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Komodo Venice
Komodo is a small, family-owned business consisting of a food truck and two cafes, serving Indonesian-Mexican-inspired food. While I’m relatively close to the Venice location, and I had enjoyed the couple of food festival bites I’d had from Komodo, what got me to finally go into the shop was their Indomie Burrito special back in […]
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Tar & Roses Returns
Santa Monica’s Tar & Roses is back! A half-year after closing due to a fire, T&R (for short) has finally reopened, with nary a visible change in sight. The food should be familiar to anyone who’s dined at the restaurant in the past, with bacon popped corn, oxtail dumplings, and wood roasted English peas all […]
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Los Angeles Magazine Best New Restaurant 2016 Celebration
Los Angeles Magazine held its third annual Best New Restaurants celebration on Wednesday, January 20 at 440 Seaton in the Arts District. While “2016” was attached to the event’s name, since that’s when it took place, the idea was to honor the best restaurants that opened in the past year, and a bit—honorees Le Comptoir, […]
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2016 Food Festivals in January & February
In 2015, I attended around 20 food festivals and events, including one epic weekend during which I hit five different food festivals: Taste of Mexico, Off the Hook, Brunch at the Races, The Food Event, and EastSide Food Fest. While it was a lot of fun, and I’m glad I attempted and accomplished it (if […]
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Truffle Gohan Omakase at Shunji Japanese Cuisine
My favorite restaurant in Los Angeles, Shunji Japanese Cuisine, is once again ranked in the top ten of LA Times’ restaurant critic Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list for the third straight year. It’s been a while since I’ve written up a meal at Shunji, I believe the last one was for our salmon-centric birthday […]
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