LA Food Bowl, presented by the LA Times, celebrates the best of food, farms, and sustainability. Food Bowl spans the entire month of May and encompasses a mix of dinners, parties, tours, pop-ups, films, classes and Night Market in Grand Park May 8-12. Some of the participating restaurants will participate in specials during the month…
Weekend Brunch at Lola’s Mexican Cuisine
Former LA Times Food Editor Russ Parsons was quoted as saying “Lola’s green salsa may be the single most compulsively delicious sauce since the heyday of the white garlic paste at Zankou Chicken.” This was enough for me to invite my wife for brunch at Lola’s Mexican Cuisine in Long Beach. Complimentary chips and salsa…
South Bay Spring Menus – New Food and Drink Offerings
Spring is here and fortunately, the weather is cooperating. Many South Bay restaurants are featuring new items to reflect this great weather. Here is a round-up of what they have to offer. El Segundo Flemings Steakhouse Flemings Steakhouse is pairing their popular Prime Burger with a glass of Paraduxx, a Duckhorn Proprietary Red Blend from…
Alta Adams Introduces California Soul Cuisine
Three years ago Keith Corbin was a newly hired manager at Locol, the community-focused fast-food concept from chefs Daniel Patterson and Roy Choi. Corbin never cooked professionally but was noticed for his skills and ability in the kitchen. Locol ended up closing its doors in 2018. Fortunately, Patterson gave Corbin an opportunity to run the…
A Basq Kitchen Celebrates National Paella Day for 4 Days!
A Basq Kitchen will celebrate National Paella Day, March 27. It continues the celebration with a different paella each day until Saturday, March 30. Paella is a Spanish rice dish topped with peppers and loaded with everything from shrimp to chorizo to lobster. Variations on original Spanish Valencia exist, but the commonality seems to be…
Pikunico – Japanese Fried Chicken Done Right
Jonathan Gold cast Kuniko Yagi into the spotlight when he reviewed Hinoki and the Bird in 2013. Soon after their Kaiseki-style pan-Asian cuisine restaurant made it into Jonathan Gold’s top 101 restaurants in LA. Yagi left Hinoki and the Bird and recently opened Pikunico in DTLA. I had Pikunico’s address but didn’t realize that they…
Pasta Sisters – Affordable Quality Italian
In LA’s westside, Culver City is where many new and exciting restaurant concepts appear. One of the latest is Pasta Sisters, a fast-casual Italian restaurant that makes their pasta fresh in-house. They pair the pasta with quality Italian sauces and offer them with an optional fresh ball of burrata cheese. Pasta Sisters first opened its…
Ord and Broadway Delivers Delicious Asian Fusion
Editor’s Note: Ord and Broadway closed in 2022. Modern Filipino cuisine is trending in LA. More dishes with adobo, ube, and silog are appearing on local menus. What I’m enjoying about this movement is the fact that chefs are taking dishes that they enjoyed growing up, and are using modern cooking techniques to prepare them….
OC Restaurant Week Begins March 3
The 11th annual OC Restaurant Week is set to begin Monday, March 3, and runs through Sat., March 9. The restaurants featured are geographically extensive, from Buena Park to the north to San Juan Capistrano to the south. I like the fact that there are choices for every budget. The prix fixe menus are priced…
The Slummin’ Gourmet Defines Gourmet in Pomona
I used to be an avid food truck chaser. Through that experience I got familiar with Twitter and learned about the foot truck community. Some of the trucks focused on gimmicky food like fried cheese balls, but others had bonafide chefs onboard and were trying to make a difference. A handful of trucks caught my…