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Meatballs Los Angeles

Cassia Pork Meatballs with Cashew Curry

At Cassia, the modern Southeast Asian brasserie from chef Bryant Ng, Kim Luu-Ng, Josh Loeb, and Zoe Nathan in Santa Monica, they ostensibly focus on Singaporean and Vietnamese flavors, but extend their sphere of...
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Asian Food Los Angeles

StopBye Cafe BB Bye

StopBye Cafe, a 405 freeway-friendly cafe from chef Justin Tulus, an Indonesia native and Lukshon alum, and partner Tom, opened in the summer of 2016 in a Lawndale strip mall. The space previously housed...
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Asian Food Los Angeles

Banh Oui Shrimp Toast

With Los Angeles real estate prices at a premium, food-focused entrepreneurs have been forced to get increasingly creative to serve food to the public. No longer are pop-ups the only game in town. Food...
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Asian Food Los Angeles

Cassia Grilled Beef Tripe

As much as I enjoyed The Spice Table, the late great Southeast Asian restaurant from Bryant Ng and Kim Luu-Ng in Little Tokyo, I enjoy the couple’s new Santa Monica restaurant with Josh Loeb...
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Restaurateurs Los Angeles

Cassia: Modern Asian Brasserie in Santa Monica

Chef Bryant Ng and Kim Luu-Ng, who earned national acclaim at the late great Spice Table, teamed with Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan on Cassia, an ambitious Asian brasserie in Santa Monica that draws...
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Chicken Wings Los Angeles

Komodo Hot Chicken [CLOSED]

I went to college at Vanderbilt, and one of Nashville’s dishes I miss most is definitely hot chicken, an incendiary bird cooked in a cast iron skillet, coated in eye-popping quantities of cayenne, and...
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