Little Tokyo Adventure #2: Korean BBQ + Bowling
Located in an outdate mall is the only Korean BBQ in Little Tokyo. Manna is a All You Can Eat Korean BBQ where you can stuff your face with as much Beef, Chicken, Pork, and Side Dishes as you want.
Now the Play by Play for the KBBQ newbies: The table is et up with green salad, Banchan (Side Dishes), and two types of sauces. The Banchan is types of Kimchi, Fish Cakes, Potato Salad, etc. The Oil and Salt sauce is usually used for Pork and dark sauce is used fro everything else; Look at the menu and select 3 meats to start with; When the meat comes oil the grill with the big cube of fat they give you; Anytime you would like more banchan or meat push the button on your table ( I swear its not rude, its efficient); Must order Hite (Korean Budlight) and Soju (Korean Rice Wine) for Soju Bombs; Manna actually has an all you can eat salad bar also but newbies don’t fill up on carbs stick to the meat. Order what you can eat they will charge you for uneaten meat; no leftovers allowed.
Favorites: I’m not a pork person FYI. Beef Brisket, Season Beef, Marinated Slice Beef, Spicy BBQ Chicken, Steam Egg, and Glass Noodles.
Logistics: Located at the Little Tokyo Shopping Center; Parking is free with validation; no reservations; get there early on Friday/ Saturday for a table, can get crowded; you will smell bring a jacket or an extra set of clothes if you going out somewhere else; you will have food coma
After dinner if you don't have food coma try your hand in bowling next door at Xlanes. Prices are a little pricier than your average bowling alley but it's way nicer. Xlanes also has billards, arcade, karoke, restaurant, and bar. Food and Drinks are pricy also...