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Ethnic and Regional Cuisines

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Nong Lá Café Brings Bun Bo Hue to West L.A.

    Nong Lá Café, the latest addition to the strip of Sawtelle Boulevard often known as Little Osaka due to its concentration of Japanese eateries, is offering something a bit different than most of its neighbors -- instead of ramen and yakitori, diners will able able to get a taste of Vietnamese spec ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    May 17, 2012

    Finally: L.A. Gets Mexican Food Worthy of Mexico's Grand Tradition

    Nong Lá Café, the latest addition to the strip of Sawtelle Boulevard often known as Little Osaka due to its concentration of Japanese eateries, is offering something a bit different than most of its neighbors -- instead of ramen and yakitori, diners will able able to get a taste of Vietnamese spec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    10 Best Tacos in Los Angeles

    Los Cincos Puntos, one of our favorite places for a taco, is located right near a cemetery. This is fitting, in a way: After all, in Los Angeles, nothing can be said to certain, except death and tacos. Indeed, we're willing to bet that if you peeked in backyards across town during Memorial Day week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Bon Appetit!: The Delicious Life of Julia Child: A Children's Book Celebrates the Life of Julia Child

    Julia Child would have turned 100 this August, a centennial that will be celebrated by many venues across the country, including Vroman's bookstore in Pasadena. (Child was a Pasadena native.) The anniversary is also the occasion of the publication of a terrific new children's book by Jessie Hartland ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    'The Avengers' Shawarma Bump Where to Feed Your Craving

    Remember that scene in E.T. with the Reese's Pieces? It reportedly boosted sales of the candy so high in 1982 that the Hershey corporation was forced to keep a factory open minting the candies 24/7. The moral of the story? Feature a food in a popular movie and people with not-so-subliminally find th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Spicy Food Fight: Fukuburger vs. Kalbi Burger

    Though it may be more anecdotal than anything else, there is a popular theory that during South Korea's recession in the mid-to-late 2000's the country's young unemployed masses became especially enamored with a dish called buldak, or "fire chicken," a sauce-covered stir fry that was prepared so hot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Where to Eat on Cinco de Mayo in Los Angeles: Food, Drink, Party

    Every year, we read articles revealing the true origins of Cinco de Mayo. Nope, not Mexican Independence Day, which happens September 16. Cinco de Mayo commemorates a minor battle in the state of Puebla in 1862 where an army of mostly Mexican Indians won against Napoleon III's French troops. The hol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Sriracha Lollipops: Sucking on a Bottle of Hot Sauce

    Wonder what would happen if you dipped this in a bowl of pho... From Lollyphile, the good people who brought us absinthe lollys: introducing Sriracha-flavored lollipops. We suppose it was just a matter of time before someone thought of making the famous sauce into a candy. The sriracha craze has be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Top 5 Sushi Restaurants in the Valley

    One of the hard truths reached while researching our 10 Best Sushi Restaurants list a few weeks ago was that Los Angeles has far too many superb sushi restaurants to ever be condensed into a single list. One area that felt particularly overlooked (with only one entry in the top ten) was the San Fern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Roti-Go-Round: Southeast Asian Roti from Gindi Thai, Simpang Asia and Penang Malaysian Cuisine

    Somehow, food always seems to taste better when it's shared. And not just as it's passed around a table, but also when it travels across borders. The South Asian Subcontinent has passed down its plates far and wide, providing the inspiration for new dishes through its native ingredients like pepp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Bizarra Capital: Beyond the Border

    Uptown Whittier can sometimes feel deliberately hidden -- a small stretch of mom 'n' pop businesses sequestered from any nearby freeway or convenient access. It's a fine example of late-'80s public planning, too -- a time when a penchant for Spanish Revival and mismatched pastels gave way to its no ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 19, 2012

    Sushi Restaurants in Los Angeles: Top 10

    Uptown Whittier can sometimes feel deliberately hidden -- a small stretch of mom 'n' pop businesses sequestered from any nearby freeway or convenient access. It's a fine example of late-'80s public planning, too -- a time when a penchant for Spanish Revival and mismatched pastels gave way to its no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Taqueria Cuernavaca: Land of Eternal Spring

    If you didn't initially order the taco al pastor at Taqueria Cuernavaca, surely you will after the trip to the salsa bar. Because while loading the small plastic cups with salsa and a few dark, dark red chiles de árbol, you'll probably glance into the kitchen. And in said kitchen, you'll spot meat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Tamales at Guisados

    If you're going to Guisados, the Boyle Heights eatery that, along with Mariscos Jalisco, just won LA Taco's epic Taco Madness 2012, you undoubtedly are going for one, or two, or three of its famed stewed and braised tacos. But tear your eyes away from the long list of available taco fillings chalke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    SushiBots are the Anti-Jiro, Create 3,600 Pieces Per Hour

    There is chef Jiro Ono, in Jiro Dreams of Sushi, dedicating 75 years of his life to the art of sushi, making and serving only one piece at a time at his tiny restaurant in Japan, and then there is this: Sushi robots that churn out 300 medium-sized rolls per hour, or rice mounds for nigri at 3,600 m. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Q & A with Gustavo Arellano: Taco USA, Mexican Authenticity Food Writing

    You might suspect Gustavo Arellano, the brain and wit behind the popular syndicated and OC Weekly column ¡Ask a Mexican!, as one of those Mexican food sticklers who bristles at ideas of yellow nacho cheese, the chimichonga, the chicken fajita pita, enchilada combination plates and Taco Bell's 50th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Coming This Summer: Julia's Cats: Julia Child's Life in The Company of Cats

    Anticipation in the nonfiction food book world depends on your taste in dining companions, past and present: Julia Child, Yottam Ottolenghi, Diana Kennedy, perhaps. And this summer, it will also depend on how you feel about cats. Julia's Cats: Julia Child's Life in The Company of Cats by Patricia ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 5, 2012

    Our Tacos, Ourselves: How Southern California Reinvented the Taco

    How Southern California discovered, gave birth to, reinvented and loved the taco for more than a century

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Plan Check: How is This Restaurant not Like the Others?

    Scattered around Los Angeles are restaurants that could be used as examples for teaching kids how to differentiate among objects. "One of these things is not like the others" lessons. Petrillo's on Valley Boulevard in San Gabriel, a solo Italian neighborhood restaurant bobbing up and down in a sea o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    10 Best Korean BBQ Restaurants in Los Angeles

    Los Angeles' Koreatown probably doesn't need another BBQ place -- well, at least not another Korean one. There seems to be a restaurant with tabletop grills in every plaza, strip mall and food court, cannibalizing another one's business two doors down or across the street. Let's be blunt: Entreprene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    L.A.'s Idea of Mexican Food vs. What Mexicans Really Eat

    In this episode of Squid Ink's Venn Food Diagrams, we study Mexican food. Why? Well, because deep down, every single person in this city has a soft spot for the stuff. Whether it be Americanized or not, fajitas or tacos de guisado -- a taco is the archetypal Angeleno meal. In this city, a taco is ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Amelia Ceja of Ceja Vineyards on Wine With Mexican Food

    You've picked out a good Cabernet. What should you serve with it? Beans -- Mexican beans. That's what Amelia Morán Ceja would do. Ceja is the first Mexican-American woman to head a wine production company, Ceja Vineyards. "People never thought to pair wine with Mexican food until we came along," s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    New Bhimas' Spring Dosa: What to Eat When Celebrating Spring in Artesia

    What should you eat to celebrate today's arrival of spring? A spring dosa, of course. It's the dish of the season at New Bhimas, a South Indian vegetarian restaurant in Artesia's Little India. Dosas are big, crisp pancakes that come with all sorts of fillings, most typically spiced potatoes, as in m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    L.A.'s 4 Best Bargain Omakase The "Jiro Effect"

    If you're planning on seeing David Gelb's brilliant documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi this weekend when it premieres at Santa Monica's Nu-Art Theater you might be well advised to pass on the popcorn and soda. The film clocks in at just under an hour and a half -- a good portion of that is dedicated t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Q & A with Jiro Dreams of Sushi Director David Gelb: Elegant Eel Dissection The Importance of Rice

    The film Jiro Dreams of Sushi follows sushi master Jiro Ono, whose Sukiyabashi Jiro, a ten seat sushi-only restaurant located in a Tokyo subway station, is the first of its kind to earn three Michelin stars. For his unparalleled skill and relentless perfectionism, he's considered by many to be the b ... More >>

  • News

    March 8, 2012

    Know When to Fold 'Em

    The film Jiro Dreams of Sushi follows sushi master Jiro Ono, whose Sukiyabashi Jiro, a ten seat sushi-only restaurant located in a Tokyo subway station, is the first of its kind to earn three Michelin stars. For his unparalleled skill and relentless perfectionism, he's considered by many to be the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Pambazo at Metro Balderas

    Angelenos who visit Mexico City inevitably return home on the hunt for certain foods. Squash blossoms. Huaraches. Mollejas. And the mighty pambazo. While the sandwich can be found in various regions, it's especially ubiquitous on the streets of el Distrito Federal. Variations abound, but pambazos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Blue-Collar Bento Boxes 3 Places to Find Them

    When the term "bento" gets tossed around on many Japanese menus in Los Angeles, it often refers to those oversized cafeteria platters filled with sauce-slicked bits of chicken teriyaki, udon noodle bowls, and stacks of tempura fortified with a California roll or two -- call it the "super combo meal" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Jonathan Gold's 60 Korean Dishes Every Angeleno Should Know

    See Also: A Google map for all 60 of the Korean dishes Jonathan Gold says every Angeleno should know, read "5 Koreatown Restaurants Open 24 Hours: Hangover Soup," learn about "5 Koreatown Beer Joints: Hite Requirement," or just look at more of Anne Fishbein's beautiful Koreatown food photography. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Sushi Nozawa Closes Today Sugarfish Coming Next

    Tonight's your last chance for tuna, yellowtail and albacore at Sushi Nozawa, the 25-year-old sushi joint tucked into a Studio City strip mall. The restaurant, whose chef Kazunomi Nozawa has been described as a "sushi tyrant" and "imperious," told us last month that it would close its doors. But i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    10 Restaurants for Mardi Gras

    We think Paul Simon must have accidentally left out a few lyrics from "Take Me to the Mardi Gras." Sure, we love the "music in the street both night and day" and the chance to "jingle to the beat." But what about the celebratory New Orleans-style food and drinks? Jambalaya, gumbo, crawfish and etouf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    L.A.'s Idea of English Food vs. What the English Really Eat

    In honor of Downton Abbey's season-two finale on Sunday, we decided to cross the pond to explore English food with two overlapping circles that compare what Angelenos believe the English nation eats with what English folks say they actually eat. Moral of the story: Apparently, the collective gasp h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Meet Your Food Blogger: Valentina Silva of Eastside Food Bites

    At the Antigua Cultural Coffee House on a recent afternoon, Valentina Silva talked with us about Eastside Food Bites, her voice carrying over the coffee grinder's noisy whirr and the stereo's booming cumbia. Silva often eats at local spots such as Antigua, close to her Mt. Washington home in northea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Cookbook of the Week: Made in Sicily Giorgio Locatelli's Limoncello Gelato Recipe

    It's hard to flip through Made in Sicily without thinking of it as an island-specific version of Bocca, one of our favorite books last year. And not simply due to the style of the recipes and book layout. Like Bocca, this is the work of a top London chef dishing up his tribute to his family's class ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Lucques' 9th Annual Cassoulet Night Is Coming: Make Reservations Now

    If you're not doing anything really important for dinner on Sun., March 4 -- and maybe even if you are -- you now have someplace to be. Every year for one night, Lucques co-owners Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne host a cassoulet night in place of one of their customary Sunday Suppers. This year will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Vien Cafe Opens Near Kosher Corridor

    Vietnamese food on the Westside? It's not that uncommon, but we are always pleased to see more of it. On Monday night, Vien Cafe opened on Pico Boulevard just east of La Cienega. The small, friendly cafe offers pho (both beef and chicken), half a dozen varieties of banh mi (including classic charcu ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    February 2, 2012

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Shanghai No. 1 Seafood Village

    Vietnamese food on the Westside? It's not that uncommon, but we are always pleased to see more of it. On Monday night, Vien Cafe opened on Pico Boulevard just east of La Cienega. The small, friendly cafe offers pho (both beef and chicken), half a dozen varieties of banh mi (including classic charcu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Huevos Rancheros: The Alcove vs. El Huarachito

    Fried eggs and buttered toast is the Tim Duncan of breakfasts in that it's generally very reliable, if not a little boring. Give us fried eggs on top of fried tortillas topped with rancheros sauce and salsa on almost any morning though, and it's a whole new ballgame. Thankfully, huevos rancheros are ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 26, 2012

    Breakfast in Los Angeles: Top 10 Spots

    Sweet, savory and in between

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Sushi Nozawa Closing

    Sushi Nozawa is not known for its customer service. Many call chef Kazunomi Nozawa a "sushi tyrant," our critic once wrote. The L.A. Times dubbed him "imperious." And the restaurant famously features a sign that reads: "Special of the Day: Trust Me." So it wasn't a huge surprise that the Studio Ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Naan Stop Food Truck to Open Restaurant... in Atlanta

    The latest Los Angeles food truck to open a brick-and-mortar location is Naan Stop (@naanstop), but they're doing it in Atlanta. Why? Because Georgia needs samosas and masala fries. In fact, it's sort of a return to their roots for Neal and Samir Idnani, who own and run the truck. The brothers " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Sushi Kimagure Ike: Pasadena's Best Sushi Bar Ever?

    For years, Sushi Ike was the best sushi bar in Hollywood, the place you went when you wanted to escape from the fishy neologisms of Geisha House and Katsu-Ya for something close to classic, Edo-style sushi. Ike-san was never a flashy sushi chef, but he was beloved for his skill at the early-morning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    L.A.'s Idea of Japanese Food vs. What Japanese Really Eat

    Our Venn Food Diagram series has studied the people of Thailand, Armenia, Vietnam and most recently California, comparing what they actually eat with what Angelenos believe they eat. In this edition, we turn our attention to Japan, looking past ramen and sushi to see what foods Angelenos have left t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    9 Best Burritos in Los Angeles

    Behind every great taco, there's an even greater burrito. A proper burrito is excessive in all the right places: an edible package of chewy opulence that stands for everything great in the Mexican-American influenced culture that is Los Angeles. Meat, carbs and convenience, sauced and served to your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Jewish Iraqi Food: Yes, But in Los Angeles?

    Dear Mr. Gold: My parents are coming to visit soon and I was hoping to do them proud by finding some authentic Iraqi cuisine akin to what my Baghdad-born father grew up eating just outside of Tel Aviv. His mother has stuffed us many a visit with things like sambusak, the sabich, kubeh, bamia and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    NYC Cracks Down on Kimchi

    Bureaucrats stomp in where angels fear to tread. Health inspectors in New York City have recently cracked down on how kimchi is stored, penalizing many Korean restaurants with violation points and fines. Health inspectors view the fermented cabbage dish as a cold food, which means it must be store ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Saturday Event: Walk and Eat in Little Tokyo

    Visit Little Tokyo, and -- even if you're a rabid manga fan or karaoke maniac -- your trip will likely involve food. Perhaps yakisoba, fried noodles topped with bright red ginger. Or okonomiyaki, a pancake cooked with a variety of savory ingredients. (The name literally means "what you want.") A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Crispy Pork Gang & Grill: In Thai Town, You Gotta Have a Gimmick

    Well, yes, Crispy Pork Gang. A restaurant. A Thai restaurant. In that Thai Town strip mall that somebody should have thought of a catchy name for by now, but anyway, the one with Ganda, Ruen Pair and Red Corner Asia in it, and a valet who will stack three cars behind you should you decide that you c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Night of the Broken Rice at Com Tam Thuan Kieu

    Flickr/Cathy DanhCom Tam Thuan Kieu​Com tam is pure Vietnamese soul food, jagged shards of rice broken in the threshing process, repurposed as lunch -- com tam with a bit of scallion oil is among the cheapest and most delicious things you could eat. As with such former poverty staples as quino ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Chinese Dinner for Christmas

    Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​Dear Mr. Gold: My husband and I, originally from Connecticut, are fairly new to L.A., and have had a hard time finding good Chinese food. This is our first year as a married couple and we're looking for a nice restaurant in which to restart our trad ... More >>

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