DTLA: Lunching at La Union
On Monday, I asked a coworker if she wanted to get lunch. The following was the actual conversation: “Hey, did you bring lunch?” “No, did you?” “No, but let’s go to lunch!” “Where… Continue reading
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Traveling Around Asia in LA, Part II
While the rest of the country expects it to actually be hot in the summer and cold in the winter, we frivolous Angelenos plan food crawls without considering the weather. This was exemplified… Continue reading
Traveling Around Asia in LA, Part I
Recently during my self-inflicted noodles and dumplings mini-tour of the San Gabriel Valley, I challenged myself to leave the SGV for Asian food outside the mecca. Okay, the mostly Chinese and Vietnamese mecca.… Continue reading
Test Kitchen: Kris Tominaga & Phillip Pretty
Recently I attended a dinner at Joe’s in Venice and learned their new chef de cuisine, Kris Tominaga, was going to be at Test Kitchen along with Phillip Pretty of the London in… Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
*artwork by SLD Growing up with immigrant parents, Thanksgiving meant a couple of days off school. Some of my extended family embraced the “traditional” Thanksgiving meal with turkey and all the side… Continue reading
Fall Offerings at Rush Street
I was invited to Rush Street to check out their new Fall menu. I am generally more of a Summer person than Fall but I love the fashion of Fall. And lately, I’ve… Continue reading
Silver Lake Supper: Dusty’s & Speranza
I found myself in Silver Lake for dinner a couple times in the past week or so. Once I mentioned Dusty’s had poutine, the gay boyfriend was all over it. He had that… Continue reading
Pie Pie Pie: simplethings opening soon
Last Friday, I was invited to check out simplethings, a new sandwich and pie shop opening soon on West 3rd Street, not too far from the Beverly Center. I walked into the cleanly… Continue reading
Joe’s Restaurant in Venice
I was invited to check out Joe’s Restaurant in Venice last week for dinner. Joe’s opened in 1991 on Abbot Kinney in the now-trendy neighborhood of Venice. When I arrived, Chef Joseph Miller… Continue reading
Ludobites 6.0
At the last Ludobites, I asked Krissy and Ludo (separately) where the next one was going to be at. Krissy said they were looking at four different locations but she was hoping for… Continue reading