Eight great Japanese restaurants from The Los Angeles Times' 101 list: 2020 edition

Brandon Hayato Go reaches over the counter of his seven-seat restaurant, Hayato, and sets down a lidded, black-lacquered bowl in front of each diner. I lift the covering off mine and inhale sea air. It holds ichiban dashi, a cloudless broth...

Have you tried battera sushi? You really should. It’s a brick-shaped thing, vinegared sushi rice pressed into a mold over lightly pickled mackerel and a transparent slip of seaweed, and it’s usually served sliced like bread. The oil of the saba,...

[It’s here: The Los Angeles Times’ 101 restaurants, dishes, people and ideas that define how we eat in 2020.] Downtown Los Angeles is one of the most dynamic dining destinations in the city, and it remains so as many restaurants have made the turn...

Just over a year after the COVID crisis disrupted the restaurant industry, tangible signs of hope are appearing. On March 1, residents of Los Angeles County designated in tier 1B were prioritized for coronavirus vaccinations. The group includes...

I love morning foods of all kinds, and I worked through college scrambling eggs and cranking out waffles at a bed-and-breakfast in Boston. These days, though, after work meals out most nights, I rarely wake up wanting more than a few spoonfuls of...

Azay    Fukagawa    Konbi    Gatsu Gatsu