Little Tokyo and Wako
Tifa invited me, Char, Audrey and two other college friends with her to Little Tokyo for a food trip with her Japanese food class last Friday. it was my first time there. the location was rather inconvenient to get to and parking was lousy but the food was great. the okonomiyaki was only about maybe 12 or 14 inches in diameter but surprisingly filling.
after dinner, we headed off to Wako for some videoke. seriously, that place was amazing. their song selection was kind of strange (one song from Meat Loaf but six from Slipknot? no Wallflowers but Slayer and Pantera are there? wtf?) but the important thing was this:
they had a hell of a lot of anime music.
I could overlook the absence of songs like Princes of the Universe, Heroes and Thunderstruck because their playlist had dozens of JAM Project songs and the opening themes of some of my favorite series, like GaoGaiGar, G Gundam and Shaider.
we stayed for three and a half hours and didn't even feel it. three and a half hours was not nearly enough.
when I told Nicole about it last night, she was envious so she suggested we go today. unfortunately, Tifa, Char and Audrey couldn't make it so it was just the two of us and her mom. we were there for only two hours. Nicole did most of the singing but again, there just wasn't enough time. she didn't even get a chance to start on the anime themes.
the Chill Group needs to go back there eventually. possibly even make a whole day out of it. :p