Catching up on September forays…
Best Bet (Culver City), with @CiaoBob: We both agreed it was all right…
World Paella Day celebration at Tatel Beverly Hills: Uphill climb alert! The paella here has gotten much better! Excellent focus on the rice, with proper texture and socarrat. Huge bite!
Tartine (Santa Monica): Quite good. Nice place for a quick breakfast…
The Donut Man (Downtown LA): Unusually long strawberry season this year…
For The Win (Downtown LA): Not the best photo, but a deliciously messy smashburger nevertheless…
Artelice Bakery (Sawtelle Japantown): Happy for them, as they are (deservedly) getting super popular now…
Uoichiba Handroll (Sherman Oaks): Located in The Joint Eatery (with a sister location at Citizen Public Market in Culver City), one can request the chirashi to roll your own handrolls as well…
Lunasia (Cerritos): Solid execution on the dim sum classics…
Kogane (Alhambra): Another outstanding omakase at Kogane - Every bit as solid as the other high temples of sushi in L.A. Fantastic shari. Fumio-san doled out THREE different species of uni this evening, including the very tough-to-find (and outrageously tasty) aka uni, from waters off Kyushu… Huge bite!!!
Liu’s Cafe (Koreatown): Taiwanese casual comes to Ktown! Soft opened in September, the service is friendly and the food is comforting. Awesome beef curry, and THE best dan taat between the 110 and the 405!
Cofax (Culver City): Breakfast burrito is the call here, of course. Not as good as I recall from their OG Fairfax location, though…
Lan Noodle (WeHo), with @CiaoBob & @chrishei: Instantly THE best Northern Chinese noodle option in this hood. Excellent ‘Q’ on them noodles, but the spice level is a bit dialed down…
Pecking House popup @ Tuk Tuk (Sawtelle Japantown): Their touted chicken sando was decent, but the real surprise was the wonderful peach & ginger panna cotta, which I thought was a huge bite! Go figure…
Board House Coffee (West LA): Breakfast sandwich, with multigrain bread, was made with love…
