One of the reasons I love LA so much is I have a friend who used to live here who is such a LA stan. She’s from Mexico City and lived in LA for a couple of years. Every time I come she sends me a list of food to eat and people to meet, and she keeps telling me that she loves eating in LA as much as she loves eating in Mexico City, which is a pretty huge standard. Every time, LA has met that standard.
She then gave me the task to size up all the Chinese food in Monterey Park, Alhambra, San Gabriel Valley, so we can trade our lists. I’m still working my way through this quest but so far, it is an extremely tasty quest (and friendship)