Kim Thai Food Yum #1
Kim Thai Food, aka Khanhthong Song Fung Khong, resides in La Fiesta Swap Meet food court. The setting may be unlikely, but North Hollywood is a hotbed for Thai cooking, and Khanhthong “Kim” Siharath...
Ronan Sweet Cheeks Pizza
More people should be talking about Ronan, a new pizzeria-plus next to The Groundlings on Melrose from chef Daniel Cutler and wife/partner Caitlin. The couple’s welcoming family-run restaurant houses a white Neapolitan oven that...
Yakitori Hachibei Butabara
Honolulu houses the most vibrant Japanese food scene in the U.S., and Yakitori Hachibei is one of the latest additions to bolster that claim. Managing partner Robert Yamazaki runs the Chinatown branch of a...
Ama Char Siu Mazemen
The Hanalei Center patio provided amazing views of cloud-capped mountains lined with multiple waterfalls. Ama could have served me a pail of gruel, and I still would have been pretty content. Char siu mazemen...
Kalamaki Pork Gyros in Pita Bread (Dose of Vitamin P)
I was going to drive to the San Fernando Valley for lunch after writing all morning at Coffee + Milk. Instead, the Kalamaki Greek street food truck caught my eye. Every weekday, a different...
Republique Cuban Sandwich
The Cuban sandwich is a glorious misnomer that was actually created in Tampa in the 1800s to feed cigar factory workers. Since many of those laborers were Cuban, the name stuck. The sandwich’s popularity...
