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10 Best Eats in Monterey Park: Neighborhood Grub Crawl

The first U.S. city with an Asian population majority, Monterey Park has been referred to as "the Chinese Beverly Hills" and "the first suburban Chinatown." When it comes to doing a food crawl, it will obviously skew heavily to Chinese cuisine. Indeed, a top 10 could consist solely of Chinese resta ... More >>

1: Spago's Veal Filet Mignon Tartare

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 1: Spago's Veal Filet Mignon Tartare. When it arrives at your table, Wolfgang Puck's iteration of veal tartare may look more like a Sally Mann photo ... More >>

2: Philly Cheesesteak at The Bazaar

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 2. Philly Cheesesteak at The Bazaar. Aside from "spatchcock," it's possible there's no better word in the culinary lexicon than "espuma." At least i ... More >>

3: Roasted Kabocha Squash at Lucques

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 3. Roasted Kabocha Squash at Lucques. The fall salad is a fairly ubiquitous menu item, and one of those things that's a safe bet almost anywhere you ... More >>

4: Butterscotch Budino at Mozza

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 4: Butterscotch Budino at Mozza. There are many, many reasons to spend time at the glorious food complex that is Mozza on the corner of Melrose and ... More >>

5: Crispy Pig Head at Animal

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 5. Crispy Pig Head at Animal. A certain brand of excess has quite rightly given Animal a reputation as a purveyor of dude food: meat-heavy, no-holds ... More >>

6. Mole de los Dioses at Rocio's Mole de los Dioses

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 6. Mole de los Dioses at Rocio's Mole de los Dioses. This colorful Sun Valley restaurant, tucked into a small strip mall off of I-5, has many menu i ... More >>

7: Water-Boiled Fish at Chung King

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 7. Water-Boiled Fish at Chung King. There are many excellent reasons to head down San Gabriel Blvd., although maybe not if you're former U.S. Commer ... More >>

8: Smoked Salmon with Mango at Kiriko

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 8: Smoked Salmon with Mango at Kiriko. Few itamae balance the stylings of modern and classic sushi with the flair of Kiriko's Ken Namba. Some nights ... More >>

15: Fish Taco from Ricky's Fish Tacos

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 15: Fish Taco from Ricky's Fish Tacos. There's so much to love about Ricky's: Ricky Piña himself, who couldn't find good enough Ensenada-style fish ... More >>

18: Matsuhisa's Yellowtail Scallion Donburi

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 18: Matsuhisa's Yellowtail Scallion Donburi. You may be able to eat chef Nobu Matsuhisa's stunning Peruvian-influenced Japanese cuisine at one of hi ... More >>

21: Anson Mills Grits & Eggs at Milo & Olive

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 21: Anson Mills Grits & Eggs at Milo & Olive. Finding good grits is hard in LA -- finding good breakfast grits is even harder. So the bowl of grits ... More >>

22: Beef Ribs at Bludso's BBQ

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 22: Beef Ribs at Bludso's BBQ. Kevin Bludso's Texas-style barbecue pit, powered by dense hickory logs and a massive custom-designed smoker, is as cl ... More >>

23: The Tasting Kitchen's Pork Rillettes

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 23. The Tasting Kitchen's Pork Rillettes: Deciding what to order at The Tasting Kitchen, the Abbott Kinney restaurant run by chef Casey Lane that ha ... More >>

24: Coconut Bavarois at Red Medicine

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 24: Coconut Bavarois at Red Medicine. Red Medicine is a complicated place. After a year existing in the shadow of it's infamous critic controversy - ... More >>

25: Tavern's Poached Pear Coupe

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 25: Tavern's Poached Pear Coupe. Like pretty much anything else you find on the menu at any one of Suzanne Goin's restaurants, the desserts at Taver ... More >>

31: Bonjiri Yakitori at Kokekokko

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 31: Bonjiri Yakitori at Kokekokko. If you're looking for a temple of fairness and equality, then Kokekokko might not be for you. It's no secret at t ... More >>

37: The Island Combo at TiGeorges' Chicken

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4) -- and probably beyond, at this rate -- we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 37: The Island Combo at TiGeorges' Chicken. One imagines George Laguerre, who opened his Haitian restaurant TiGeorges' C ... More >>

53: The Sycamore Kitchen's BLT Sandwich

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 53: The Sycamore Kitchen's BLT Sandwich. Quinn and Karen Hatfield's newish casual place on La Brea, The Sycamore Kitchen, is an exercise in incommensurateness, ... More >>

Peninsula Hotels Will No Longer Serve Shark Fin Soup

Flickr/goosmurfShark fin soup​Following Gov. Jerry Brown's signing in October of an act banning the sale of shark fins in California, the Peninsula Hotel chain has announced they are prohibiting shark fin soup, considered a delicacy in Chinese culture, at all food outlets as of Jan. 1, 2012. ... More >>

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Mid-Autumn Festival: Time for Mooncakes

Jim ThurmanPlate of assorted mooncakes.​ Today marks the Mid-Autumn or Moon Festival, an important holiday in China, Taiwan and Vietnam, and the time of mooncakes. Over the past few weeks in the San Gabriel Valley, bakeries have been busy cranking out tray after tray of mooncakes, with many o ... More >>

Fried Cantonese

A cuisine that's more than stir-fry

Ask Mr. Gold: Fried Cantonese, A Cuisine That's More Stir-Fry

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: Traditional Cantonese cuisine doesn't do much deep-frying, right? I mean, crispy-fried chicken with oyster sauce isn't exactly typical. I'm way more familiar with Northern Chinese food, since I lived in Beijing for a while, but it seems t ... More >>

Alternative Press Celebrates 25th Anniversary with VIP Art Exhibit Featuring Marilyn Manson, Adam Jones, Shepard Fairey, Shirley Manson, Tim Armstrong, Travie McCoy and More

"Baby's on Fire," by Marilyn Manson​These days if a print publication is still around after 25 years, well, that's quite an accomplishment. Cleveland-based music and culture magazine, Alternative Press, started out as an underground fanzine in 1985 and has since become an internationally distr ... More >>

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Intoxicating Salaries The high wages earned by administrators of the publicly funded Tarzana Treatment Center are raising eyebrows. L.A. TimesProp Company Clears the Set The second-largest film and TV prop company is folding, a victim of production slowdowns due to Industry strike fears. L.A. Daily ... More >>

LA People 2009: Spokesmen — Bicycle Oven's Josef and Adam Bray-Ali

Their single-gear Flying Pigeon bikes are all over the city, and on weekends the boys take to the streets of Alhambra for monthly dim sum rides, leading a parade of hungry rollers

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Another round, please