A lot has been said about recent San Gabriel Valley spicy restaurant darling Hunan Mao. This Valley boulevard restaurant, not to be confused with its old incarnation a few doors east, is all new and modern looking, but still carries the familiar flavor of Hunanese cooking. Tipped off by my friend Jason, we ordered the [...]
I’m not sure what is “social” about this social coffee house I went to called Taza in Arcadia, but it’s probably one of the better ones I’ve been to on this side of town. The dark lighting and retro typewriter makes this hipster-decorated place look straight out of Silverlake or at least the hip part [...]
Will noticed a sign that said “Boat noodles” while driving down Garvey one day on his way to a vegetarian Vietnamese restaurant for lunch. Knowing my love of boat noodles, he immediately reported it to me and that’s how we ended up at Tantawan Thai Kitchen one day for dinner. The place must be newly [...]
If you’ve been living under a rock this past month, then let me tell you something: the long drive to the south bay for handmade udon is now obsolete. Newly opened next to the always crowded Daikokuya in Little Tokyo is a small restaurant called Marugame Monzo that will satisfy your chewy Japanese noodle needs. [...]
A few blocks from the touristy strip that is Pike’s Place Market, University street ends in a wide set of stairs going down. Lecosho is the small restaurant perched halfway on the stairs, on your left if you’re walking down. The menu, which ranges from different ways to serve pork to seafood to pasta, and [...]
Disclaimer: This was a work-sponsored lunch and the burger might have suffered from the 20-second walk from the restaurant to my office. For months, my colleagues and I were awaiting the opening of Pono Burger. A casual restaurant right next door from our office that was even closer than Bay Cities? Yes please. Well, Pono Burger [...]
After passing by this place several times on our way Pizzanista! I finally convinced Will to take me to Bestia. We were apprehensive because the chef also used to work at Osteria Angelini, where I had the most underdone plate of pasta in my life. My pasta at Angelini was not a “Oh, this must [...]
