For 15 years, chef and owner Tanya Petrovna has been cooking up organic / vegan cuisine at Native Foods. Five locations in Southern California list slightly different menus to ensure freshness of ingredients. (notice inside that this restaurant is powered by helicopter blades…) Aside from The Veggie Grill, vegetarian / vegan restaurants aren’t top on [...]

There was an Autumn Food Fair at Mitsuwa last weekend! Parking here is already hectic on regular days. I found out later they have free valet here?! bah. This was a true, Asian, elbow-rubbing event. Ohh yes. MORE pork belly. “Okonomiyaki” of “Otafuku”. Mituswa encourages us to “Enjoy its special tasty juicy sauce!!” And here [...]

As I we entered the parking lot to Brodard Restaurant, my cousin asked me “Uhh, why am I driving over parking spaces?” Exactly. Why is the drive to the entrance lined with faded paint and crumbled concrete? Why is this restaurant lodged behind the 99 Cents Only store, hidden from view from the main streets? [...]

When Zon Baguettes first opened, I got some sort of cheesy chain-store feel from their logo. “Don” means crunchy–”Zon” is where I get 2-day shipping with Prime. With Hoolux, I got to finally try Vietnamese sandwiches–or banh mi, at Zon Baguettes. We got the Dac Biet (special) featuring headcheese, Viet bacon, porkroll (lol. ?!. cha [...]

That’s right SASOON CHICKEN. Even the posted newspaper inside doesn’t get the name right. Sasoon dishes out consistently delicious Armenian food. They have tummy busting quantities at a very fair price. Over the years I have noticed the prices have slowly crept up, but it’s still decent. I believe this is a family run business [...]