Andrew Froug

Los Angeles is in the middle of a ramen renaissance. From new outposts of old favorites to noodle concepts that are avant-garde even by Tokyo standards, these last two years have been a ramen lover's dream. You want deeply rich pork broth Hakata-style? Bare, thick tsukemen noodles with condensed sauce......

The two napkins that arrive with the chicken torta at Fundamental LA are largely a symbolic gesture. Two, possibly three bites are all that's needed for the miraculously juicy mess of a sandwich to cover every square inch of your hand. That's not to say that sandwiches here arrive in......

To all those who own estates in North Wales, try rummaging through your basement. You might find a perfectly intact Victorian kitchen from the 1830's, complete with a cooking range, pots, pans, antique fire extinguishers, a spit for roasting pigs and enough tables and benches to seat a team of......

Looks like Ramen Yamadaya got one taste of the Westside and wanted more. As reported by Food GPS, having already expanded from their original Torrance location to Culver City a few weeks ago, Yamadaya will open a Westwood location in November......

Ever wonder what the most expensive restaurants in the country are? So did we. Thanks to Bundle, an online money management company, we now get a cartoon breakdown of the top 25 most expensive restaurants in the country (based on average check size) as well as the most expensive prix......

The owner of Ikemen Ramen, Hollywood's newest ramen restaurant, likes comparing his team to samurai. Despite their protests to the contrary, Yasumasa "Max" Kawabata insists to his partners that if they were to be in the movie The Last Samurai, he would be Tom Cruise. But if the Ikemen staff......

In parts one and two of our interview with Nickel Diner's chef Monica May and general manager Kristen Trattner, they explained how they want you to feel like you're sitting on Trattner's lap while May is feeding you, that eating at the Nickel Diner should feel like coming home. To......

In part one of our interview with Monica May and Kristen Trattner, owners of downtown's Nickel Diner, the two ladies explained how they moved from a cafe with no kitchens to a diner with two of them. In the second part of the interview, May and Trattner talk about their......

Skid Row, maple bacon donuts and chick food. If that doesn't make immediate sense to you, don't worry. Investors didn't initially understand Monica May and Kristen Trattner's vision for their Nickel Diner. They're now chef and general manager, respectively, as well as owners of the nouvelle diner, but it took......

The owner of a local frozen yogurt shop is accused of luring an employee into a storage room, knocking her unconscious, removing all her clothes and then stuffing her into a soundproof box early last Wednesday. According to the Los Angeles Times, the woman said she woke up face down......