Ghosts are going to love it! Barton G., the wacky Miami restaurant spreading its lobster Pop-Tarts and “Boarnie Madoff’s Bucket of Bones” to La Cienega, will open this June in a 1,900-square-foot space. Jeff O’Neill, a one-time StarChefs Rising Star who worked at Daniel and Le Bernadin before landing at Barton G. Weiss’ Dining Room [...]
If you’re looking for a Sunday kitchen project that doesn’t involve corned beef and cabbage, how about a little St. Patrick’s Day candy making? For that, we suggest Hand-Crafted Candy Bars by lo… Continue reading “Cookbook Review (And Weekend Project!): Hand-Crafted Candy Bars + A 20 Minute Chocolate Nougat Recipe” > Read the full post [...]
Andrew Zimmern at Red Medicine in Beverly Hills Andrew Zimmern, the intrepid eater, chef, and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods isn’t always munching on camel kidneys and goat scrotums for lunch. “I seem to be always working,” Zimmern tells Grub Street, “but whenever I’m not, my desire is to eat a lot of fruits [...]
So there you are in Belarus, supping on beet soup and rye bread, getting all stinky on kvas. The bill comes and you reach for your wallet. To tip or not to tip, you wonder. You try to remember… Continue reading “How Much Should I F***ing Tip?: The Internet Just Made Tipping Abroad Easy” > [...]
Allumette 1320 Echo Park Ave Los Angeles, CA 90026 Dining date: 2/28/13 Allumette opened earlier this year, in what was a quick re-conceptualization of Echo Park’s Allston Yacht Club. Young chef Miles Thompson, formerly of Son of a Gun, brought his pop-up The Vagrancy Project to AYC last summer. It sounded like a successful run and I’d [...]
As far excitement goes, those in hotel restaurants — particularly chains — tend to be pretty bleh. The drill and the menu reads all too familiar. Overdressed Caesar salad, a minestrone that’s been simmering for who knows how long, and of course the “just kill my tastebuds” club sandwich.So when Conbon and I were invited [...]
Micah Wexler puts the finishing touches on homemade headcheese tacos Umamicatessen Downtown is hosting a series of guest chef dinners called The Residency, where diners get an intimate multi-course dinner at the counter in the rear of the restaurant, getting plenty of facetime with the chef and watching him put the finishing touches on the [...]
Pingtung Pingtung, a new twist on a Taiwanese market and tea shop from Li Ping, owner of New York’s SoHo’s Kelly & Ping and an eight-year Angeleno, is now soft-open on Melrose. The shelves will be stocked with spices, the brand’s own Gongfu-style teas, Stumptown coffee, J-Pop sochu, Calpico sodas, and snacks, while a cafe [...]
In Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola’s 2003 cinematic homage to anomie, Bill Murray’s character, Bob Harris, travels to Japan and submits to a kind of humiliation by whiskey as the spokesman fo… Continue reading “Suntory Rising: The Rise of Japanese Whiskey” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
Like Arcadia, Monterey Park, and Rosemead, Temple City usually draws Angelenos to the SGV for Chinese food. But one Chowhound recently discovered another reason to visit: Banana Leaf, a simple Indonesian café with a not-so-simple menu. Will Owen has ordered a number of dishes, including some he’s never had before: beef rendang, fried smashed chicken, [...]
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