Ayara Thai (LAX): Surprisingly Yummy!

Went to Ayara Thai for lunch with my husband today.  This place was recommended by a friend.  I wasn't sure about it before I went. :-) It was located about 2 or 3 mins away from LAX on a tiny little street.  From the outside it looked very ordinary but looked way nicer and bigger inside than I expected.  Quite a busy place for lunch.

We ordered Shrimp Paste Fried Rice (extra spicy), Spicy Bamboo with Pork (extra spicy),

Thai Ice Coffee for me and Thai Ice Tea for him.  My Thai Ice Coffee was perfect, not too sweet, but the Thai Ice Tea was slight too sweet.  Both Shrimp Paste Fried Rice and Spicy Bamboo with Pork were yum yum, very very authentic Thai.  I would say Ayara Thai is one of the best Thai restaurants in South Bay area.  
                            

El Rocoto Peruvian Restaurant in Gardena

Went to a Peruvian restaurant, El Rocoto, in Gardena for dinner last month, interesting place.  This was my first time been to a Peruvian restaurant.  Half of their menu are Chinese dishes, does Peru have a huge population of Chinese? Very curious.  The restaurant looked much nicer and bigger inside.  It was a Monday night, so not very busy.  

After sitting down, we first ordered the Peruvian punch, the waitress called it Peruvian version of Spanish sangria, which I love.  It tasted somehow like Chinese sweet rice wine. sweeter than Spanish sangria, might be slightly too sweet for my taste.

The green sauce on the right was the sauce for everything!. Yum Yum!  Then we ordered Peruvian fried calamari, which actually was from the seafood menu, as an appetizer.

Very tasty, we dipped them into the green sauce instead of the tartar sauce that came with it.  For main course, we ordered Bistek a lo Pobre, a very thin beef steak topped with a fried egg, and Milanesa de Carne, a special breaded beef..

Both of us liked the thin beef steak better.  The dishes were very big portion, neither of us could finish our main course after finishing the big appetizer, so we ended up having leftover for lunch and dinner the next night.  While we were having our dinner, we noticed that one of the other tables ordered a huge, I meant real huge, dish of breaded seafood combo, it looked very delicious and made me want to order it right there.  hahaha. 

Overall their foods were very decent with very reasonable prices and portions and their staffs were very friendly.  We'll definitely go back again in the future.