Archive for the ‘Food: Los Angeles’ Category

December 10, 2009 4

El Rincon Criollo (Culver City)

By in 13: Culver City

My friends were craving oxtail, so we came to El Rincon Criollo, the other Cuban restaurant on the westside that’s rival to the more well known Versailles. I heard that they have pretty good oxtail here. The interior is lovely! It is small, bright and merry~ The bread taste so Cuban, it is not sticky, […]

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December 9, 2009 2

Gon Jiam (Koreatown)

By in 07: Mid-Wilshire

My foodie friend recommended me this hole-in-the-wall joint Gon Jiam that served what he described as hidden Korean food. Even though the place is small and mom n’ pop shop feeling, it has an user friendly English + Photo menu on the wall. Yummy homemade condiment and side dishes. Pork Belly Bosam $18.23. I’ve had […]

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December 5, 2009 1

Coolhaus Ice Cream Truck

By in 21: Food truck

Another food truck post! This time it’s ice cream sandwiches from Coolhaus. They came for a company party with their gourmet cookies and homemade ice cream. I got the Balsamic Fig Ice cream with Chocolate Cookie in Edible wrapper. The flavor taste more normal than it sound. Sadly my cookie broke apart and made it […]

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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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