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Gyoza Eating Contest: Hide your pot stickers and little children, Chestnut’s hungry!

If you don’t know this man, first you should watch the video below.  You might not want to eat hot dogs for a while though.

In the video, he had set the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog eating record at 66 dogs in 12 minutes, but this past July 4th, he broke his own record which is [...]

Nisei Week: Easy, Breezy, Japanesey

Please stop banging those Taiko drums…
When you’re nursing a Sunday morning “headache”, it’s definitely not the most welcome sound outside your window.  This, however, only reminded me that Little Tokyo’s annual Japanese-American celebration, Nisei Week, has snuck up on me.
For those that missed it over the weekend, there was a two-hour parade through Little Tokyo [...]