Search Results

I favor the build-your-own adventure model when deciding on my weekend meal plans. The best way to achieve this is with a visit to a food hall. In Stanton, there’s the Rodeo 39 Public Market. Downtown L.A. has Grand Central Market. There’s Blossom...

How long does it take you to truly settle into relaxation during a significant, longer-than-a-long-weekend vacation? I don’t usually reach some true point of rest — the falling away of work and daily-life stresses, an “Oh, you’re still there!”...

The lamb seekh kebabs at Rangeen in Laguna Niguel are without a doubt the prettiest thing I’ve eaten in months. Rangeen is a new California-inspired Indian restaurant with a fun surfer-meets-Hindi-fashion vibe and only about 30 seats. The kebab is...

Carrot tartare at n/soto Meatless tartare is an ongoing obsession. The beefsteak tomato tartare from Jose Andres’ Bazaar Meat is still a revelation. The precise preparation of the fruit mimics beef so perfectly that some diners have a hard time...

Like trying to push a square peg through a round hole, I scrape my plastic spoon around the perpendicular edge of the cardboard bowl, furiously trying to corral the last slurp of green-plum broth and a final nub of koofteh studded with pistachios,...

The arugula makes it sound fancy, but the cheeseburger at Oak in Laguna Beach is quite traditional: Swiss cheese, pickles, caramelized onion and a “secret sauce.” There are two secret sauces, really. One is a classic Thousand Island-style sauce....

Langres cheese with Champagne at Kippered Langres, the cow’s-milk cheese from the Champagne-Ardenne region in France, is often served with bubbles. At Kippered, the new wine bar in downtown Los Angeles, you can have those bubbles poured over your...

Did you miss me? You probably didn’t even notice, but in case you were wondering why I’ve been so quiet lately, it’s because I took a brief break from my weekly columns to focus on my annual guide to the 75 Best Places to Eat, which I’m happy to...

Focaccia bread ice cream at Antico Nuovo Nearing the end of a 2.5-hour dinner at Antico Nuovo in Larchmont, our server recommended the focaccia ice cream. It was around 9 p.m. Drowsy and full, I was on the fence. I asked if I had heard her...

The first time I had the namesake dish from Poncho’s Tlayudas was at Smorgasburg L.A., on a Sunday soon after I began working for The Times in late 2018. What I recall most vividly from that morning was the moronga — the blood sausage that Alfonso...