WHY The empanadas de maduro. These fried turnovers, stuffed with mashed ripe bananas and melted cheese and served in a pool of cultured cream, are candidates for our Best Dish Ever list. WHAT The stuffed parrots and Nicaraguan knickknacks add an air of festivity, but the food alone is enough to get the party started. [...]
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WHY The lunchtime thali—an assortment of small dishes with big flavor. WHAT Spicy vegetarian fare in the Andhra style is on the menu at this spacious Little India restaurant. Carrot cubes with grated coconut and a lentil stew called kootu are accompanied by roti, rice and dessert. 18792 Pioneer Blvd., Artesia, 562.809.3806, bhimasveg.com. L & [...]
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WHY For an exemplary nod to the lighter side of eastern Chinese cooking. WHAT Soft gray walls, lipstick-red lacquer accents and a mirrored bar provide a posh setting for impeccable cooking that features well-chosen ingredients. Shredded pork in brown sauce is more wonderfully chewy and caramelized than saucy. With the accompanying steamed buns, you make [...]
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WHY Traditional Japanese combination specials at lunchtime or French-inflected dinner entrées, as well as a full sushi bar. Appetizers include rock shrimp tempura, lavish foie gras with eggplant and yuzu sauce and lobster with truffles, while entrées include salmon with lobster bisque sauce, Kobe beef and Jidori chicken. WHAT Beverly Hills has several upscale sushi [...]
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WHY Well-prepared French bistro classics in a hidden and romantic Hollywood spot. Try the perfectly dressed salads, the steak sandwich with thin, crisp fries, the moules frites, the cassoulet and one of the tarts for dessert. WHAT Although large, with a front patio, a fireplace-warmed dining room and a huge tented back patio, this subtly [...]
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