Midtown Lunch

Thanksgiving is just days away, so food blog readers should probably prepare themselves for a bunch of “Here are my favorite turkey sandwiches in L.A.” posts. (Lord knows I’ve been guilty of this in the past.)   But that’s just food blog filler.  After all, who wants to eat turkey before eating turkey?  Oh… you do?  Well, not me.  I try to limit my turkey intake to once a year, followed by a day or two of leftovers. Of course everyone has a different way of preparing for Thanksgiving.  Since we’re in Los Angeles, I’m guessing starvation is a go-to strategy for many.  Then again, for those people not eating is probably a default setting so the lead up to Thanksgiving is really just an excuse to make their eating disorder acceptable.

But don’t those people know that eating less is probably the worst thing you can do the prepare yourself for the carnage of a properly eaten Thanksgiving meal!  Stomach shrinkage?  No thanks.  We need stomach expansion.  That’s why I like to all-you-can-eat-buffet it up in the week leading up to turkey day.  And what do you know?  A new one has just opened up in West L.A.!

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I’ve been waiting 7 months (!!!) for the branch of Hokkaido Seafood Buffet to open in the Westside Pavillion, so to say I was super excited when this showed up in the mail a few days ago would be a pretty big understatement. Mind you, this wasn’t some press notice or blogger preview or even a postcard addressed directly to me.  This was a “Current Resident”, bulk mail piece of 4″ x 6″ magic that left me wondering “How did they know!?”

A call to the location revealed that they will finally be opening tomorrow (Saturday, 11/12).  I know where I’m having lunch on Monday!