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Malaysia

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    JTYH Restaurant, Starry Kitchen Bee Yinn Low at Macy's

    Macy's doesn't just celebrate holidays. It celebrates "months." Black History Month in February. Then Hispanic Heritage Month in September. For June, LGBT National Pride Month. Now, it's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month -- and that calls for food. This Saturday afternoon, two store locations wi ... 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 >>

  • Eat+Drink

    December 29, 2011

    Jonathan Gold's 10 Best Dishes of 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    November 17, 2011

    Dumbfoundead

    Koreatown rapper inspires a tremendous following with his unlikely story

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    New Cookbook: Easy Chinese Recipes, Including Some from L.A., a Recipe for Pork Dumpling Soup

    Courtesy of Tuttle Publishing."Easy Chinese Recipes" (left) & shrimp & yellow chive dumplings (right).​You'll find a couple of local dishes in Bee Yinn Low's Easy Chinese Recipes (Tuttle Publishing, $24.95). This is because Low lives in Irvine and eats Chinese food all over California as well ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Moshe Kai Cavalin, UCLA Child Prodigy, Wrote Bestseller in Spare Time; Thinks You Can, Too!

    Is there nothing 13-year-old Moshe Kai Cavelin can't do? Kid graduated from East Los Angeles Community College in astrophysics with a 4.0 last year, at which point he transfered to UCLA for math. (His LinkedIn profile lists his expected graduation date as 2012. Uh, did we mention he has a LinkedIn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

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

    Our Venn Food Diagram series so far has hopscotched all over the globe, exploring Indian, Midwest American, and, most recently, Korean foods. As you probably can tell, this series is an organized chaos; our destinations are chosen in no particular order. Today, we randomly focus on Thailand to see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    CNN Names The World's 50 Most Delicious Foods

    Flickr/rockYOfaceMassaman curry: CNN's favorite food​CNN has a lot on its plate. Literally. Not only does the news empire have to follow Anderson Cooper around the globe, trailing camera crews and earnestness, but it has lately gone on a quest to identify The World's 50 Most Delicious Foods. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Eat This Now: Lukshon's Duck Popiah

    davidwangla/flickr​ For people who eschew red meat yet eat poultry (you might hear them claim they "do it for the protein"), duck is a gateway drug, an opulent bridge between feathered and hooved things. It is the color of liver, encased in a scuba suit of fat, and drawn to fruit, spice, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Is This Salad Illegal? The (Semi-)Illicit Thrill of Laphet Tote

    Yoma Myanar's tea leaf salad​Up in San Francisco, the signature dish at the popular network of restaurants called Burma Superstar is a tangy, nutty salad so uniquely delicious, it should be illegal. In some Asian countries, it is.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Ask Mr. Gold: The Eternal Dilemma of LAX Food

    Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: Do you have a lunch recommendation near LAX? I'm not opposed to In-N-Out, just looking for other options. --Evan Cohen, via Facebook

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Last Night: Top 10 Quotes from KCRW's Global Street Food Panel

    Guzzle & NoshCrowds wait in fron of the Nom Nom Truck (left); a taco from Mariscos Jalisco (right).​If you've been to some of the apallingly oversold food truck festivals of the past couple years, the sight of lines snaking around food trucks outside the Broad Stage on Sunday morning should ha ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 21, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Lukshon

    Guzzle & NoshCrowds wait in fron of the Nom Nom Truck (left); a taco from Mariscos Jalisco (right).​If you've been to some of the apallingly oversold food truck festivals of the past couple years, the sight of lines snaking around food trucks outside the Broad Stage on Sunday morning should ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    KCRW's Daily Global Street Food Photos: A Countdown, of Sorts

    Indonesian street bike, via Marc on KCRW's Good Food blog.​Kind of like an advent calendar leading up to the big day, KCRW's Good Food blog will be posting a daily photo (or photos) of street food from around the world everyday now through May 1st, when the station's Global Street Food event h ... More >>

  • Music

    March 24, 2011

    Lina in L.A.: Perversion, Departure, Balance, Trash, Repeat

    Indonesian street bike, via Marc on KCRW's Good Food blog.​Kind of like an advent calendar leading up to the big day, KCRW's Good Food blog will be posting a daily photo (or photos) of street food from around the world everyday now through May 1st, when the station's Global Street Food event h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Evan Kleiman Talks Global Street Food - Tickets on Sale Tomorrow

    ​Street food existed long before the myriad of Twittering food trucks took over Los Angeles. Evan Kleiman (chef/owner of Angeli Caffe, host of KCRW's Good Food) reminds us of that on May 1st, when she moderates the Global Street Food event featuring OC Weekly Managing Editor and food contribut ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    February 17, 2011
  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    First Bite: Lukshon, Sang Yoon's Latest

    F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ We can be forgiven for surmising that something's up at Lukshon, can't we? Because we are at a Sang Yoon restaurant, nobody has tried to tackle us on the way to our (reserved!) table, and we are drinking Singapore Slings or an Beaujolais-style Canary Islands wine ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Make Your Reservations Now: Sang Yoon's Lukshon Opens

    L. Balla​ If there's one thing Sang Yoon knows how to do, it's build anticipation. After months of preparation, rampant media speculation, publicist road blocks, and a few days of preview dinners last week, he finally debuts his new Culver City restaurant, Lukshon, tomorrow. It's safe to say, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    The Road To Singapore: Silverton, Batali and Bastianach Open Mozzas in Southeast Asia Pictures!

    Far, far away in an island country known as Singapore, on the second floor of the 800,000 sq. ft. luxury mall known as Marina Bay Sands (a new Southeast Asian offshoot of the Rat Pack's old hangout of choice, The Las Vegas Sands), sits Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza. To the naked eye they are so e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Malaysian Street Food Celebration Takes Over The Third Street Promenade

    Flickr/Mr Chris JohnsonMalaysian Street Food: Chicken Satay​ Gooey grilled cheese sandwiches filled with braised short rib. Homemade fig and mascarpone ice cream sandwiched between warm oatmeal cookies. Chunks of fresh lobster meat bursting out of a toasted roll. Three reasons L.A. street fai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    In Search Of: Chad Brown on Rare Country From Prison, Johnny Paycheck and the Phillipines

    courtesy chad brown​ Chad Brown is an L.A.-based DJ and the singer/guitarist in CB Brand, and he may well know more about country music than anyone you're likely to encounter in this city. He is a true historian who recalls the backstories of each record in immense detail--from how he found i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    Weavers' Stories from Island Southeast Asia

    courtesy chad brown​ Chad Brown is an L.A.-based DJ and the singer/guitarist in CB Brand, and he may well know more about country music than anyone you're likely to encounter in this city. He is a true historian who recalls the backstories of each record in immense detail--from how he found i ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    June 24, 2010

    Weenies and Wings Fit for a Prince

    At Barn Rau, it's Muslim food, home style

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Buns on the Run at Pasadena's PappaRich Coffeeshop

    Amy Scattergoodbreakfast at PappaRich's​ Critics of McDonald's sometimes claim that its hamburgers are engineered for addictiveness, that somewhere in the chemical plants of New Jersey swarms of lab-coated scientists tabulate human response to carefully calibrated doses of umami. But when you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    What's the Story, Morning Glory?

    Sometimes it's late and the cocktails have started to creep up on you and a double-chili-cheese at Tommy's is the thing. But for us, slightly more often, a hard seat and an order of fried morning glory are just what we need after a night of serious drinking. Nobody knows why morning glory is a veget ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Las Vegas Grows Up: Architecture Review

    Sometimes it's late and the cocktails have started to creep up on you and a double-chili-cheese at Tommy's is the thing. But for us, slightly more often, a hard seat and an order of fried morning glory are just what we need after a night of serious drinking. Nobody knows why morning glory is a veget ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 3, 2009

    Hail the Conquering Chicken

    Hainan (Chicken) Rice in Alhambra

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Chef Robert Danhi Leads Culinary Tours of Little Saigon

    Emma CourtlandA labyrinth of foreign labels​Los Angeles' ethnic neighborhoods often feel impenetrable. Navigating the seas of strip malls signed by foreign characters, and market mounds of various exotic herbs all labeled "peppermint," is a disconcerting task for even the most adventurous flav ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 8, 2009

    Noodle Island: That Slurping Sound

    Ancient ginger and a chicken obsession

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best Stinky Food: Jitlada

    Ancient ginger and a chicken obsession

  • Eat+Drink

    June 5, 2008

    Looking for Curry Laksa: Penang in West Covina

    Happiness is a bowl of coconut broth and noodles

  • Eat+Drink

    August 23, 2007

    Where To Eat Now

    Happiness is a bowl of coconut broth and noodles

  • Eat+Drink

    August 10, 2006

    Where to Eat Now

    Happiness is a bowl of coconut broth and noodles

  • Eat+Drink

    May 4, 2006

    The Roti Less Traveled

    Happiness is a bowl of coconut broth and noodles

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    The World Chokes

    Happiness is a bowl of coconut broth and noodles

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    The Shrimp Factor

    Did disappearing mangrove forests contribute to the tsunami’s severity?

  • Columns

    May 20, 2004

    Agent Provocateur

    Did disappearing mangrove forests contribute to the tsunami’s severity?

  • Eat+Drink

    July 17, 2003

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Did disappearing mangrove forests contribute to the tsunami’s severity?

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    The Ticking Stopwatch

    LAPD's new terrorism czar ponders al Qaeda

  • News

    February 27, 2003

    Letters

    LAPD's new terrorism czar ponders al Qaeda

  • Eat+Drink

    January 16, 2003

    Ask Mr. Gold

    LAPD's new terrorism czar ponders al Qaeda

  • LA Life

    December 5, 2002

    Hi Hi, Birdies

    LAPD's new terrorism czar ponders al Qaeda

  • Columns

    October 31, 2002

    Paradise Lost and Lost and Lost . . .

    The bombing in Bali and sniper mania

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    The Big Blowup

    A mom’s guide to dumping Firestone tires

  • Eat+Drink

    May 18, 2000

    Brain Food

    A mom’s guide to dumping Firestone tires

  • Eat+Drink

    February 17, 2000

    From Spaetzle to Saimintosoda

    The world on a string

  • Columns

    May 6, 1999

    It's a Wonderful Half-Life

    The world on a string

  • Eat+Drink

    March 11, 1999

    The Big Chill

    A return to homonymic cuisine

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    War Without Borders

    A return to homonymic cuisine

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