5/17/11 – Gjelina Take Away, Gjelina‘s eagerly anticipated spinoff, still needed some finishing touches, so they offered a limited food roster. GTA started by serving pastries from their Wood Stone ovens like biscuits and oatmeal raisin scones. Baristas also pulled shots of Sightglass espresso.

5/17/11 – Library Alehouse featured five Firestone Walker beers as part of American Craft Beer Week, with proceeds benefiting Share Our Strength. The event paired $2 bar bites like this Atlantic cod taco with mango salsa and a pint of unfiltered Solace ale.

5/18/11 – My first taste of sulungtang took place at Hyun Poong Gom Tang, a Korean restaurant on a Koreatown side street. Bone marrow soup with chunks of beef, tendon and scallions aplenty came with bottomless dishes of pungent house-made kimchi.

5/18/11 – Craig Thornton’s Wolvesmouth menu appeared on the fridge during dinner. The underground supper club’s menu changes frequently and featured courses like “Asparagus – snails – morel” and “pork belly – soft shell crab – peas – mint – young garlic – scapes – pork jus – fava.” Clearly, this meal warrants further exploration on Food GPS.

5/19/11 – An ambitious cafe called Iota Coffee is destined for 528 South Western Avenue in Koreatown. Iota’s wall already features a colorful mural of a woman sorting ripe coffee cherries.

5/19/11 – Naan Hut, a Midtown Lunch LA find in West LA, features Persian-style sangak, pulled fresh from the oven by an Isfahan native and available topped with chicken kebabs.

5/20/11 – Jangchung-Dong Wong Jokbal delivered my first Korean meal of the day, including the specialty of the house – boiled and sliced pig’s feet – soondae soup, bo ssam and above average banchan, including sweet sesame-licked cucumbers and slabs of tofu bathed in soy and jalapeño.

5/20/11 – Keungama, a 24/7 restaurant in Koreatown, provided a late night dinner for me and Matthew Kang, including Special Sulungtang ($8.20), a version of cloudy bone marrow soup that included not only brisket and noodles, but also small intestine, tendon, belly and more. Dress with coarse Korean salt, pepper, scallions and if you’re feeling aggressive, kimchi.

5/22/11 – Apparently pigs do fly. Well, at least in Topanga Canyon, and with assistance.

5/22/11 – Mini Kabob, a tiny three-table restaurant situated on a Glendale side street near The Americana, sells a number of grilled kababs, but mini kabob is the specialty of the house from Hovik Martirosyan and wife Alla: lavash rolled up with parsley, raw onion and either a ground beef or chicken skewer.