Stairway to heaven? This new bistro just might be it

French cuisine is the baseline but not the boundary for chefs Max Boonthanakit and Lijo George.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • July 14, 2022
Early in the evening at Camphor, sunlight seeps through shaded windows and casts long shadows across its floors. Nearly every surface in the dining room has been painted white; walls and ceilings and tabletops take on an added pearly glow in the...
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