Gotta Get You out to Asia!

During this trip to LA, I became good friends with Archie Kao, a Chinese American actor well known for his role as “Archie Johnson” on C.S.I.  Since I’m heading off to Singapore myself soon, I figured it was a good time to catch up and see if he’d be interested in paying a visit.

Archie was doing an audition in Hollywood so I decided we go to this great Korean Bar-B-Q restaurant called Chung Kiwa Restaurant on Olympic Blvd for lunch.  My old college buddy and Korean American actor Will Yun Lee actually introduced me to this tasty venue years ago.  Here’s a old pic of Will and me kickin it outside the parking lot of a Costco…

I’ve recently discovered that LA traffic isn’t so bad when you’re rolling on only “two wheels” so I rode out on the Honda VFR Interceptor…

Archie and I ate and talked about the entertainment industry here in LA and out in Asia.  There are a lot of similarities, but there are definitely a lot more differences too.  He just listened and played with his phone as I rambled on with my mouth full of Bulgogi…

When I was all set to take a picture of the food we ate similar to what all those food bloggers do, I realized I was a little too late–all the grub was already stuffed into our stomachs…

Oh well…I’ll work on getting the food to your eyes before my mouth next time! 

And it looks like I’ve “sold” the idea to Archie on making a trip to Singapore so I’ll let you know when he finally does get his butt out there!