WHY Real shabu-shabu made with exceptional ingredients, notably the Wagyu beef. Best of all: When you finish cooking and eating your meat, seafood and veggies, they take the pot back to the kitchen and turn the now-rich broth into a heavenly thick soup with rice or udon. WHAT It’s a modest-looking place, and shabu-shabu (meat, [...]
February 16, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY From custom to corporate, baby shower to birthday, Fancifull has beautiful and thoroughly stuffed gift baskets for any occasion. WHAT For over 25 years, Terry and Wally August have procured first-rate ingredients from around the world and packaged them into gift baskets. While they have produced extravagant packages for mega corporations like the Food Network and the [...]
February 15, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Espresso-caramel chocolates with the subtlest hint of sea salt, and dozens of other superb chocolates, from the traditional to the inventive. WHAT The meticulously crafted, classic French-style chocolates, made in the Terpoghossian family’s Van Nuys kitchen and displayed in this swank little shop, are deeply delicious; we’re already addicted to the ones with the [...]
February 14, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Lovely small dishes—Japanese fried chicken, crab claws with cucumber, black cod with miso, braised eggplant—at reasonable prices given the quality. WHAT Years ago, in its original low-rent Hollywood location, this restaurant introduced izakaya (small plates) to Angelenos, who followed the place when it moved to this more stylish industrial space on Beverly. What’s on [...]
February 13, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY For rich and beautiful (if sometimes too sweet) cupcakes; try the dark chocolate, lemon and cinnamon. If you call your order in ahead, you won’t have to wait in line. WHAT We don’t get the cupcake frenzy, but if you’re among the obsessed, you will make a pilgrimage here, if you haven’t already. What [...]
February 12, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Local microbrews, good wine by the glass and tasty, affordable modern pub chow. Try the quick-fried garbanzo beans, the soups, the shrimp bruschetta and the fish ‘n chips. WHAT A high-ceilinged old brick building in gentrifying Highland Park is home to this simple but stylish pub, a pioneer in L.A.’s gastropub movement. Order your [...]
February 11, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY One of the first spruced-up bars of Downtown’s renaissance. Kogi fans take note that the taco truck sometimes parks outside. WHAT The funky name and neon sign date from the bar’s original incarnation, but this modern version is a sleek stop on the Downtown bar circuit, with an outdoor smoking area complete with couches. [...]
February 10, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Taco trucks hit the big time when this Korean/Mexican fusion coach arrived on the scene. WHAT The icon of the nouveau food truck scene, Kogi has a legion of imitators but still makes the best Korean taco in LA, and the hungry masses are eating it up. Wherever one of the five Kogi trucks parks, [...]
February 9, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY For a stomach-stuffing, tasty and affordable Mediterranean plate, prepared at mach speed. WHAT Their pita wraps are a nice and compact treat, but its the massive plates loaded with heaps of chicken scharwma, or gloriously grilled lamb, beef, kefta, and chicken kebabs (lamb pictured above) that are tremendous value for less than $9. Each is served [...]
February 8, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Need we remind you of the importance of supporting a 58-year-old antiquarian bookstore that celebrates the printed page? WHAT Owner Leonard Bernstein (not that Lenny) focuses on all aspects of western American history including culinary (he was the one to get MFK Fisher’s papers and books upon her death in 1992), with attention to [...]
February 7, 2013 | Posted in
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