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LA Weekly’s Jonathan Gold has his Counter Intelligence sights set on mail order delicacies this week. For salami, bacon and chocolate lovers, it’s a must-read. Link.
In the same issue there’s also a Style Council column on New Year’s Eve party drink recipes. Until this morning I can’t say [...]

Xiomara is one of those restaurants that I’d been meaning to try for a while. I think I’ve eaten there once or twice before, but that was years and years ago. I can’t even recall if I liked it or not. Today, I had no choice. I was trying to meet [...]

There is no seafood more sincere, lowbrow and unapologetic than at the Fisherman’s Outlet. Occupying a sun bleached, shabbily built brick hut in a terrible part of town, the fetid stench of failure, drug abuse and palpable sociopathy makes you wonder if the food is that good, now that you’re standing in a Soviet-style line, [...]

Years ago, at my first out of college job, I had to set up a business meeting for someone. The client suggested Julienne in San Marino. The following week, after the meeting, the lady in my office who met with the client said very little about the client but loads about Julienne. [...]

Ever had the hakata-style ramen at Shin Sen Gumi? On JANUARY 28th and SUNDAY JANUARY 29th, ramen bowls are only $3 AT THE FOUNTAIN VALLEY LOCATION ONLY. They are starting at 11:30 am and closing when they’ve served 400 bowls, so expect a wait. The Gardena and Rosemead locations are not honoring [...]

I thought I knew of all the good restaurants in downtown, even if I haven’t been them all. I guess I have been out of LA too long because I was just introduced to Pacific Grille. I never would have discovered this little place, located in the lobby of one of the high [...]

It’s been a little while since I’ve been to a restaurant and I ordered BBQ baby back ribs - one of my favorites to make on my own. (The next time I grill out, I’ll post the recipe on here.) And little did I know that when I went to Glendale last weekend to meet [...]

Years ago, I would get my udon fix at this Japanese place on the corner of Sawtelle and Olympic in West LA. The name of the restaurant used to confuse me. I could have sworn that it was Mishima, when in fact it was really Yashima. When I asked my dinner companions [...]