Zip Fusion

Sometime in the future, not necessarily for Kim's birthday but maybe just for fun we should go to this place: Zip Fusion

It's in west la in a kind of asiany area on Sawtelle. Ryan and I went there last night. The food was pretty decent, and although not cheap, the portions were pretty good. The salmon steak dinner was $15 but it came with two giant filets of salmon, as compared with a small steak from most other restaurants. Ryan ordered a deep fried Cali roll and it was delicious, and I got "Zip Deep Fried Tofu" which comes out with this great crusty batter and tastes awesome. It's "fusion" cuisine, which seems to mean a fusion of Japanese and Korean food, so they have kalbi and teriyaki and kim-chi tofu. They also serve a variety of Korean soju cocktails.

A lot of the items I would like to try in the future are from the appetizer menu: Dressed Red (fresh whole tomato stuffed with spicy tuna / oven baked served w. green herb sauce), Jalapeño Tuna Tempura (Tuna filled Jumbo Jalapeño served deep fried), Crazy Bulgogi/Pork Tofu (Cold Tofu served with marinated thin sliced Beef or spicy pork), Asparagus Bacon (Fresh Asparagus wrapped with bacon & served deep fried)

They are currently celebrating the grand opening of the Sawtelle location, so the website has a code for a 30% discount with reservations. They also have 5-7pm m-5 Happy Hour with 50% off appetizers and $2.95 drinks.

Lastly, they also have a karaoke bar attached, with little rooms like 501 or a little event room for parties. Might be fun for a night out when Torrance folks are home for holidays or whatnot.