Christine Chiao

Brunch is done well in Los Angeles, a town that's experienced in mash-ups. Blending two of the day's meals in one, brunch is an invitation to flout what you may think you know about breakfast or lunch. In L.A., the brunch's history is less in line with the New York City tradition of eggs Benedict or bagels with lox and more attuned to Hollywood circa 1930s, when stars made late-morning meals a part of their daily itineraries. That may explain why the L.A. brunch seems so ready to roll with the punches of late nights and later mornings, defined as much by its social nature as by what's on your plate....

When it comes to waffles in Los Angeles, there's no lack of options. You can find sugar-studded versions at Pasadena's Waffles de Liege or ones topped with fried chicken at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles. Maybe you want yours sweet, savory and peppered with bacon like at The Nest......

Despite L.A.'s sizable Filipino community, the city hasn't been home to nearly as much experimentation with Filipino cuisine as it has to next-generation Korean and Mexican food. L.A.'s Filipino restaurants serve comfort food that typically centers on a rainbow of braises, which are often vinegar- or calamansi-based. Brothers Chad and......

Undergrind Cafe on Robertson is not quite the third-wave coffee shop that showcases caffeinated craft from bean to brew. Instead, flavored lattes are co-owner Rachel Sazon's pursuit. "I love flavored lattes,” says Sazon, who chose an espresso from Stumptown as her base. "Whenever I get them though, they’re always cloyingly......

This is a list celebrating the best classic French toast in Los Angeles, from Montecito Heights to Venice, Northridge to San Pedro. We chose to highlight the basics of this decadent breakfast treat: bread dipped in egg, dairy or some mix of the two, then fried in a copious amount......

During this cold and flu season, remember Hangari Balsarik Kalgooksoo, a compact noodle shop near the crook of the strip mall on 6th St. and Alexandria. For while there’s deli-style chicken noodle soup with its limp egg noodles, mushy carrots and too-dry chicken breast, you can — and really, you......

Learn sisig from silog at the 23rd Annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture taking place this weekend, Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5, at DTLA' Grand Park. That's Kapampangan for a sour snack or a cooking method of marinating meat in a sour liquid, and Tagalog shorthand for fried rice and egg accompaniments, respectively. Because......

With Healing Coffee Roasters, Miran Oh has added hyper-locally roasted specialty coffee to the menu of java options, caffeinating the edges of the Mid-Wilshire area that sees two Starbucks locations within miles of each other. Open since May 1, the shop is still somewhat new and relatively unknown to the neighborhood, unassumingly......