customs, but at Thanksgiving in 2019, I visited Sushisho Masa in Nishi-Azabu to make it a more memorable…

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    BIRTHDAY DINNER AT AUBERGINE

    We had dinner at Aubergine, the restaurant at L’Auberge Carmel in Carmel, about 10 minutes drive from Hyatt Highlands. Aubergine is the restaurant of the hotel L’Auberge Carmel, a member of Relais & Châteaux. When I went to Reims, France, in 2017, the dinner and breakfast I…