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On Sunday, May 1, 2011,KCRW & SMC Associates present Global Street Food, a special, live event celebrating street food from around the world, being held at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
This will be a live stage show followed by gourmet food truck tastings, featuring Evan Kleiman of KCRW’s Good Food radio show. Kleiman will [...]

Okay, I am no pho (pronounced “fah”) expert, but I do know that the broth should be quite clear.
Cloudy broth, such as the bland dishwater served at Pho 999, simply does not cut it.
Phor those who don’t know, pho is a Vietnamese soup, similar to Japanese ramen or soba, that is usually served with beef [...]

Pho Show just had their grand opening this week, so I went to visit for dinner tonight since it’s so close to my office. Since it’s on the west side and it is called Pho Show, I didn’t go in with my expectations too high.

While waiting for the rest of my party to arrive, [...]

Vin Loi Tofu sells a lot more than just plain old tofu. The small humble-looking restaurant has some of the best veggie pho I’ve ever had and that’s saying a lot coming from someone who grew up on the pho in the SGV.

On the counter were some of these strange looking dumplings wrapped in [...]

Celadon is a beautiful restaurant and bar/lounge that offers a unique experience. This is definitely the kind of romantic venue you could take someone special to, though the menu is actually skewed towards shared plates, hence ideal for groups of 4-5 or more.
Adjacent to the main bar are a few lounge rooms, [...]

Gingergrass
2396 Glendale
Silverlake, CA
My first impression of Gingergrass felt warm and fuzzy - I love the lofty, minimalist feel. The building feels unfinished, artsy, yet oddly comfortable. No distracting frou frou scenester fanfare - and the smells were intoxicating from the get-go. The place was slammin’, and a little too warm, but that only adds to [...]

Great post over at Oishii wherein Jeni hits up her family’s favorite spots in Westminster’s Little Saigon. Her mom provides a write up of each of their stops:
BEST FRENCH BA…. HEY, HOW DO U SPELL THAT BA… SHIT. … SORRY. YEE, IT WAS THE BEST BREAD SINCE I LEFT VIETNAM. HEY, FOUND THE OWNER LITTLE [...]

Every lunch group has one curmudgeon who takes lunch very seriously and is hard to please. We’ve named ours Dr. No for his habit of rejecting new restaurants out of hand even though he has a fairly good record of enjoying them once he has eaten there. After we read a review of [...]