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2007 Top 10 Dishes in Los Angeles

Here are the 10 most devastating dishes I ate in L.A. County in 2007, regardless of cuisine or price level. Three of the dishes didn’t previously appear on Food GPS, since I wrote about...
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Al-Watan: Mirroring Pakistani Flavor Near LAX

Al-Watan‘s decor barely registers, with mirrored walls and tile floors. Thankfully, chef-owner Mohammed Mumtaz’s Indo-Pak cooking left a stronger impression. The restaurant opened in the nondescript LAX-adjacent hamlet of Hawthorne in 1984. Mr. Mumtaz...