I hope my gf is not mad but she would concur that the food we ate on Saturday, December 6th at a Japanese restaurant in THE INLAND EMPIRE, sucked poo. I have lived in Upland and Claremont for about three years and have an excellent sampling of the Inland Empire's cuisine and can judge that it's big brother or sister AKA L.A. still has better food than it's little brother or sister could dream about.
Yes, yes, yes. The area known as the Inland Empire (Empire) encompasses all the malcontent communities of Pomona, West Covina, Chino Hills and other sad places. It's particularly nice in the Winter when the temperatures don't soar about 79 degrees but foraging for good restaurants is a dismal experience that all should avoid.
The Empire has a huge consolidation of Americana diners and restaurants. You would think that all people do is drive dozen of miles from one Denny's to Chevy's. It's not true, you do find Thai and Chinese food but it's Americanized and not very good. I'm not a foodie by any sort and am still amazed by the lack of decent food in the Empire even after my departure of ten years ago! You'd think in ten years that they would have improved but they haven't. So, the Inland Empire sucks for food choices. Whatca expect from a massive sprawling urban mess of pre-fab houses and desert tundra?
And please don't think I denigrate one to boast the wills of the other. No way. I think that L.A. is not the best city either. The people here are freakin weird and hostile. Sorry, Uncle Ed, your self-enclosed world of Santa Monican urban professionals is too secular and small for the real cross-sampling of L.A. zombie blah people! For example, in Trader Joe's, an employee who serves free samples of coffee and snacks told me that Westsider's give attitude if Trader Joe's sells food with nitrates and hostile if the free coffee is not brewed yet! Believe it!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment