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Monland Hot Pot City
251 W. Bencamp Street
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 289-4889
Roughly $20 per person to gorge yourself
It’s all about the condiments. A trio of fish paste, peanut sauce, and red berry glaze stand guard at each table, the only things other than porcelain and bamboo that hold prominence. The boisterous sounds of Mandarin, Cantonese, and [...]

It’s getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and my allergies are starting to act up. That can mean only one thing: asparagus season!
Why do I love asparagus? Nothing else tastes quite like it, for starters. It’s sweet, it’s tangy, it’s pungent, it’s fresh, it’s savory, all in one vegetable! It’s like a complete food [...]

Thanks to BoingBoing and the Washington Post, I came across two articles today of particular interest to Locavores, Slow Foodies, and hedonists like myself. Putting these two next to each other seems to highlight also the inherent conflict of interest in which we seem to have found ourselves amidst aggressive marketing campaigns-of-the-moment.
The first is a [...]

Ford’s Filling Station
9531 Culver Blvd., 90232
(310) 202-1470
$34 + tax, tip
Bottom line: Yum.
This is the food I love to eat. These are fresh, well-seasoned, unpretentious, and simple dishes borne of a deep hunger within, not of some intellectual curiosity or misinformed science project — I walked out of Ford’s Filling Station last night at 11 pm [...]

Grace
7360 Beverly Blvd., 90036
(323) 934-4400
Grace had a lot of promise. Chef Neal Fraser was a homegrown talent, having worked with the likes of Thomas Keller, Joachim Splichal, and Wolfgang Puck/Lee Hefter. A couple months ago I became very excited upon reading that they offered a “close to home” tasting menu, a series of dishes in [...]

Image from IHOP.
Today is National Pancake Day! In honor of it, IHOP has decided to offer everyone a free stack of pancakes until 10 pm tonight. They are asking, in exchange, that you make a donation to the Children’s Miracle Network whilst you get your eat on. I’ll be there, and I hope you will [...]

Euro Pane Bakery
950 E. Colorado Blvd. (at Mentor)
(626) 577-1828
Under $10 per person
Having spent the better part of the previous 24 hours locked up in transit, trying to make the short connection in Taipei, being searched by suspicious Chinese security officers, the last thing this weary traveler wanted to realize after waking in a jet-lagged stupor [...]

Adana Restaurant
6918 San Fernando Rd., Glendale 91201
Lunch: $10/person; Dinner: under $20/person
The first time I went to Adana, I was told we would probably be the only people eating there. While a statement like that would usually make me wary of a new restaurant, it came from one of my most trusted eating buddies, so I [...]