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BEVERLY SOON TOFU HOUSE

www.beverlysoontofu.com

2717 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 108, Los Angeles, CA 90006

T: 213.380.1113

It’s a hot caldron of spicy, silken tofu and can be your gateway into that part of the city.

Koreatown

Korean

DRINK

Restaurants - Los Angeles, CA

www.animalrestaurant.com

435 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036

T: 323.782.9225

For their hamachi tostada. It’s really delicious. Chefs Jon and Vinny, even though they are not from LA, they really got LA right from the beginning.

West Hollywood

New American

RESTAURANTS

DIN TAI FUNG DUMPLING HOUSE

www.dintaifungusa.com

Store #1

1108 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007

T: 626.574.7068


Store #2

1088 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007

T: 626.446.8588

I love this place for their soup dumplings.

Arcadia

Taiwanese

EL CHATO

www.elchatotacotruck.com

Southwest corner of Olympic Boulevard & La Brea Avenue

Los Angeles

Taco Truck

EL PARIAN

1528 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015

T: 213.386.7361

They serve a Goat Birria, a Mexican stew, and carne asada tacos. 99.9% of the people they see all day are nothing like you, so it’s obvious to them that you are there for the food.

Pico Union

Mexican

HAN BAT SUL LUNG TANG

4163 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020

T: 213.383.9499

It’s kind of a cloudy, clear beef soup that we eat for breakfast in Korea with kimchee. That’s all they serve, they only serve one soup. You go there and eat that and it’s a great start to your day.

Koreatown

Korean

LA ESTRELLA TACO TRUCK

York and Avenue 54, Los Angeles, CA 90042

Highland Park

Taco

LANGER’S DELI

www.langersdeli.com

704 South Alvarado, Los Angeles, CA 90057

T: 213.483.8050

For the best pastrami. It’s pretty amazing. Hand-cut pastrami on crusty rye, Russian dressing and cole slaw.

Westlake

Delicatessen

LEO’S TACOS TRUCK

www.leostacos.com

4300 Eagle Rock Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90041

They do the best El Pastor.

Eagle Rock

Tacos

MOZZA

www.mozza-la.com

6602 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038

T: 323.297.0100 (make a reservation)

It’s always delicious. If you could pick one place out of the regional food and the Latino and Asian, I think if you had just one spot, you have to go to Mozza. To me, Nancy Silverton is the cornerstone of LA. Mozza, day in and day out for the last seven years or so, it’s just like killing it.

Hollywood

Italian

RECOMMENDATIONS

101 NOODLE EXPRESS

1025 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007

T: 626446.8855

For their beef roll.

Aracadia

Chinese

Q & A

RICKY’S FISH TACOS

1400 North Virgil Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90027

Twitter: @RickysFishTacos

For fish tacos.

Hollywood

Taco Truck

SON OF A GUN

www.sonofagunrestaurant.com

8370 W. 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048

T: 323.782.9033

Their chicken sandwich is really delicious and their lobster roll.

Mid-City West

American / Seafood

RECIPES

SOUTH PHILLY EXPERIENCE

These guys really care about their stuff. They get Amaroso buns from Pennsylvania, they fly in their Herr’s chips, they get real meat and slice it really thin. They bring in the cheese whiz and they’ve got the provolone. They really try to do everything from start to finish.

Various Locations

Food Tuck

GULFSTREAM

www.hillstone.com

10250 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90067

T: 310.553.3636

For their hot fudge sundae. It’s actually a chain restaurant from the Houston’s group and it’s just delicious, they put these little nuggets and chunks in there.

Century City

American

DISNEY FOUNTAIN SODA SHOP

www.elcapitan.go.com/soda_fountain/main.html

6834 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA

T: 323.817.1475

It’s my favorite milkshake in town. They use the Dewar’s Ice Cream from Bakersfield and it’s the old school soda fountain, with the seltzer sprayers and everything. They have great milkshakes and hot fudge sundaes.

Hollywood

Soda Fountain

Sweets - Los Angeles, CA

LA DESCARGA

www.ladescargala.com

1159 Western Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90029

It’s from Fidel Castro era. Amazing space and nothing kitschy or cliche, even though there are a lot of kitschy and cliche items they just fit perfectly in the space.

Hollywood

Bar / Cocktail Lounge

HARVARD AND STONE

www.harvardandstone.com

5221 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Ca 90027

T: 323.466.6063

It’s from the USO, American WW2 era. A great bar in town run by the Houston Brothers.

Hollywood / Thai Town

Bar / Cocktail Lounge

Drinks - Cocktails - Los Angeles, CA

PICCA

www.piccaperu.com

9575 W Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035

T: 310.277.0133

Mixologist Julian Cox makes an avocado guacamole cocktail at Picca that blows your mind, because it tastes nothing like you’d expect, but everything like you think it is.

West Los Angeles

Restaurant / Peruvian

RIVERA

1050 S. Flower Street, #102, Los Angeles, CA 90015
T: 213-749-1460

I think the best mixologist is Julian Cox, he does stuff for Rivera and Picca. His drinks have a complexity, with floral and fruity profiles that I enjoy.

Downtown

Restaurant / Latin / Spanish

LAMILL COFFEE

www.lamillcoffee.com

1636 Silver Lake Boulevard, Los Angeles, Ca 90026

T: 323.663.4441

Everyone knows about the espresso culture of Intelligentsia and Stumptown, but I think LAMILL has a really great coffee program. It’s enlightened me about coffee, the brewing and the patience of it and the different extraction methods. But then, it doesn’t feel so cerebral.

Silver Lake

Coffee

Drinks - Coffee - Los Angeles, CA

A-GROCERY WAREHOUSE

www.newworldfoods.us

1487 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026

T: 213.482.4803

It’s like wonderland. Any cook or any foodie would fall in love with this place. It’s been there for ages, probably 35 years. Hardly anyone knows about it except for the people who actually shop there, mostly Cambodians, Filipinos, Koreans, Vietnamese, Thai, local chefs and a smattering of hipsters, who have moved into Silver Lake and Echo Park.

Echo Park

Specialty Grocery

Markets - Los Angeles, CA

JONATHAN GOLD/ LA WEEKLY

If you really want to know the city, you have to read Jonathan Gold, from a food level. Get out of West Hollywood and Santa Monica for a moment, go to LA Weekly, read Jonathan, pick  a couple of spots and then go from there.

Food Critic / Writer

Resources - Websites / Writers

DEEP END DINING

I really like this guy’s blog. He goes out and eats at really wacky places and he has a really fun, comical writing style.

Website

Food Blog

Resources - Blogs

Chef Roy Choi | Recommendations

August 22, 2011

Kogi BBQ Trucks, A-Frame, Alibi Room, Chego - Los Angeles, CA

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Who

Roy Choi is the chef behind Kogi BBQ Truck, A-Frame, Alibi Room, and Chego in Los Angeles.

Why

Roy Choi is credited with kicking off the food-truck craze.

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