If a friend suggest a dinner at Katsu-ya, be very strict about it: it’s either Studio City or nothing. You might sound like a sushi nazi, and even lose a friend or two, but that’s the only way to fully...
For some people, Speranza doesn’t exist. It’s a small undercover restaurant, hidden on Hyperion Avenue behind plastic tarps. There is almost no review of the place, no restaurant website nor social media accounts — even though it has existed for...
Why should you wait 45 minutes to get a table at a Thai restaurant? Why is there a herd of hungry hipsters lined up like toy soldiers on a strip mall? Why are the walls of Jitlada covered with awards,...
When you enter a Koreatown restaurant and you see David Chang, the food gods are in your favor. And if the Momofuku chef is dining with editor in chief of Lucky Peach, we feel obliged to write a review on...
Take a slice of lightly toasted farmhouse bread. With a mandolin (and without losing a finger), slice an heirloom beefsteak tomato, pickled fennel, red onion, and a California avocado from the Farmers Market. Pile them up and alternate colors as...
Everything has already been written about Gjelina. The delicacy of their mozzarella and orange-tinted cherry tomatoes pizza, its refined decor, the necessity to book ahead in order to avoid the line on a Saturday lunch, their gnocchi with brown butter...
In the Jon & Vinny’s restaurant family, let’s ask for the second son, the one who gave up meat and spends his days fishing with his daddy. Located on West 3rd, i.e. the WeHo street which is getting a full...
When Shake Shack opened on Santa Monica Blvd, people queued up for more than an hour to order a burger. No luck, it is still the case today. And they are right to be queuing – each with their own reason,...
The time you go to Gracias Madre will determine your impression of the place. At 1PM, you may feel like the butternut squash quesadilla is a bit dry, despite its tempting cashew cheese you’ve already tried and liked at Cafe...
Tasting menus can sometimes feel like a punishment, three hours at the table without any free will, all in order to leave with a stomach too full and a wallet too thin. Kato is here to change that. Jonathan Yao,...