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Eat+Drink
May 24, 2012
Pulling Off the White Tablecloth
In the L.A. dining scene, it's no magic trick. It's casual.
Blogs
May 22, 2012
Bon Appétit Introduces L.A. 'Grub Crawl' Tour
Bon Appétit magazine has come up with the foodie answer to the weekend music festival: a monster 3-day tour of restaurants, bars, and music venues they're calling the "Grub Crawl." It's debuting in three cities this summer: Brooklyn (natch), New Orleans, and, to our pleasant surprise, Los Angeles. ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/14 - 5/18
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Animals have been talking to me. And any shaman will say that that's not that weird." Q & A With Roy Choi: Slinging Tacos at Midnight, Calling Out Jamie Oliver Choi's Vegetable Moment. "After all, in Los Angeles, nothing ... More >>
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May 16, 2012
Q & A With Roy Choi: Slinging Tacos at Midnight, Calling Out Jamie Oliver Choi's Vegetable Moment
On a bench outside Handsome Coffee Roasters in downtown Los Angeles' arts district, after the requisite coffee inside and under the (also requisite) California sun, Roy Choi sat down late last week to talk about, well, lots of things. He wanted a cigarette, or a few of them. He wanted to be close to ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
Patricia Nazario Considers Traditional Food Trucks How They've Evolved Post Kogi
If you only started eating your dinner at taco trucks after Roy Choi revolutionized the food truck scene, you might not realize that food trucks have been lining the streets of this town for a very long time. In today's feature food story, journalist and documentarian Patricia Nazario looks at the t ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
Food News Roundup: Food Safety Bill, Eating With Ozomatli Saveur's Food Blog Awards
The Washington Post: The landmark food safety bill signed by President Obama more than a year ago is stuck in limbo. Gourmet Live: Ozomatli's global musical tastes match their culinary appetite. Saveur: The Best Food Blog Award Winners. Because "In their infinite variety and extraordinary depth, [ ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
The Life Cycle of a Story: From Roy Choi's Musings to the Presumptive Death of Kogi
"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws," Douglas Adams wrote in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. To that short list of exceptions, we add sensationalized news, which seems to propel itself through the blogospher ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Listen Now: Roy Choi Mike D on 'Food Is the New Rock'
Prior to his days covering the city's tastiest (and unhealthiest) lunches under $10, Los Angeles food blogger Zach Brooks of Midtown Lunch worked as a music programmer at Sirius Satellite Radio in New York. But when Brooks went bicoastal two years ago, he didn't give up his love for music but instea ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
Mike D of the Beastie Boys on Curating His New Show at MOCA
Mike D, Beastie Boy, recent Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame inductee, mad collector of modern furniture and in general, the man with all the fly juice, has now found the time to curate his own museum show. "Transmission LA: AV Club" is a free, 17-day festival of art, music and food, opening to the publi ... More >>
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April 16, 2012
L.A. Weekly Food: New Hires and Big (Exciting!) Changes
Let's start by stating the obvious: There have been big changes to the L.A. Weekly's food section recently. And there are even more on the way. After our longtime critic Jonathan Gold departed for the L.A. Times, we've been nibbling on this and that: a reflection on cookbooks from Roy Choi, a piece ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Transmission LA: AV Club: Roy Choi, Mike D Gangster Food Love
It's not as if Roy Choi (Chego, A-Frame, Kogi, the world) doesn't have lots of things to do in his off hours, what few there are of them. But if Mike D (Beastie Boys, the world) asks you to cook some food, you'd probably do it to. Or, to quote the chef, "I don't know where you come from but in my wo ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
Chego To Go: Your Kimchi Chow Gets Even More Portable
If your idea of fun is not circling a strip mall off Overland for an hour just to get hooked up with Roy Choi's justly famous buttered kimchi bowls and Sriracha bars, your wishes (loud and profane as they doubtless were) have been granted. Starting next week, Chego will be offering both take-out ser ... More >>
Eat+Drink
March 8, 2012
Roy Choi of A-Frame and Kogi on How Cookbooks Changed His Life
If your idea of fun is not circling a strip mall off Overland for an hour just to get hooked up with Roy Choi's justly famous buttered kimchi bowls and Sriracha bars, your wishes (loud and profane as they doubtless were) have been granted. Starting next week, Chego will be offering both take-out ser ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Roy Choi on Cookbooks: Fannie Farmer, Betty Crocker Choi's 41-year-old Recipe
If you love both Roy Choi (Kogi, Chego, A-Frame, the world) and your treasured stack of cookbooks, those demi-glace-spattered volumes cluttering your kitchen or serving as doorstops to same, you might want to turn the page to today's feature food story, in which Choi considers his path from local ch ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
4 Leap Year Dining Events for Feb. 29: The Edison, 29-Cent Wine, CITY Night, Roy Choi/Mark Peel Mashup
[Update: Just added the event at The Edison.] Make Leap Day William happy: Buy a Leap Day cocktail and receive a free sidecar created by The Edison's bartenders. Also, 40% discount on cocktails, beer, wine and selected food items. (As with every Wednesday, all wine by the bottle is half-off.) WHEN: ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/20-2/24
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "So much can happen between two slices of bread." 10 Best Sandwiches in Los Angeles. "Maybe Jazz will give you some more Thai tea and pat your hand. Maybe Matt Groening will draw on your napkin." 5 Stages of Grief: The Jonat ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Ecco Announces First 3 Bourdain Titles: Roy Choi and Some Other People
Last September Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced that Anthony Bourdain (chef, crime novelist, No Reservations guy, friend-of-Chang, occasional writer of Treme episodes, etc.) would have his own line of books, one that would publish a small handful of titles every year. W ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Roy Choi Mark Peel: Together at Last
Here's a post-Valentine's Day love affair to whet your appetite. Kogi/A-Frame/Chego/Sunny Spot impresario Roy Choi and Campanile/Tar Pit maven Mark Peel will join forces for a one-night food and music mashup on Feb. 29. While Pollyn's Adam Jay Weissman spins tunes in the Tar Pit lounge, Choi and P ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Korean Cheesesteak & Bacon Doughnuts at Cafe Dulce
Cafe Dulce gets plenty of attention for its pourover LAMILL coffee but rarely does a place with such refined and precious caffeine offerings (we're big fans of the cold-brewed ice coffee), deign to try its hand at something as pedestrian as a doughnut. Located in the center of Japanese Village Plaza ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Funkiest Dish West of the 405: Moo Moo Thai's Yen Ta Fo
Did your new year's resolution involve sampling strange cuisine from across the city? If you're the type who scours the San Gabriel Valley like a Sichuan-studded Star Map or can quickly rattle off every birrieria in the barrio then probably not. But if you're perpetually stuck in a quaint Westside f ... More >>
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
Chego: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
Did your new year's resolution involve sampling strange cuisine from across the city? If you're the type who scours the San Gabriel Valley like a Sichuan-studded Star Map or can quickly rattle off every birrieria in the barrio then probably not. But if you're perpetually stuck in a quaint Westside f ... More >>
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
A-Frame: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
Did your new year's resolution involve sampling strange cuisine from across the city? If you're the type who scours the San Gabriel Valley like a Sichuan-studded Star Map or can quickly rattle off every birrieria in the barrio then probably not. But if you're perpetually stuck in a quaint Westside f ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Test Kitchen Alumni Return for Anniversary
Guzzle & NoshSotto's boscaiola pizza; the exterior of the two restaurants; Picca's mollejita.Next Monday, the former Test Kitchen space celebrates its 1-year anniversary with the return of several high-profile TK alumni to the kitchens. Upstairs at Picca, chef Ricardo Zarate will host Kogi im ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Roy Choi Takes Over Beechwood Kitchen; Jamie Lauren Out
Beechwood (left) and chef Jamie Lauren (right)Kogi, Chego and A-Frame impresario Roy Choi can add one more restaurant to his resumé: Beechwood. We heard about this a couple weeks ago, but now it's official. Chef Jamie Lauren is out and Choi is in at the sleek New American restaurant in Venic ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Don't Be a Mayo Swoosher 99 Other Tips from Chefs
Food NetworkThe May 2011 issue of Food Network Magazine claims to give you the "100 Greatest Cooking Tips (of All Time!)." These are the "greatest" tips, presumably, because they come courtesy of "the top chefs in the country." Los Angeles represents well, with a number of our city's chefs ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Chego Celebrates Its One-Year Anniversary: The Ultimate Chego Bowl An Eating Contest
Flickr/Muy Yum It's hard to believe it's been only been a year since Roy Choi and the Kogi crew opened up Chego, Choi's version of Los Angeles expressed through bowls of rice smattered with the diverse flavors of the city. After doing the food-truck-as-bar-food thing at the Alibi Room, Choi ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2011
Food News Roundup: Bourdain on Beard, Questions for Roy Choi The Online World of Cannibals
-- Anthony Bourdain on the James Beard awards ("I would sooner attend a Renaissance Fair in Hell"). [No Reservations, via The New York Times.] -- The Great Mayonnaise Debate. [Food Republic] -- Two words: Absinthe Cake. [Food Gal] -- A cup of coffee & illegal immigration. [Los Angeles Times] ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Fries Beer: Frysmith Opens Inside Hollywood Bar Loaded
Photos courtesy of Frysmith.Roy Choi already has two restaurants (Chego, A-Frame), but this Friday, a non-Kogi food truck will open its first-and-mortar location. Frysmith (@frysmith) is moving into beer-centric Hollywood rock 'n roll bar Loaded, offering optional "loaded" versions of all the ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Food & Wine Best New Chef 2011, The People's Edition: Vote Now
2011 may well be the year of the grassroots movement, whether that be in politics abroad or in considerably less important matters here at home. Food & Wine, which has annually named the best new chefs in the country since 1998, this year has given the vote to the rest of us. Starting today, ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>
Eat+Drink
January 13, 2011
Roy Choi's "Modern Picnic"
A-Frame captures Asian-American flavor
Eat+Drink
December 23, 2010
The 10 Best Dishes of 2010
From entree to cappuccino, short ribs to bacon-wrapped bacon
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Best Clam Chowder: Roy Choi's Bowl at A-Frame
N. GalutenA-Frame's clam chowder If you've spent any time at all on the East Coast, you will have had the obligatory bowl of clam chowder. Lots of them, really. And whether you're in the New England camp or the Manhattan camp, you will have had many bowls of truly awful clam chowder. As some ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 12/13-12/17
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "A duck carnitas taco is about as much happiness as $3 can be expected to buy." Ask Mr. Gold: Quelling That Carnitas Craving at Cacao Mexicatessen. "Nancy Reagan (of all people) maybe put it best: 'Just say no.'" Mother Su ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/29-12/3
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The refrigerator is swept of leftovers, the bowl of cranberries has been scraped clean, and the half-gallon of superconcentrated turkey stock in the freezer doesn't begin to compensate for the loss." Ask Mr. Gold: Take a Dip ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/15-11/19
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "As you might have expected, A-Frame, in what looks like an old IHOP tricked out with enough pine and track lighting to make it resemble a ski chalet, is pretty different from the legion of gastropubs." First Bite: Take the A ... More >>
Eat+Drink
November 18, 2010
Take the A-Frame
Roy Choi turns toward Hawaii
Blogs
November 17, 2010
First Bite: Take the A-Frame, or Roy Choi Turns Toward Hawaii
Where Roy Choi goes, people will follow -- this has been well-established. Because if the legions of the hungry are willing to follow his Kogi trucks when they alight in deserted motel parking lots or alongside Orange County topless clubs, it stands to reason that they will go where they migh ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Road Trip: Pimento Cheese Fries at The Penguin Drive-In A Recipe
Denise Tristan-Abelepimento cheese A few years ago, we discovered that the secret to why the crusts of the fried pickle chips at The Penguin Drive-in in Charlotte, NC are lighter and crispier than ones in Los Angeles eateries is that the tangy, fluted pickle rounds soak in a buttermilk batter ... More >>
Eat+Drink
September 2, 2010
Baek Hwa Jung: Kogi's Choice
Roy Choi's favorite Korean cafe
Eat+Drink
August 26, 2010
Test Kitchen: Never-Ending Experiment
Invented anew every night
Blogs
June 10, 2010
Kogi BBQ World Cup = ESPN Match Truck, Launching Tomorrow
Does Los Angeles need another food truck? Probably not. But sometimes the marketing people come up with something better than Fred Astaire selling vacuums and combine things that actually make sense. What better than hybridizing the cult status of Kogi BBQ with World Cup fanaticism? Enter the ESPN M ... More >>
Eat+Drink
June 3, 2010
Chego: Outside Inside
Kogi's Roy Choi goes all strip mall on us
Blogs
May 19, 2010
The Other Pot In The Kitchen: NY Times Has Dope Conversations With Shook, Choi, Others
N. Galuten The New York Times ran an interesting article today about the degree to which marijuana is fueling current restaurant trends toward, fattier, comforting and more deeply sensual cuisine. It also revealed (perhaps with minimal surprise) that a lot of big name chefs in the country sm ... More >>
Eat+Drink
April 15, 2010
Not Your Father's Rice Bowl: Roy Choi Is Back, With Chego
N. Galuten The New York Times ran an interesting article today about the degree to which marijuana is fueling current restaurant trends toward, fattier, comforting and more deeply sensual cuisine. It also revealed (perhaps with minimal surprise) that a lot of big name chefs in the country sm ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2010
What Would Arianna Do: Huffington Post Launches Food Section
Today, in fact about an hour ago, The Huffington Post launched their new food page. You knew this one was coming, right? The Atlantic has a food page, as does Tina Brown's The Daily Beast. And I bet Arianna Huffington makes a mean skordalia. HuffPost Food editor Colin Sterling says that the new se ... More >>
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April 10, 2010
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/5-4/9
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The way things are going, we'll probably see a camel-hump truck parked out behind the Brig within a month or two."
Blogs
March 30, 2010
Chego, Kogi Chef's First Restaurant, Opens Next Month
The date is set. Kogi mastermind Roy Choi's first honest-to-goodness restaurant, called Chego, will open its doors in Palms on April 7th. Kogi launched a Korean taco truck phenomenon that has spawned many imitators since it began, but this new restaurant will not be the first time Choi's food has b ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2010
Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs and Newsletters
-- Cooking oysters with lemon air and egg 63 with Marcel Vigneron (and Ludo) at Sur la Table. (foodshethought) -- Love your food truck enough to get the name tattooed on your arm? Kogi's Roy Choi does. [Deep End Dining] -- Chin-Ma-Ya in Little Tokyo, or where to go if the line at Daikokuya is too ... More >>
Eat+Drink
January 29, 2009
The Korean Taco Justice League: Kogi Rolls Into L.A.
From Rosemead side streets to Venice dive bars, hungry Angelenos have a new way to roll
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