Eat This Now: Oden at Sagami

You begin by handing your keys to a person whom you hope is the valet. You made the assumption because he was the only guy standing in the alleyway next to a sign that reads, “Valet, $7.” That he hands you a ticket stub before he drives away in...

Perhaps you are in Little Tokyo, as one often is, and you are in the mood for noodles, and you fear that you may perish from hunger, pure hunger, if you are forced to endure the wait at either Daikokuya or Shin-Sen-Gumi. So you settle in at...

You're on the 241, heading as far east as you can go before hitting the Cleveland National Forest. The LA radio station you're tuned to begins to crackle with static. You look at your navigation system and realize you're now geographically closer...

Fusion bites. Photo by Edwin Goei You find the new Bistro Provincia not in the ritzy part of Dana Point that has the luxe hotels, but rather off one of those side streets named after a lantern, next to a tiny neighborhood park that could function...

To say that Nesai California Italian Cuisine & Bar is hidden is understating it. It's a stone's throw from Newport Beach's main drag, where the Rusty Pelican and all the other PCH landmarks are. But at the same time, it's not there. It's as if...