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Javier Plascencia

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    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 >>

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    March 15, 2012

    Javier Plascencia: Coming to bulthaup for a 5-course Dinner

    bulthaup (and no, it's not capitalized), the high-end kitchen designer and manufacturer, will host chef Javier Plascencia of Tijuana's Misión 19 for a five-course meal at its Robertson Blvd. showroom on March 22. The site asks you to RSVP by today, March 15. Check your wallet first; the price is $1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Read This Now: The New Yorker on Misión 19's Javier Plascencia

    Misión 19 in Tijuana, chef Javier Plascencia's first independent venture, is celebrating its one-year-anniversary. Read "The Missionary," a profile of Plascencia by Dana Goodyear in this week's New Yorker, and you'll learn why that matters. Plascencia's mission is to bring innovative but authent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    John Sedlar Worries About the Future of Mexican Food

    Barbara HansenChef John Sedlar (left), his corn flan with fish in curry sauce (right).​John Sedlar, chef/owner of Rivera and Playa, once thought that Mexican food would take over the world. Now, the world is taking over Mexican food, he says. And this is not a good thing. Today's hot young Me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    LA Street Food Fest: Photo Gallery

    Carmageddon? Where? The traffic-nightmare-that-never-was (westside to Pasadena in under 30 minutes!!!) may have kept cars off the road and eaters from attending LA Street Food Fest, but their loss was our gain. With few lines, we managed to sample from EVERY vendor at the festival. Yes, every v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    L.A. Street Food Fest: Trucks, Beer, Breathing Room No Waiting

    ​The complaint is nothing new. You spend your hard-earned money on a food truck festival and end up stuck in lines windier than the yellow brick road, slow-cooking in the sun, only to head home only after just a bite or two. But that won't be the case at the 2nd Annual L.A. Street Food Fest Su ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 17, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Playa

    John Sedlar continues to reinvent the tortilla

  • Eat+Drink

    March 3, 2011

    L.A.'s Best Cocktails

    Our 55 favorites and where to find them

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    The Top Korean Chef Isn't Korean: Two Orange County Guys Share the Title

    B. HansenGuillas's prize-winning deconstructed bibimbap​ Not a single Korean competed in last Thursday's Top Chef Korean Food Challenge at the San Diego Wine & Culinary Center. The idea was to see what would become of Korean ingredients in the hands of chefs who don't ordinarily cook this t ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    December 23, 2010

    The 10 Best Dishes of 2010

    From entree to cappuccino, short ribs to bacon-wrapped bacon

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    November 11, 2010

    A Movable Beast: L.A. Weekly's 99 Essential Restaurants

    The modern L.A. restaurant, unleashed

  • Eat+Drink

    October 21, 2010

    Our Man in Tijuana

    Javier Plascencia brings his BajaMed chops to the Test Kitchen

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    First Bite: Javier Plascencia, Our Man in Tijuana

    C. BishopJonagold apple​The ceilings are low, the expectations are high, and the Slayer-loud salsa grooves are making the mezcal tremble in its glass. The wines on the blackboard are all from Baja, mostly from the Guadalupe Valley area, which may be the great wine area closest to Los Angeles; ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Javier Plascencia's Baja Food Comes to L.A.

    Barbara HansenJavier Plascencia​The Test Kitchen has scored a coup in persuading Javier Plascencia, Tijuana's charismatic chef and promoter of Baja cuisine, to cook there for three nights, October 13th through 15th. Plascencia has seven restaurants in Tijuana, another in San Diego and, we he ... More >>

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