la.foodblogging

Philippe’s - The original french dip sandwich
1001 N. Alameda St. Los Angeles CA. 90012 -
(Downtown LA, close to Union Station, Chinatown and Olivera Street)I’ve been craving a decent french dip sandwich for awhile. And not any old french dip sandwich (french dip from IHOP is not my idea of fufilling a sandwich craving…much [...]

Two buck tamale!
Hat tip to Erin’s Kitchen for the information on the LA Tamale Festival. Since I don’t live too far away, I decided to check it out.
Check out the LAFB post about last year’s Tamale Festival.
The event is on 7th Street near MacArthur Park.

Like any festival, there are colorful items sold [...]

Señor Fish
618 Mission Street, South Pasadena 91030
Locations in Eagle Rock (Señor Fresh), Alhambra, and Downtown
(626) 403-0145
Under $10 per person

Daily 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

Bottom Line: If you’re jones’n for fish tacos, there is no other choice.

“Always fresh, never fishy,� is a mantra more commonly associated with your favorite sushi joint than your corner taco [...]

One of my friends is a sushi fiend. He, I and another buddy decided for catch up together for conversation and figured that on that night it would be while having some sushi.
My sushi fiend friend recommended we meet up at Frying Fish in Little Tokyo.

Two chefs work in the middle and place their [...]

I go downtown on quite a frequent basis, but I wouldn’t say that I really GO there. Once a week or more, I am there, but my experience is generally limited to the Joe’s parking lot on Olive and the second floor of the Superior Court.
So when I drew the jury duty stick last week, [...]

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that I have to work for a living. And it’s an even more unfortunate that work starts quite early in the morning. More unfortunate still is the fact that I live on one side of the Hollywood Hills and work on the other, necessitating an even earlier waking up [...]

Ocean Seafood: DIM SUM - Chinatown
750 N. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA
8.27.06 - Sunday, 11:00 AM
Moi + 9 other hungry crazies
Dim sum, anyone? A little of this, a gigantic boatload of that? Yes, well, me too!
I already know Ocean Seafood makes a mean baked crab. Their veggies are sub-par, the rice sucks, and [...]

Downtown’s Gentrified Watering Hole