Jim ThurmanLamb soup with knife cut noodles, Shaanxi Gourmet, Rosemead2011 in the San Gabriel Valley restaurant scene witnessed the usual spate of openings and closings, some notable and some not so notable. With some 300 Chinese restaurants alone, trying to compile a list of the year's open ... More >>
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Floss when you get home - those antennae can be tenacious." Ask Mr. Gold: Where to Eat Bugs in L.A. "Why a band known for mixing coke and heroin might worry about a little inter-berry mingling is ... More >>
Jim ThurmanShu Feng Yuan (a.k.a. Shu Feng Garden) closed its San Gabriel location in 2010.The restaurant scene in the San Gabriel Valley is something that is in perpetual flux, and that was no different in 2010. Some restaurants added locations -- a few to the point of becoming burgeoning loc ... More >>
Ben CalderwoodBanh mi ID: the baguettesIt is not, generally speaking, good politics to wax fondly about colonialism, especially in a metropolis as prismatic as Los Angeles. That said, we will always have banh mi, the French-Vietnamese cross-platform construction of squishy baguette, pickled c ... More >>
Photo credit: Diane CuDakao's bánh mìIf the lines at Nom Nom Truck are too long, or the food runs out or the sweltering sidewalk heat is too much for you, there are still brick-and-mortar options for bánh mì, the awesome Vietnamese baguette sandwiches that Viet street food by way of Frenc ... More >>
Looking for dessert in the city from sweet black rice to deep-fried Twinkies
