Monthly Archives: February 2009
Leftovers: Long Beach Fish Grill
Simple fish from the District: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES Somewhere between the restaurants that source their seafood from Tsukiji and those that shake loose a few filets from a cardboard box is a whole culinary gulf where the ocean isn’t … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Feng Mao
Koreatown’s yang rou chuan specialist from today’s L.A. Times: PHOTO by MICHAEL ROBINSON CHAVEZ / L.A. TIMES Tiny flecks of fire jump from Feng Mao’s tabletop grills. They’re unpredictable at first, but as the embers slowly brighten to white-hot, the … Continue reading
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Recession Bust-ing
The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Maine is testing out whether sex still sells even during a recession. Some choice quotes from the Kennebec Journal: The outside windows were covered with promotional posters for New England Coffee. Up the … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Church & State
Breaking away from the brasserie pack downtown: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES Church & State is the odd bistro out in L.A.’s recent brasserie boom – an uncomplicated place that fits downtown’s still-indelicate fringe. While Anisette, for example, pursues Old World … Continue reading
To Do: Where the Good Things Are
The Santa Monica Farmers Market presents a night of food philosophy from its “Where the Good Things Are” series. The February 26 event focuses on how to deliver fresh produce from farm to fork and will be moderated by Evan … Continue reading
Leftovers: La Chiva Loca
Drowned sandwiches from this week’s District: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES These are the wet weeks of the California winter, a time in the state’s single season when morning mist gathers on your hair like dew on grass and when even … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Wurstküche
In CityBeat this week: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES There’s a swell of sound pouring out of Wurstküche – a steady hum of conversations all rushing together into a wave. It seeps out onto downtown streets from somewhere beyond the restaurant’s … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Tantalizingly Thai
Regional plates from this week’s District: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES Like orange chicken and the California roll before it, pad Thai has been folded right into the American appetite, a dish so popular it’s now the barometer by which many … Continue reading
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Street Meat at Pondok Kaki Lima
After an abrupt closure back in August, Pondok Kaki Lima, Duarte’s pop-up Indonesian food fest, is back. The mini-bazaar sets up shop in the parking lot of the Duarte Inn every Saturday, an amazingly unassuming location fitting for a city … Continue reading
Leftovers: So Hyang
Eating the upper-reaches of Koreatown: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES Out on the business end of Koreatown, where Wilshire high-rises block out the sun and serious restaurants fade to fast food, So Hyang sits just out of sight. The restaurant is … Continue reading
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