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December 10, 2009 12

Bistro LQ (Beverly Blvd)

By in 09: Weho, Favorite Food Entries

It was a sad day when Chef Laurent Quenioux closed the wonderful Bistro K about 2 years ago. I had some of the most memorable culinary experiences there, such as the 2006 Xmas dinner which was my first prix-fixe multi-course meal, and Valentine’s Day dinner with Jonathan who wrote a wonderful review for Potatomao. Since […]

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December 3, 2009 1

Kogi

By in 21: Food truck

Finally tried the famous Kogi, the Korean BBQ “fusion” taco truck that started the whole “hip” food truck trend. Kogi rarely make stops around where I work, so when we found out from the very useful Find LA food Truck that it’s stopping near Amoeba one evening, a group of us head out for it […]

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December 1, 2009 8

Mercantile (Sunset Blvd)

By in 08: Hollywood, Favorite Food Entries

For the past year my coworkers and I have been eagerly waiting for this place to open because it’s just right down the block from where we work. For months we speculated what it’ll be, a cafe? an expensive sit-down restaurant? Turns out it’s a wine bar + deli called Mercantile. Everyone was delighted as […]

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November 24, 2009 3

Tsim Chai Kee Noodle (Hong Kong: Central)

By in 09: Hong Kong

Right across from the famous Mak’s Noodle (Central’s original shop) is another well known old school Wonton Noodle joint Tsim Chai Kee Noodle. Tsim Chai Kee is known as the ‘anti-Mak Noodle’: big portion, cheap and down to earth. The clean interior is decorated with Chinese lantern to amp up the ‘La Chinoise-style’ for the […]

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November 24, 2009 6

West Villa Restaurant (Hong Kong: Causeway Bay)

By in 09: Hong Kong

Eating dim sum is a MUST in Hong Kong. There’re too many fantastic places for dim sum in Hong Kong so it was difficult to choose just one. At last we decided on West Villa mainly for its location (near our hotel + our next destination) and its reputation for fresh, MSG-free high quality dishes. […]

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