The concept is bubbly, happy, fun -- maybe just a bit too fun
Our 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants issue came out recently, and we're highlighting a few categories drawing from the list. Today: Japanese restaurants. This is not a definitive list of the best Japanese restaurants in L.A., but it is a sampling of five that we think are each essential in their own w ... More >>
Over the past few months, you've watched us catalog our 100 Favorite Dishes. Catalog being a lovely term meaning eating our way across this town, well, even more than usual. And because we thought you might want a better way to access these, we've collected all one hundred into one piece, a menu if ... More >>
The oceanfront sushi restaurant has a beautiful new home – and the same classics that made Nobu Matsuhisa famous
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. 18: Matsuhisa's Yellowtail Scallion Donburi. You may be able to eat chef Nobu Matsuhisa's stunning Peruvian-influenced Japanese cuisine at one of hi ... More >>
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 >>
At Ricardo Zarate's restaurant, Peruvian meets the Japanese izakaya
F. FriesemaJonagold apples If you look at restaurants as movies, and sometimes it's hard not to, Picca is one of those places whose trailers seem to have been running forever. There's Mo-Chica, of course, where Ricardo Zarate first came up with his concept of modern Peruvian food, and his gue ... More >>
Listmania continues (David Letterman's cultural legacy, perhaps, along with Velcro suits) but this time The Daily Meal has come up with something more compelling than a list of Top 10 Cupcakes. Theirs? America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food. It's a good list, as it would be: The Daily Meal is h ... More >>
Javier Plascencia brings his BajaMed chops to the Test Kitchen
C. BishopJonagold appleThe 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 >>
N. GalutenThe Lazy Ox Cart For A Cause in Santa Monica The Cart For A Cause truck rolled into Santa Monica today, featuring the food of Lazy Ox Canteen chef Josef Centeno. It proclaims itself as "the nation's first philanthropic meal truck," helping to feed home-bound senior citizens by provi ... More >>
Ludovic Lefebvres french revolution, 4.0
Fugu to foie gras, pizza to panuchos
But hurry ... Crudobar lasts just until May 15
A lot of pescado in the sea
Matsuhisa dresses up at home
What to do in Los Angeles this week
Los Angeles sushi chefs reinvent the modern kitchen
Cooking in the Age of Anxiety
Beacon, a new kind of hybrid
25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants
Sushi in Studio City
Sushi in Studio City
Sushi in Studio City
Sushi in Studio City
Sushi in Studio City
Sushi in Studio City
Sushi in Studio City
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