was staying at the kawada hotel at the corner for 3 weeks during my business trip last year... that 日菜 bento shop saved my life for many nights... the DTLA area is like a zombie city at night with nowhere to eat when eggslut closes at 5...omg....
Everything in CA is expensive. We were there last November to visit in laws, it is great for traveling but to expensive to live there. Btw, 為什麼你朋友他會說中文?