La Diosa de los Moles

At la Diosa de los Moles, a Mexican restaurant that opened in Paramount in late 2017, the first thing you may notice is the oversize portrait of chef and owner Rocío Camacho posted near the entrance to her restaurant. In the photo, Camacho is

dressed smartly in a custom gold-embroidered chef’s jacket, her face beaming over the host stand. The caption underneath is the chef’s long-standing nickname: la Diosa de los Moles — the Mole Goddess. The nickname is no empty boast. Camacho alchemizes

of grilled meats and sides from Kra Z Kai’s BBQ in Corona. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Tres moles enchilada plate, La Diosa de los Moles Earlier this year, I reviewed La Diosa de los Moles in Paramount, a restaurant from Rocío Camacho, Los

reason enough to stop by for dinner. 8335 Rosecrans Ave., Paramount, (562) 740-8710, paramountmexicanfood.com The tres moles enchilada plate at La Diosa de los Moles in Paramount. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Congee, Nightshade When it debuted, Mei

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/ For The Times) La Diosa de los Moles (56) Rocío Camacho is the undisputed mole whisperer of Los Angeles. She cooks all the dense, complex mother sauces you would expect from a top Mexican kitchen: a complicated, ink-black mole oaxaqueño; a sweet

restaurant hosts a Mexican brunch to end all Mexican brunches. — P.I.E. 8335 Rosecrans Ave., Paramount, (562) 740-8710, ladiosadelosmolesinc.com The tres moles enchilada plate at la Diosa de los Moles in Paramount. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Hasiba

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oil chiffon with tiers of bay leaf-vanilla custard, passion fruit curd and salted Chantilly. No one can guess what L.A.’s first couple of carbs will devise next, but I feel pulled to show up every week and find out. “La diosa de los moles,” “mole queen

Jr. at Holbox, his seafood restaurant inside the Mercado La Paloma. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) La Diosa de los Moles (56) Rocío Camacho is the undisputed mole whisperer of Los Angeles, a chef who has left her mark on many of Los Angeles’ most

many of Camacho’s most distinct moles. On the weekends the restaurant hosts a Mexican brunch to end all Mexican brunches. 8335 Rosecrans Ave., Paramount, (562) 740-8710, ladiosadelosmolesinc.com Rocio Camacho stakes a claim to being la Diosa de los

to reopen in late January.) 4619 E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 263-7842 The tres moles enchilada plate and picaditas de moles at La Diosa de los Moles in Paramount. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Rocío Camacho cooks all the

apples into a refreshing shaved apple and peanut salad. Last but not least, I reviewed La Diosa de Los Moles, a restaurant in Paramount from L.A.’s mole goddess, Rocío Camacho. (Try the mole de pistache.) Wait, before you go: Check out our spinning

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, in 2019, Jeremy Fox’s Birdie G’s. After working for Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu at their La Casita Mexicana in Bell, and partnering on La Diosa de los Moles in Sun Valley, Oaxaca native Rocio Camacho opens her first solo venture, Rocio’s