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March 7, 2013Our 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants issue came out last week, and we're highlighting a few categories drawing from the list. Today: Chinese restaurants.
This is not a definitive list of the best Chinese restaurants in L.A., but it is a sampling of five that we think are each essential in their own wa ... More >>
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February 8, 2013If you are a Fuchsia Dunlop fan (you are, we hope), you probably already have a copy of her new cookbook, Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking, and are halfway through a lunch of braised chicken with chestnuts, peas with dried shrimp, and sour-and-hot mushroom soup. Or, should you be try ... More >>
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December 13, 2012Over 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 >>
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November 28, 2012Celebrating 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.
7. Water-Boiled Fish at Chung King.
There are many excellent reasons to head down San Gabriel Blvd., although maybe not if you're former U.S. Commer ... More >>
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October 11, 2012If you were to head eastward along the Pomona Freeway, about two dozen miles or so from downtown, eventually you would find yourself in the vast hinterlands of Rowland Heights, a strange land where the parking lots seem to stretch for miles and the shoebox-sized stores, specializing in any type of i ... More >>
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August 20, 2012If you've been in a Sichuan restaurant, an authentic Sichuan restaurant that is, no doubt you've noticed the most prominent feature, the cold table. Ranging from small, rolling units to permanent counters, the tables are front and center of any true Sichuan place. If you haven't ordered from the co ... More >>
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July 20, 2012Ching-He Huang diplomatically avoids ranking U.S. cities when it comes to best Chinese eats, but will allow that San Gabriel Valley (and New York's Flushing) gives San Francisco serious competition for what she calls tastes of home. She'll even name examples available in the neighborhood: chou doufu ... More >>
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February 22, 2012A. ScattergoodJitlada's tom yum soup5. Denial:
In which you refuse to read news blogs and Twitter feeds, and instead have lunch at Jitlada, preferring the comfort of ghost chiles to anything looming on the horizon. Windstorms. Sigalerts. More Republican debates. You feel fine. You like anesth ... More >>
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February 14, 2012This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo, taken by photographer Cooking On The Weekends, manages to combine most of the key elements of Valentine's Day into one shot -- and one recipe. You've got the hearts, the chocolate, the pretty colors. You even have Nutella, which is what some of us plan to eat for di ... More >>
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February 8, 2012amazonOn first read, we didn't believe it ourselves when we decided to include a hybrid cookbook/anthology from an academic publisher, The World in a Skillet, and what boils down to a promotional cookbook from a cast-iron skillet maker, The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook, in the same post. But give ... More >>
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July 22, 2011D. GonzalezDive into the deep: Cioppino at Colori Kitchen
If there's such a thing as a seasonal protein, during summer, seafood is it. After all, it's during summer that we are most aware that we live in a coastal region. Hand in hand with that urge to play along the shore, comes that desi ... More >>
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June 15, 2011F. FriesemaJonagold apples
The storefront that houses Lao Bian Dumpling has had many faces over the last few years, including Noodle Island, a favorite for its Hainan chicken rice. Its transformation into Lao Bian Dumpling was pretty recent.
But even with the rapid turnover, it was surprisin ... More >>
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February 7, 2011Jim ThurmanYu Pin replaces Bamboodles
With literally hundreds of restaurants in a relatively few square miles of the western part of the San Gabriel Valley, nearly constant openings and closings are guaranteed. And for every door that closes, a new one opens.
That's the case with Bamboodles ... More >>
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December 23, 2010Jim ThurmanSteamed pork belly with mixed flour at Shu Feng Garden in San Gabriel.An already dreary December day became downright bleak for lovers of Sichuan cuisine with the news, tweeted by food blogger Sinosoul, that Shu Feng Garden had closed their San Gabriel location.
Just 14 months ago ... More >>
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November 4, 2010Say it again: Dan dan mian, at Chuan Yu Noodle Town
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December 31, 2009Pig's ears and cocktails and tacos that tweet
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December 3, 2009Boiled Fish à la San Gabriel Valley
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October 30, 2009 In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad.
"It was horrible. Even a shot of sake and a glass of beer didn' remove the taste."
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October 28, 2009Growing up, I remember the prevailing opinion that tofu was not a desirable food. To the average person, tofu was a mere meat substitute, something to be manipulated, molded and seasoned so as to resemble a hot dog, a turkey or a hamburger. The idea that there could be food out there that included b ... More >>
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October 8, 2009Knife-shaved pasta, the next generation
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May 2, 2009Anne FishbeinProof that they do exist: The elusive Sichuan spare ribs at Chung King
Dear Mr. Gold:
Where can you get really good Chinese barbecued spareribs? I'm in Silver Lake, but I'm willing to travel.
--Susanna, Silver Lake
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September 11, 2008Chengdu hits rock the palate with peppercorn
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February 18, 1999Sampling L.A.’s newest restaurants
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January 21, 1999The slow sweet burn of Sichuan hot pot
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October 29, 1998Incendiary Sichuan in Pasadena
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