Why we chose Anajak Thai as Restaurant of the Year

Chef Justin Pichetrungsi’s omakase menus of South Asian flavors are a phenomenon — and sold out through September. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Waiting in line for tacos is a truism of life in Los Angeles. Trailing down a busy commercial...

Before settling at a table for my first dinner at Pijja Palace, the new sports bar in Silver Lake and the subject of this week’s review, I had already studied the menu online and pinpointed what my friend and I would be ordering. We’d start with...

Did I feel a little skeptical the first time I sat down to a meal at Here’s Looking at You? It was early spring 2018 and I was still wandering the country as Eater’s national critic. The energy at Lien Ta and Jonathan Whitener’s tiny, eccentric...

One of the best tasting menus in Los Angeles is served on a folding table, in a dark alley next to a dumpster. It’s where Justin Pichetrungsi hosts his omakase dinners, behind Anajak Thai, his family’s Sherman Oaks restaurant. It is the meal I...

When you spend most nights cooking for others, going out to eat can be a luxury. So you choose your restaurants carefully. And as a well-connected chef you tend to hear about some of the most interesting recent openings. This is why we asked six...