Southeast Asia

Jerry Hopkins: Jim Morrison's Biographer Finds a Strange Kind of Bliss in Bangkok

The Spice Table: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Savoy Kitchen: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Pa-Ord: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

10 Best Eats in Thai Town: Neighborhood Grub Crawl

Some call it East Hollywood, but many more know it as Thai Town, a glowing, neon causeway of great late-night restaurants, karaoke bars and slingers of Chang beer towers. It's an area of town that not only welcomes after-hours consumption, but glorifes it --- filled with brimming bowls of pungent no ... More >>

Elephant Dung Makes a Smooth Cup of Coffee

Civet poop is so yesterday for coffee connoisseurs. Coffee beans "laundered" through elephant dung is where it's at. Called smooth and earthy in flavor, an exotic new brew is made from beans eaten by a herd of 20 Thai elephants and retrieved the next day from their dung, the Associated Press report ... More >>

Los Angeles a Top 10 Twitter City Worldwide, Number 1 in Followers

Los Angeles is the city with most Twitter followers: 285 million people watch what we tweet. And by "we" we mean celebrities, mostly. But for sheer "number of posted tweets" we slide down the global ranking to number 8, with the likes of Jakarta (number 1), New York (5) and Paris (7) beating us. # ... More >>

92: Thai Boat Noodles at Pa-Ord

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. 92: Thai Boat Noodles at Pa-Ord. You ask a friend with a reputation for never traveling beyond Sepulveda if she wants to join you for Thai food. She tells you, ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Food Newspaper Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Stolen Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW Headed For Asia Seized at Port of L.A: PHOTOS

A Gone In 60 Seconds-style stolen car ring saw a shipment to Asia disrupted by federal authorities, who seized a near-new Ferrari and other vehicles, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today. The 20-car haul at the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach was worth $1.5 million, according to a CBP ... More >>

Night + Market: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Wordplay

Jonathan Gold Reviews Night + Market

Kris Yenbamroong mixes Thai with hip

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 >>

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 >>

The Hangover Part II: Been There, Drunk That

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Eastern spiritualism meets a voracious appetite for VHS in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cannes winner

Q & A With Rodelio Aglibot, Part 2: What Makes a Great Burger, The Question of Arugula, President Obama 7 Courses of Spam

A. Scattergoodchef Rodelio Aglibot at GO Burger​ In the first part of our interview with Rodelio Aglibot, BLT Restaurant Group -- and thus GO Burger -- corporate executive chef, the well-traveled chef discussed Los Angeles sports and the future of Filipino cuisine, among other things. Turn th ... More >>

Red Medicine

Jordan Kahn's Vietnamese eatery deserves notoriety for its food, too

Esaan: A New Place to Eat Thai Food Downtown

B. HansenPad Thai salad at Esaan​ If you're standing at the bus stop at 5th and Hope in downtown L.A. and you suddenly get the impression you're in Thailand, not waiting for the 720 to Santa Monica, you're not delusional. Someone has just opened the door to Esaan, a Taste of Thai, allow ... More >>

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 >>

O HOLY FRIGHT

THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK OF THE WEEK

Hanoi Henry: Henry Rollins Grooves to Funkadelic in Ho Chi Minh City, Bears Witness to the Still Open Wounds of America's Most Controversial War and Broadcasts Straight Outta Vietnam's Busy Streets

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing 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 Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Rama: Upscale Thai on West 3rd Street

Barbara HansenRama dining room​The latest addition to West 3rd Street's restaurant row is what has been missing there, a Thai restaurant. Rama, which opened September 1st, isn't just another bare bones neighborhood place with quick, cheap lunch specials. It's so handsome you would go there no ... More >>

Save the Orangutans 5K Run for Survival

​Do you want to save some orangutans? Do you like to run? Twenty-five bucks buys you a ticket to run in Orangutan Foundation International's upcoming fundraiser Save the Orangutans 5K Run for Survival on September 26. I know it takes a lot for us to get off our asses and do something truly ... More >>

Looks Fusion, Cooks Orthodox

Dip's Grill in Alhambra

First Bite: Looks Fusion, Cooks Orthodox, or Dip's Grill in Alhambra

Christie BishopJonagold apple, minus first bite​If you've eaten around and in the San Gabriel Valley, you've probably become accustomed to the markers of an overly ambitious Asian-fusion restaurant, the couples picking listlessly at their sautéed-seafood salads, and bros pounding down exotic ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Jazzapino Sounds

Randall Roberts' LA Weekly Feature Following Ozomatli into Burma Wins Prestigious AltWeekly Award

​An LA Weekly piece by our former Music Editor (and current LA Times Music Editor) Randall Roberts about LA band Ozomatli's tour of South East Asia has just been chosen as the best Arts feature of 2009 at the 2010 edition of the AltWeekly Awards. Another LA Weekly piece, about the fascinating ... More >>

South Pacific

Tracers

Tiger's Condom "Outfit" Stirs up a Media Storm Thai Condom Salad

Barbara HansenCondom Tiger​Anything related to Tiger Woods generates a media storm, especially if it's titillating. Witness my recent post, on my food blog Table Conversation, about a Tiger Woods statue clothed in condoms. Like a virus, this post circulated around the world. Some news sources ... More >>

Manny Pacquiao: The Fight of His Life

Boxer goes for his greatest win yet — congressman

TUNE IN, TURN ON, GO TO ISRAEL

Video Exclusive: Ozomatli in Burma, Where Cameras Are A Loaded Weapon

Last month I was lucky enough to travel with Ozomatli as they toured Southeast Asia, where they did outreach programs and concerts organized and financed by the U.S. State Department. I wrote a feature on the trip, which appears as the cover story in this week's issue. As well, in addition to being ... More >>

Godspell

Sacred Sounds

Antiwar Movements

Sweeney Todd

Flame War

Jitlada Thai is reborn with a southern soul

Studies in Chocolate

Abode Restaurant and Lounge

Happy Meals

Wild Palms

Ask Mr. Gold

Boycott the Oscars

Give peace — and a bad show — a pass

Late-Night Thai

The Big Chill

A return to homonymic cuisine