Changes in the LA Times Food Section

They’ve just dropped a number of articles on LA Sushi - in the Business section - by Daniel Miller.

This page has links to the pieces:

Some of these are for subscribers only at this point.

In the Food section they’re also covering sushi. This is the round-up of the articles (LA Dreams of Sushi):

And these are the individual pieces:

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Wow! Interesting, look forward to checking these out

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I’m slowly working my way through them; definitely enjoying the history.

There’s also this one:

Yes, I included that link. These are interesting articles; I am learning a good bit.

14 posts were split to a new topic: What kinds of tuna do sushi bars serve and where do they come from?

Another reason Addision might have been scarce for a while: he was in Japan.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Addison: “What makes L.A.’s sushi scene so great? I found answers in Tokyo”

And Addison also wrote this whole roundup:

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I can’t figure what benefit the Times accrues from doing a food event like this in NYC that would justify the cost.

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It’s awesome that they highlighted this place. I come here pretty often.

The nori roll is their “futomaki”. Why did Lucas write as if they are 2 different menu items.

WTF is California “futomaki”. It’s just California Roll.

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Was wondering that myself as I read of all the “correspondents” and chefs they must’ve flown out.

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Yet another sushi / Tokyo followup from Addison;

Is there any tempura omakase in LA?

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tempura endo and tempura nagomi before it got converted to sushi inaba

The custard is peak smooth and glassy. The crust is as delicate as chalk.

Sorry, what?

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This may be the first time I’ve seen “chalk” used as a positive term for food :slight_smile:

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She later says of the same crust

It flakes easily, disappearing into a fine powder when you take a bite.

I don’t know what kind of chalk that would be.

Here’s a new one: they collaboated with a spice vendor on a product:

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That’s different. Do other newspapers have similar colabs? I make me own (based on the recipe in Duncan Welgemoed’s book Africola) but I’d try it

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I’d expect newspapers to reject such a partnership since it compromises editorial integrity.

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