Egyptian Street Food Spot the Original Hawowshi Is a Rare Treasure

In his garage in the Valley, Amir Edward is serving up hawawshi and feteer—and making L.A.’s street food landscape even more interesting

Josh Lurie • Los Angeles Magazine • April 14, 2021

Finding the Original Hawowshi, an Egyptian home kitchen that popped up during the pandemic, felt like a bit of a treasure hunt. Eventually, I wound my way behind a Citibank parking lot and encountered Amir Edward’s home on a Reseda side street....

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Brush Up on Your knowledge of Egyptian Dishes Before You Go to the New El Fishawy in Tustin

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 23, 2019

Appetizer sampler plate. Photo by Edwin Goei Before my visit to El Fishawy, the new Egyptian restaurant in Old Town Tustin, I did my homework. On Yelp, I found pictures of its menu, and since it provided no descriptions, I started Googling all of...

Two of L.A.’s hottest new restaurants sit side by side in Silver Lake

Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • June 30, 2022

I’ll never forget my first conversation with David Rosoff, one of the great wine savants of Los Angeles who has been helping to shape our tastes for decades. Our exchange was a few years back when he was general manager at Hippo in Highland Park....

Review: Jonathan Gold savors Middle Eastern medley at Glendale's Adana

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • March 6, 2015

If you want to understand Adana, a Middle Eastern restaurant in an industrial corner of Glendale, you should probably order what the menu calls the cheese platter. At $11, it is by far the most expensive appetizer, although it resembles a plate...

The Feast Days of Summer

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 12, 2010

Every day is a holiday for someone somewhere in this world—did you know, for instance, that Aug. 12, the day this issue hits newsstands and the Internet, is simultaneously the Glorious Twelfth in the United Kingdom (meant to commemorate the start...

101 Best Restaurants: 15 dining destinations in downtown Los Angeles

Patricia Escárcega, Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • February 7, 2020

[Looking for the 2019 101 Best Restaurants in L.A. list? Look no further.] With three restaurants in the top 10 in our 101 Best Restaurants list, downtown Los Angeles is one of the most dining-rich neighborhoods in the city. In total, 15 DTLA...

Sonoratown Orsa & Winston Bar Amá Bäco Mercat Hayato Bavel Rossoblu Grand Central Market Bon Temps Bestia Broken Spanish Shibumi Q Nightshade The Exchange Little Sister Badmaash