Japanese Mix and Match

If you have trouble making up your mind about what you’re going to eat, head for Aoba, a Japanese restaurant in Glendale. There you can put together a combination lunch that allows you to choose not one, but two main dishes from a list of 10. You could, for example, combine salmon teriyaki with California roll (six pieces, packed to go with wasabi and pickled ginger). Other choices are beef or chicken teriyaki, mixed tempura, vegetable tempura, sesame chicken, tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet), gyoza (dumplings) and sashimi. Takeout combinations include a large mixed salad and steamed rice. If you eat in the restaurant, you also get miso soup.

*

Combination lunch, $7.50 at Aoba Japanese restaurant, 239 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. (818) 247-9789.