WHY Sake, romance, careful service and excellent izakaya. WHAT Curtained booths allude to the tatami rooms of the past at this sleek South Bay looker serving great food and an extensive sake list that includes several flights. Every dish, including crunchy fried baby Spanish mackerel, fresh salmon roe omelet and seared albacore with spicy sauce, [...]
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WHY Go for the Shanghai-style dumplings filled with crab and pork and the light, pastry-style dumplings filled with sautéed leeks—but also try the Shanghai spareribs and the jade shrimp with a spinach purée. WHAT Originally known as Dragon Villages, this was one of the first formal restaurants to introduce Shanghai-style cooking to Los Angeles. The [...]
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WHY Such amazing specialties as the yam priaw dawng (pickled crab salad), soft-shell crab curry and crispy morning glory stems with shrimp and fried shallot slices. WHAT Over the last few years Jazz Singsanong and her chef brother, Suthipom, have turned one of Thai Town’s better restaurants into a destination dining spot, thanks to her [...]
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WHY Any one of the blistering salads, seasoned with pak pai, a Thai herb that tastes like cilantro raised to the 10th power. WHAT Although its setting is beyond nondescript, the flavors at this six-table Isaan-style place leap from the plate. The fermented sour rice sausage and shrimp laap (larp kroong on the menu) are [...]
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WHY Superb northern Thai food in an unlikely Reseda location—it’s a blessing for Northridge and Reseda locals and is worth a trip for Thai-food aficionados from farther away. WHAT It may be on a less-than-hip stretch of Reseda Boulevard, but the dining room is handsome and the china elegant. Proceed directly to the back page [...]
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WHY Fourteen draft beers (stouts, lagers, ales and ciders) at modest prices, live music and a fun trivia night. WHAT A proper English pub with a proper English barkeep and, to eat, Cal-Val standards (salads, barbecued chicken breast) and pub classics (juicy, salty onion rings and comforting mashed spuds and peas). The pretty, open-layout room [...]
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WHY For 46 beers on tap, with great choices from Ireland, England and Belgium, and solid English fare, including a good chicken curry. WHAT A pleasantly old-school pub (pressed tin ceilings, polished wooden floors, walled patio) that perfectly suits its old-fashioned setting in Sierra Madre’s village center. In the back is a tiny but richly [...]
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WHY 63 beers on tap, including some wonderful Belgians, along with such reliable pub standards as pasties and a tasty chicken curry. WHAT Co-owner David Farnsworth is originally from the north of England, and with partner Peggy Simonian he’s created an authentically English pub in a brick-walled Old Town space, with nooks, crannies and a [...]
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WHY A serene afternoon tea service with delectable scones and the best strawberry jam around. WHAT Tea-party groups (no, not that kind of Tea Party) meet here for the peaceful, gilt-trimmed setting and handy Old Pasadena location. If you can’t make it for the finger sandwiches, check out the surprisingly happening dinner scene (live jazz [...]
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WHY Fresh, simple café fare is served at picnic tables under the pine trees in Fern Dell, making it paradise for people (and their dogs) returning from a long hike. Good vegetarian choices. WHAT Had a long hike or a hard day cutting your student film at neighboring AFI? Then head to Trails to refuel [...]
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