On this busy stretch of Little Tehran, you’ll find rose ice cream made with fresh organic whole milk and thousands of rose petals distilled to their essence: either white rose which is sweeter, or red rose which is tarter. Like...
On any night but Saturdays, you can grab a seat and a bite at the lively Ta-Eem Grill. The cool kids and traditional families brush elbows at the outdoor tables on Melrose Avenue, but everyone comes for the eggplant dish....
Tallula’s has been more publicized because of their unfairly low Yelp ratings than for their food. That’s a shame because with celebrated chefs Jeremy Fox and Mario Alberto at the helm, with Santa Monica’s most acclaimed restaurateurs (Josh Loeb and...
Changes are you’re not about fly down to Mexico City tonight to have dinner at Contramar and order the pescado a la talla. But option number 2 would be driving to LAX and stopping at Coni’Seafood on your way there....
Don’t be fooled: at Pa Ord, you want to order carefully because even their mild dishes are on the fiery side. Get the kuay tiew rua, i.e. boat noodles (they used to be sold from small boats along Bangkok canals),...
Sticky Rice is the closest thing you’ll ever get to a Thai street-stall meal in Los Angeles. There are very few fie items on their menu at Grand Central Market, and they give the utmost attention to each and every...
“The proof is in the pudding”, they say. Well it is also in this financier which is a big as a fist, if a fist could have such a good buttery smell. But the proof is also in this rhubarb...
The Exchange, aka the restaurant at the bottom of the very-very-cool Freehand Hotel, could have been a simple lobby restaurant serving club sandwiches all day and club sodas all night. But when the Sino-Mexican chef Alex Chang meets the Israeli...
Otium is the stunning cube of wood and steel right by the Broad on Brand Avenue, aka LA’s very own museum row. At the helm of this giant art piece (filled with natural light, Damien Hirst paintings and an olive...
There’s nothing Mini about the flavorful kabobs at Mini Kabob. The place is tiny indeed (3 tables with mismatched chairs and a take-out counter), but you’ll eat like a king and be treated like one by the lovely elderly couple...
