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Dose of Vitamin P

Taiwanese Food Los Angeles

Joy on York Mixed Pork Rice

Joy on York is a stylish Taiwanese spinoff from Pine & Crane owner Vivian Ku in Highland Park. The space touts brick and white walls sporting bamboo mats, spoons and a photo of Grandpa...
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Korean Barbecue Los Angeles

8 Korean BBQ Pork Belly

8 Korean BBQ, Grace Min’s pork-focused restaurant that previously went by Palsaik Samgyupsal, now showcases eight different flavors of pork belly at three locations: L.A.’s Koreatown, Buena Park, and Singapore. Min makes it clear...
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Bialy Los Angeles

Lincoln Bialy [CLOSED]

Lincoln is the more ambitious Pasadena bakery-cafe from chef Christine Moore and business partner Pam Perkins. Offerings overlap some with sister establishment Little Flower Candy Co. I typically prefer to order daily specials or...
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Spanish Food Los Angeles

Maude Dinner with Juan Carlos Sancha

Considering how ambitious Maude was for four years, it’s no wonder that chef Curtis Stone decided to scale back in Beverly Hills. An in-depth exploration of a different ingredient each month must have been...
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Pork Napa Valley

The Charter Oak Roasted Pork Shoulder

“The greatest oak was once a tiny nut that held its ground.” That saying lines the stairway wall inside The Charter Oak. This terrific seasonal wood-fired restaurant from Meadowood executive chef Christopher Kostow and...
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Kebabs Los Angeles

Hamlet’s Kitchen Baby Pork Wrist

“This above all: to thine own self be true.” Armenian-Russian owners Nick and Mila inherited a Shakespearean name when they took over Hamlet’s Kitchen in 1997, but that famous quote certainly applies to their...
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