Lakeside Inn & Casino, South Lake Tahoe

Lamb Kabob with pita and couscous. It was surprisingly tender and juicy.

Pot roast was also good.

BLT with potato salad.

Soup and sandwich came with chicken panini with sauteed sweet onion and Cheese burger soup.

168 Highway 50 At Kingsbury Grade
Stateline, NV 89449

(775) 588-7777

www.lakesideinn.com

Angel's Restaurant, Mammoth Lakes 2

The second time visiting the Angel's, we had to wait at least 40 minutes to get our table. I guess because it was a labor day weekend.

My favorite sauce is the regular one in the middle.

They didn't offer me any biscuits at lunch time. They were delicious. Flaky and hot. The butter was also whipped with honey in it.

We had the french onion soup again. It was so so this time around.

This was the highlight of the whole meal. The special Barnyard combo for $15.99. 1/4 chicken, beef and pork ribs and fried Mac n cheese. 4 of us ordered 2 and we had a box full of leftover.

Gus's Fresh Jerky, Olancha

I finally get to have this. People have been telling me about this fresh jerky place.

I got the orignal, teriyaki turkey, pepperoni, and spicy. Don't get pepperoni. I think it was made from all the leftover trimmings and fat. It was very oily. Other ones were very good with natural flavors.

There is a chicken coop in the back where you can feed them. They didn't look that healthy. They were molting or something. All I can say is, I am glad they didn't sell any chicken jerky.

580 S Highway 395
Olancha, CA 93549

(760) 764-2822

Country Kitchen, Big Pine

We stopped by this small local restaurant in Big Pine on the way to Lake Tahoe.

Pastrami, Rueben, and French dip were all made well but slightly small in size.

Their beer battered onion rings were just awesome. Crunchy and light.

181 S Main St
Big Pine, CA 93513

(760) 938-9917

Eat at Rudy's, Torrance

Just like Eat at Joe's in Redondo Beach, the food was farm fresh without a wait for the picnic table you need to share with strangers at Joe's.

One of my favorite breakfast menu is country breakfast with flavorful and crunchy country potatoes, sausage patties, homemade biscuits & gravy, and over easy eggs. I thought Pann's restaurant's biscuits and gravy was better with hearty sausage flavor in the gravy and flakier biscuits. Rudy's hot salsa condiment was a great compliment to my potatoes.

This is called, John Wayne's breakfast. I am not sure why but it was interesting mixture of traditional American with Mexican sauce on the top. It tasted kinda like chile verde. It was good but I would order more traditional breakfast like french toast and bacon next time.

1340 Post Ave
Torrance, CA 90501

(310) 533-0752

Sakura-ya Mochigashi, Gardena

I like fresh Mochigashi (Confectionery Rice Cake). I had a lot of freshly made Mochigashi from Fugetsu-do and other popular places. I think this place is by far the best for their silky smooth mochi and perfectly sweet fillings. It taste naturally sweet without tons of sugar in them like other places.

16134 S Western Ave
Gardena, CA 90247

(310) 323-7117

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Schat's Bakery, Mammoth Lakes & Bishop

Erick Schat's Bakery in Bishop

This place is an original Schat's and it shows by how crowded it was compare to the one in Mammoth Lakes.

763 N Main St
Bishop, CA 93514

(760) 873-7156

Shea Schat's Bakery in Mammoth Lakes

I am not really into bread but I heard so much about Schat's Bakery that I went overboard and bought $70 worth of bread and pastry. It was fresh and yummy but it's hard for me to judge if this is that fantastic.

3305 Main St
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546

(760) 934-6055