Be prepared for a wild ride at Tokyo’s Vampire Cafe. Enter Dracula’s Castle where you can dine on spooky specialties such as Black Death Pasta and a Flaming Chicken! Your waiter is a vampire so make ...
These are “shokuhin sampuru” — the highly realistic food replicas commonly displayed in front of restaurants in Japan, intended to lure customers inside. A familiar sight in Japan ...
I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this week’s Tasting Notes. If you were a feudal lord visiting the Izumo Taisha shrine in 18th century Japan, chances are good that ...