Saigon

Coming Soon: BEP Vietnamese Kitchen Brunch Pop-Up in Hollywood

On Sunday, April 21 and every other Sunday after that, Connie Tran will take over Franco on Melrose for a few hours to bring an 8-course family-style prix fixe brunch with beverages like chrysanthemum tea, pickled plum soda and Vietnamese coffee.

Henry Rollins: Here Comes a Regular

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Henry Rollins: No More Talk About Shooting Americans, Please I try to get myself up and moving ... More >>

Nha Trang: Onward and Pho-ward

When San Gabriel's Nha Trang opened a larger shop in nearby Monterey Park earlier this year, it was cause for excitement. While the original location was celebrated for its deeply flavored, complex versions of Central Vietnamese soups, it measured about the size of a doctor's waiting room, could sea ... More >>

70: Brisket Banh Mi at Gjelina Take Away

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 70: Brisket Banh Mi at Gjelina Take Away In its purest form, the banh mi is a humble lunch: a thin layer of meat, a smear of pate or mayo, a handful of flash-p ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/21 - 5/25

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If, however, you have neither a backyard nor a grill, you can participate in another great American tradition of finding someone else do the work for you." BBQ Flowchart: Where You Can Be Up to the Grill in Meat. "Noodle m ... More >>

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 >>

The Coolest Video on How to Make Vietnamese Coffee You'll Ever See

We owe a lot to coffee -- even this post itself is essentially the end result of a rather strong cup of the black stuff. That's probably why this video really got our percolators flowing: a slick and visually compelling recipe for café sua da, the potent and caffeine-heavy French roast beverage s ... More >>

The Last Day

Judy Holliday, a Gay Mormon Boy, and More New Theater Reviews

Jessica Abrams comedy about Hollywood, The Laughing Cow traffics in stereotypes but is nonetheless so delightful, says reviewer Rebecca Haithcoat, it grabs this week's Pick of the Week. Here are all the latest New Theater Reviews, or you can find them after the jump. Also, check out this week's st ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! We Are the Aliens, Everyone Else Is Earthling

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Coming to you from a small room offstage in the very cozy and cool Belly Up in Aspen, Colo., t ... More >>

Eat This Now: Soy Tofu Pudding for the Soul

Matthew KangPandan tofu pudding at V.P. Tofu​ Grandma's chicken soup may have the general public snowed, but we know the truth: There is no food on earth more comforting than a freshly made batch of tofu pudding. Especially when said pudding comes from cult favorite soy purveyors V.P. Tofu (in ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Sound Trekking

Timothy Norris​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every week and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday eveni ... More >>

Doctor David Hung Do, Alleged to Have Touched Women's Privates During Routine Checkups, Stripped of Medical License

A booking photo of David Hung Do.​A Southern California doctor is out of a job for now after the state Medical Board recently revoked his license. What did he do, allegedly? Well, let's just say five of his patients claim he was playing doctor -- and they didn't want to play. Some alleged he ... More >>

Music to Pick Up/Download

30 Burgers in 30 Days: Kimchi & Cultural Fusion at Kalbi Burger (Day 2)

What hath Kogi wrought -- aside from a million imitations of its Korean fusion taco? How about a worldwide phenomenon pairing two of L.A.'s most ubiquitous immigrant cuisines with the accessibility of fast-food. Yet, the Korean fusion trend hasn't made its way to that other American classic: the b ... More >>

Test Kitchen Opens Tomorrow: Red Medicine's Chef Jordan Khan Is First Up

Test Kitchen​Have you ever been to a restaurant and left wondering, for good or bad, "What was the chef thinking with that menu?" Well, now you can find out. Test Kitchen, a new restaurant concept by Bill Chait (Rivera, Spark Woodfire Grill) and Brian Saltsburg (Boyz Night Out Supper Club) is ... More >>

Quan Mien Trung: Not Your Mother's Noodle Soup

Unless she happens to be from Central Vietnam

Squid Ink Challenge: Banh Mi ID

Ben CalderwoodBanh mi ID: the baguettes​It is not, generally speaking, good politics to wax fondly about colonialism, especially in a metropolis as prismatic as Los Angeles. That said, we will always have banh mi, the French-Vietnamese cross-platform construction of squishy baguette, pickled c ... More >>

Saveur Magazine, #127: The L.A. Edition

Saveur Magazine​Saveur Magazine's new issue, #127, is now online. Thanks for sharing, right? Well, you might want to check this one out, as it's the Los Angeles issue, filled with all manner of glorious food prose for Angelenos. Gael Greene on Pizzeria Mozza. Patric Kuh on the Brown Derby and ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Celebrating the Marino family and their restaurants. [e*starLA] -- Goody's in San Gabriel shutters. [LA Observed] -- Haitian Libations Charity Event on February 6th at Vertical Wine Bistro. [Mattatouille] -- Robbie Burns' Address to a Haggis. [Deep End Dining] -- Ruth Reichl, The Movie? (Seco ... More >>

Top 10 Bánh Mì Shops: Where to Get Viet Sandwiches If You Can't Find A Food Truck

Photo credit: Diane CuDakao's bánh mì​If the lines at Nom Nom Truck are too long, or the food runs out or the sweltering sidewalk heat is too much for you, there are still brick-and-mortar options for bánh mì, the awesome Vietnamese baguette sandwiches that Viet street food by way of Frenc ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Hotel for Dogs, Notorious, Paul Blart, Mall Cop

Also, My Bloody Valentine 3D and Owl and the Sparrow

A Son of the Golden Deli Dynasty Makes a Comeback with Vietnam

Return of the Magnificent 7

Notes On Readers and Reading Comprehension

Being firm believers that a film review should only be the beginning, rather than the end, of the conversation between the critic and the moviegoer, we here at the L.A. Weekly film pages recently launched a special email account, askfilm@laweekly.com, with the intention of facilitating reader feedba ... More >>

Alive With Pleasure!

Newport Seafood’s spicy lobster

Santa Monica or Saigon?

A tale of two brothers

Rock Picks

From October 13-19

VC Filmfest 2006

Viva la Raza and All That

Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

Oscar Hangover

Finke’s five-step program will end the misery

Don't Postpone Maximum Joy!

A buncha beloved Brit post-punk finds its day in the (reissue) sun

Ask Mr. Gold

Hawk and Dove

Heavenly Creatures

The Back Story

Liberation, occupation or hell?

Quiet Americans

British writer J.G. Farrell and America's missing novels of Empire

Beyond the Bar

Whose Vietnam?

A.J. Langguth’s new history

Westside Chop Shop

Pho, bun and spring rolls at Le Saigon

Sex, Despair, Rock & Roll

Four novels by Leslie Schwartz, Gary Phillips, Donald Rawley and Mick Farren

First Bites

A Taste of Some of the City's Newest Restaurants

Ghosts Among the Lotus

Tony Bui's haunting Three Seasons

Words of War

Journalists on Vietnam

The War at Home

Orange County’s Little Saigon confronts the ghost of Ho Chi Minh

Loco Moco and Other Delights

1998's best dishes

Authentic Café?

Tacos like Mom used to make

La Sala dos Milagres