Category: Chinese
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Status Kuo
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post that wasn’t about a food festival or a pop-up, but with Brunch at the Races coming up, I thought I’d review a meal I had at one of the restaurants that will be participating at the event: Status Kuo. David Kuo, the chef/owner, is Taiwanese-American, and […]
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Luckyrice Feast Los Angeles 2015
Last Thursday, I attended my first Luckyrice Feast at the Create Nightclub in Hollywood. This year’s Los Angeles host was Andy Ricker of Pok Pok fame, the non-profit partner was the Center for Asian American Media, and the presenting sponsor was Bombay Sapphire East. Having never been to a Luckyrice event before, I wasn’t sure […]
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Cassia by Bryant Ng (Opening Night)
Cassia*, the highly anticipated Singaporean/Vietnamese/Southeast Asian brasserie from acclaimed chef Bryant Ng, his wife Kim Luu-Ng, and partners Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan of Rustic Canyon, Huckleberry, Milo & Olive, and Sweet Rose Creamery fame, finally opened this weekend! To recap, Ng’s The Spice Table closed at the end of 2013 due to the MTA’s […]
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Szechuan Impression
Sichuan cuisine has been on a hot streak (pun intended) in the San Gabriel Valley in the past few years. Chengdu Taste in Alhambra is the star of this trend, its mid-2013 opening and rapid rise culminating in the opening of a second location in Rosemead last summer; a Rowland Heights location is in the […]
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L.A. Weekly The Essentials 2015
L.A. Weekly‘s “The Essentials” event took place this past weekend at the California Market Center in Downtown Los Angeles, the same week that their 99 Essential Restaurants 2015 list was released. This was just the second “Essentials” events, with the inaugural one just last year after a break in 2013, coming off of four years […]