Last comment (for now) from Mrs. DELee (mom of 3) - One highlight about Torrance and the South Bay is the concentration of Japanese noodle shops as well as Italian restaurants. Also a few options for dumplings, Vietnamese pho and Chinese noodles of all kinds as well.

Our kids very much enjoyed in those days were the opportunities to consume quantities of ramen, udon and multitudes of pasta either with fork, chopsticks or (primarily in an early time) with their hands.

FWIW if your 5 year old is big into noodles/pasta.

David