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Leftovers: Zait & Za’atar and Wraps Xpress
Manakeesh‘s Orange County moment for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by KATIE FALKENBERG / L.A. TIMES There’s a moment in a cuisine’s acculturation when a dish morphs into a movement. In Orange County, that moment belongs now to a multinational influx … Continue reading
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A Taste of Red Medicine
As proudly announced on their blog, recent Beverly Hills addition Red Medicine took some joy in not only throwing out but also publicly unmasking L.A. Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila. According to that post, the managing staff took issue … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Bruxie
The emerging world of waffle sandwiches for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by GINA FERAZZI / L.A. TIMES Some culinary trends come with promises concocted in the vague argot of marketing executives and brand managers. But a few rare ideas spring … Continue reading
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Leftovers: El Pollo Imperial
Drive-through Peruvian in North Long Beach for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by GARY FRIEDMAN / L.A. TIMES A voice crackles from the tinny speaker in the kitchen, and the staff at El Pollo Imperial listens closely to someone in a … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Tom Yum Koong
Crossing the border into Laos for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by LUIS SINCO / L.A. TIMES Thatched baskets of sticky rice arrive alongside tart pork sausages still sputtering from the pan. Papaya salad follows, the strands of green, unripened fruit … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Dat Thanh
A new nem nuong cuon contender for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by MARIAH TAUGER / L.A. TIMES In the hyperspecialized kitchens of Little Saigon, where dining by dac biet (a restaurant’s prescribed list of house specialties) is almost a moral … Continue reading
Going local at the Food Rendezvous
Checking in on the newest platform for L.A.’s emerging food artisans for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by KATIE FALKENBERG / L.A. TIMES Outside the old Venice jail, toddlers in tie-dyed shirts lick avocado-vanilla popsicles and graying couples aim their Leica … Continue reading
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Leftovers: La Huasteca
Rocio Camacho’s pre-Columbian cuisine for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by GLENN KOENIG / L.A. TIMES Cars cruise through the roundabout under the waning afternoon sun, leisurely circling a reconstruction of Mexico City’s Angel of Independence. First-timers marvel at the faux-colonial … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Merry’s House of Chicken
Indonesian fried chicken and coal-black kluwak for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by MARIAH TAUGER / L.A. TIMES There’s a glistening chicken somewhere under the blanket of crispy rice-flour crumbles. The crystalline snowflake-like particles are scattered over the entire bird, its … Continue reading
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Leftovers: Uyen Thy
A French-inflected breakfast in Little Saigon for the L.A. Times: PHOTO by LAWRENCE K. HO / L.A. TIMES In Little Saigon, modest fortunes have been made on spring rolls alone. Entire legacies have been decided by the buttery crunch of … Continue reading
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