Food that we’ve really liked in LA:
- Chunju Han Il-Kwan in K-town: fantastic regional Korean food from.. Chunju. The set lunch at $16 is amazing value. Large variety of mains, some of the best banchan I’ve had outside of Korea
- Harucake right next door is a trendy Instagram famous Korean bakery and cafe. The mugwort injeolmi cake is one of the best cakes I’ve had in a very long time. The soo soo corn latte was also glorious
- Chengdu Taste in Alhambra. Kenji Alt-Lopez’s fave Sichuan place, and now mine too. All around stand out place. Best dan dan noodles.
When I’m in LA with my wife we tend to only eat the great regional Mexican food, but with my parents.. it’s mostly the Chinese and Korean and Thai. Not that I’m complaining coz LA is the best for all of those cuisines for me too.