Tony Chen

Korean fried chicken and chi-maek pubs (a portmanteau of “chicken” and "maekju," or chicken and beer) became all the rage in Koreatown when Kyochon first roared into L.A. in 2007. Following the initial gold rush for Korean fried chicken (or "K.F.C." as it was slyly dubbed by fans) a wide range of......

In 2008, Panadda Chayapark— a 60-year-old Thai grandmother and retired funk singer who speaks passable English due to having gone to a “good school” in Thailand — felt like her life in Bangkok was a bore. Then she got an offer from a long-time friend to come to L.A. and join......

Chef Hugo Sanchez serendipitously happened upon a Craigslist ad for a restaurant in Boyle Heights three years ago when he was thinking of opening his own restaurant. The ad was written by the owner of Antojitos Carmen, a media darling that rose in the ranks from the infamous Breed Street......

Much like hundreds of other Thai restaurateurs in Southern California, Andy Ricker was attracted to Los Angeles in part thanks to LAX-C, the "Thai Costco” that sits on nearly six acres of land at 1100 N. Broadway, not far from downtown. In addition to the main cash-and-carry grocery business, LAX-C......

The Catfe is indeed coming to Los Angeles. Half a year after announcing a kickstarter to fund America’s first cat café, Carlos Wong, the guy behind the venture, is bringing his concept to fruition, albeit a fleeting one. From Oct. 2-5, Wong will partner with Chinatown BID and Best Friends......

P’Toi A’prasert is a petite Thai woman, hardly 40 kilograms even when soaking wet in coconut milk. She took an early retirement from the Royal Thai Navy years ago and, in 2008, came to the U.S., with her pensioner husband, looking for a fresh start. Without much English under their......

Richard Larios, Timothy Cam and Philip Ozaki understand you don’t have to be an Angeleno to enjoy bacon-wrapped hot dogs. They also understand L.A.’s desire to eat dirty dogs during daylight. Thus on Friday, August 1, the three men are opening Dirt Dog, a small but heartfelt hot dog shack......

While even poke stalwart Sam Choy isn’t sure of poke’s exact origin, it's apparent that the current form of Japanese-influenced poke became pervasive throughout the “grindz” culture in the 1970s. Since then (and even more so since President Obama’s win), poke has become one of the go-to island food memories......

The city of Monterey Park has approved the first long-term city-sponsored night market in the Southland. KCM Agency, the Korean-American event production and marketing force behind Kollaboration and K-town Night Market  has signed an agreement to host six-hour long public nighttime soiree at Barnes Park every third Friday of the month......