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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 >>

5 Essential Chinese Restaurants in Los Angeles

Our 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants issue came out last week, and we're highlighting a few categories drawing from the list. Today: Chinese restaurants. This is not a definitive list of the best Chinese restaurants in L.A., but it is a sampling of five that we think are each essential in their own wa ... More >>

Chung King: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Seeing Stars: A Five-Star Rating System for L.A. Restaurants

The L.A. Weekly will assign star ratings to restaurant reviews in 2013

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 >>

How to Ask a Food Blogger for Food Recommendations

What You'll Need: A general idea of the type of cuisine or specific dish you would like to eat, or not eat The number of people in your party A price range of how much you would like to pay for your meal The part of town where you will dine A note of any special considerations (i.e., kid- or dog-f ... More >>

Astronauts Crave Hot Sauce, Horseradish

While astronauts clearly get a kick out of taking advantage of zero gravity and eating M&Ms like Pac-Man eating Pac-Dots, what they want the most isn't candy. According to recent reports from NPR and ABC News, the men and women who boldly go where few have before constantly reach for a hot pepper o ... More >>

Chung King: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Perform Chinatown Festival: Vikings, Bunnies, Unicorns, Masturbation, an Emperor With (Literally) No Clothes and More

Catherine WagleyJohn Kilduff (a.k.a. Mr Let's Paint) painting a character actor who appeared as "The Emperor with No Clothes"​ Vikings, oversized bunnies, an itinerant matchmaker, a painting instructor doubling as a life coach and running on a treadmill, an impromptu dinner party, a woman mast ... More >>

Beyond the Battered & the Raw: Cooked Seafood Dishes for the Summer

D. GonzalezDive into the deep: Cioppino at Colori Kitchen​ If there's such a thing as a seasonal protein, during summer, seafood is it. After all, it's during summer that we are most aware that we live in a coastal region. Hand in hand with that urge to play along the shore, comes that desi ... More >>

Hot Weather, Cold Noodles

Where to chill for lunch

Ears to Good Friends: 5 of the Best Pigs' Ears in Los Angeles

LA Weekly flickr pool/djjewelzpigs' ears at the Lazy Ox​ When did pig's ear begin to take over the culinary universe? Was it Eric Frechon's delicate curls of pig's ear on the best-of-hog plate at the Bristol in Paris? The whole deep-fried ear April Bloomfield introduced at the Spotted Pig in G ... More >>

Robert Mallary at the Box

99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die

Fugu to foie gras, pizza to panuchos

Pangs of Industry: Earthen

Where to eat in a city without residents

Ask Mr. Gold: Pangs Of Industry. Where to Eat in a City Without Residents?

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: I'm in the City of Industry. And I'm starving. --Evan K., Los Angeles Dear Evan: There are worse places to be hungry than Industry. But while there are a lot of decent restaurants in the area, it's generally too f ... More >>

New Chong Qing: New Hot Pot Spot

Boiled Fish à la San Gabriel Valley

Sea Cucumbers Seized by Customs Agents

Maybe U.S. Customs agents don't frequent Chung King or Bu San or Chang's Garden for the purpose of ordering sea cucumber quite as much as some restaurant critics do. If they did, perhaps they may have been more understanding on Sunday, when agents seized 300 pounds of the cucumbers, a delicacy on m ... More >>

Squid Ink Food Fight: Mabo Tofu Battle, Szechuan Vs. Japanese

Growing up, I remember the prevailing opinion that tofu was not a desirable food. To the average person, tofu was a mere meat substitute, something to be manipulated, molded and seasoned so as to resemble a hot dog, a turkey or a hamburger. The idea that there could be food out there that included b ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Talks Regional Cuisine at the Mark Taper Auditorium

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, incognito​This Saturday morning LA Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Gold will be giving a talk, "The Rise of Regional Cuisines in the San Gabriel Valley," at the Los Angeles Central Library's Mark Taper Auditorium. The talk is presented by the Culinary His ... More >>

Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Sichuan, Kebab, Brains & More

Anthony Bourdain was at it again this week, delving into the surprising culinary scene of Melbourne, Australia. But unless you have a bunch of highly-skilled chef pals with access to local Aussie ingredients, you're probably not going to be able to recreate that charming little rooftop potluck. Howe ... More >>

Mr. Steingarten Presents: His Favorite L.A. Restaurants Adventures with Mr. Gold

No, your Schnauzer didn't nibble all the food stories from your latest issue of Vogue. Jeffrey Steingarten's recent piece on his favorite Los Angeles restaurants, which was posted last ... More >>

Is San Diego a Restaurant-Impaired City?

Looking for lunch

Ask Mr. Gold: Is San Diego a Food-Impaired City?

Dear Mr. Gold:   My friend Oliver says you would know where to get lunch in San Diego! Can you recommend a cool place? Merci! Gaelle, Montreal    

Ask Mr. Gold: Pimp My Rib -- Caught Red-Handed

Anne FishbeinProof that they do exist: The elusive Sichuan spare ribs at Chung King Dear Mr. Gold: Where can you get really good Chinese barbecued spareribs? I'm in Silver Lake, but I'm willing to travel. --Susanna, Silver Lake

Pimp My Rib: Caught Red-handed

Must-Stops on a Spicy-Food Marathon

Heated discussion

Movie Reviews: City of Ember, Quarantine, Rocknrolla

Also, Breakfast with Scot, The Little Red Truck, Quarantine and more

Feel the Buzz at Szechwan Best

Chengdu hits rock the palate with peppercorn

Until the Green Door Opens Again, Where to Find Fish Beignets

Shanghaied Village

Hunan Seafood: Top Catch

Fish head and pork belly above the rest

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Just another perfect day

Where to Eat Now

99 Essential - List Only

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Red Dawn

The second coming of Chung King

Ask Mr. Gold

Don’t Fork for the Cork

Ask Mr. Gold

Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants

From A.O.C. to Zankou

Ask Mr. Gold

Ask Mr. Gold

Chile Scenes of Summer

Great Walls

Chinatown revisited