Deciphering the meanings of the items around the Chinese New Year table is a lot like a treasure hunt. Each individual dish is steeped in tradition and is a homonym for a particular wish in the … Continue reading “10 Essential Chinese New Year Dishes” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
Oola 860 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94107 Dining date: 12/27/12 This past year for my grandmother’s birthday, my cousins and I took her to dinner at Oola in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood. It’s a tradition we’ve been doing a number of years now, and something I look forward to each holiday season. This year, [...]
The Burns family has been a part of the LA food scene for generations. Their newest venture: Bedford & Burns, a comfort-food bistro that opened in Beverly Hills last month. Burns siblings Bonnie, Beth, and Bobby (he was an owner of the Marmalade Café chain) preside over food that’s just like Mom used to make—pretty [...]
Los Angeles Theatre Restaurant and cafe owners encircling Downtown’s St. Vincent Court are despondent over a crackdown on outdoor dining in the enchanting alleyway off Broadway, considered by many to be the life blood of these mostly Middle Eastern eateries. Despite a flourishing scene of outdoor tables and an al fresco food court, L.A. Downtown [...]
The Place: Neat, 1114 North Pacific Ave., Glendale; (818) 241-4542. The Hours: 4:30-7:30 p.m. every day. The Deals: Half off everything. The Digs: Behind an unlikely door in an unlikely stri… Continue reading “Happy Hour: Neat in Glendale” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
Verbal wars have raged over whether New York or LA has the nation’s best pastrami. Tourists from every corner of the planet may flock to Manhattan landmarks Katz’s and Carnegie Deli, but LA has the blessing of Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold, who once called Langer’s pastrami America’s best. We’ll leave it to others [...]
Samuelsson Alhambra: Tony Chen slams the burger at Grill ‘Em All for being overcooked, forgetting ingredients, and putting the toppings, um, on top. [SinoSoul] Atwater Village: Golden Road Brewing is now offering brewery tours. [LAT] Baldwin Hills: New York chef Marcus Samuelsson is cooking with Govind Armstrong at Post & Beam on February 26. The [...]
La Casita Mexicana, the celebrated Mexican restaurant in Bell owned by chefs Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu, is expanding to take over the space next door, which used to be a barber sh… Continue reading “La Casita Mexicana in Bell Expanding” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
Hooray for National Pancake Day. Sure, you can line up for a free short stack all day until 10:00 p.m. at any of the nearly two dozen IHOP locations around L.A., or you can batter up for these l… Continue reading “Happy National Pancake Day: Where to Eat Pancakes for Every Meal of the Day [...]
Hawaiian food is a prime example of culinary fusion, a place where North American and Asian foods meet on a heap of rice. LA’s South Bay is where you’ll find great renditions of Hawaii’s classics: loco moco, Spam musubi, poke, shave ice, and more. Here’s where Chowhounds go for comfy island dishes oozing aloha spirit: [...]
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