Memorial Day just ended, but that doesn’t mean the grills are cooling off anytime soon; in fact, L.A. Foodie and Beachwood BBQ and Brewing are firing up a sizzling event tomorrow evening! The gathering is called #GetPorked, and as you probably guessed, the night is going to be full of succulent swine. The event costs $40 [...]
WHY For island-style sweet-salty chicken and plantation-style bone-in chicken, both accompanied by potato-macaroni salad and rice. WHAT Local food, Hawaiian style, means Euro-Asian fusion fare, and this place does it well. It’s ultramodern in looks but owned by the family behind the old-school King’s Hawaiian Bakery next door. 18605 S. Western Ave., Torrance, 310.523.3233 L [...]
April 14, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY A longtime leader of Burmese cuisine in Los Angeles. WHAT Golden Triangle has for decades been an uptown Whittier stalwart, its Burmese food reason enough to trek to Greenleaf Avenue. And even this long into its existence, enough can’t be said of the spritely ginger salad, earthy tea leaf salad, goat curry with coconut [...]
April 1, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Vegetarian and vegan meals in a bucolic garden setting. WHAT The board of changing daily specials at this serene, Buddha-filled indoor-outdoor eatery may offer sweet white corn chowder or a nut-strewn salad. House dressings include balsamic-virgin olive oil vinaigrette and sesame-tamari-lemon. And the delicious house favorites, enchiladas and the kamut spaghetti with a rich [...]
March 31, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY The best takeout coffee in the area and, if you have time to sit down and eat, very good food, too. WHAT This is not really a place to sit with just a cup of coffee and linger—the people waiting for a table for breakfast or lunch will look daggers at you—but it’s a [...]
March 28, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY A 24/7 godsend for insomniacs, students and night-shifters. WHAT The food’s fine, but the real value of this ’70s-woodsy coffee shop is that it’s open 24 hours a day, a rarity for a large, full-service restaurant anywhere in L.A., let alone a beach town. Regulars get the muffins, crab cake Benedict, burgers and egg [...]
March 23, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY The avocado tower, lobster salad and the tasting menu. WHAT Christine Brown combines flavors of the Mediterranean and the Pacific Rim in this color-washed bistro, and the results are generally quite successful. The ‘greens and grazing plates’ are typically big enough to share as a starter; half the room seems to get the avocado [...]
March 9, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY For a superior execution of the traditional Hawaiian-style plate lunch… oh, and for that bacon-fried rice. WHAT Muted tropical colors add a nice note to an attractive setting in which to enjoy grilled sesame-splashed salmon, shrimp or orange roughy with seared asparagus, as well as the customary rice and macaroni salad (this one comes [...]
March 5, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY One of the finest small markets around, tiny and personal and packed with good things to eat. WHAT Oh, how we love this wee little market in an old house! There’s the quality produce, of course, and the good meat and fish. And those amazing scones made by the French guy who sells them [...]
February 26, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY The Pioneer rice special, a combination of crispy minced shrimp cake, slabs of grilled marinated pork, delicate steamed egg loaf and a salad garnish, has customers returning again and again. WHAT The small city of Artesia may be famed for Little India, in which this Vietnamese place sits, but in fact it’s as multinational [...]
February 24, 2013 | Posted in
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