LOS ANGELES RESTAURANTS

RESTAURANTS in Los Angeles

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There are a few open air food places that are interesting. Some of these are like open air food places in foreign countries. The food is good and priced reasonably:

Buddhist Temple of Chino Hills, on Sundays 9:30am - 3pm, Thai Food Court, live music, very crowded, long lines
Delish Thai Kitchen, call them to ask about their Temple food booth schedule

5231 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601

Delish Thai Kitchen

Delish Thai Kitchen on Facebook

Delish Thai Kitchen at Wat Thai Temple Food Court on Facebook

Delish Thai Kitchen on Youtube

Crazy Thai Street Food Dishes - Delish Thai Kitchen on Youtube

Where to Eat Incredible Thai Food in the San Fernando Valley | Must Try Thai Restaurants on Youtube

Crab Claws - Delish Thai Kitchen on Youtube

Eat Live Love San Fernando Valley - Delish Thai Kitchen on Facebook

Natalie and Nithintra-Jane catering, (818)465-9897

Delish Thai Kitchen on Instagram

Delish Thai Kitchen on Emmys

Please help Nithintra Saensradi

Delish Thai Kitchen

Wat Thai Temple, on weekends
At Siam Night Market, Fri - Sun: 5pm - 11pm, 1711 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles
The Square Shopping Center, Rosemead, CA, food court, good food but run down building and scarce parking during daytime
Blossom Market Hall, San Gabriel, CA, food court, go when they have live entertainment
Rodeo Public Market, Whittier, CA, food court
Crumbs And Flakes Bakery, Rosemead, CA

Crumbs And Flakes Bakery on Facebook

Crumbs And Flakes Bakery on Instagram

Modern Thai, Montebello, CA
Modern Thai Montebello
Thai House, Monterey Park, CA, in Costco parking lot
Thai House on Facebook
Satu Thai Bistro, Azusa, CA
Satu Thai Bistro on Yelp
Fuji Buffet Grill, Glendale, CA
Fuji Buffet Grill on Yelp
The Golden Deli, San Gabriel, CA
The Golden Deli on Yelp
Leslie Arissel Mexican Catering, Mexican food catering in Los Angeles
Memes Texas bbq, Los Angeles, CA, smoked BBQ, mostly for take out
StreetFoodFinder, food truck schedules
Smorgasburg
CLOSED Food Court: Thai Street Food Market, every Saturday from 8am - Noon, 5300 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
CLOSED Food Court: Pondok Kaki Lima - Indonesian Food Bazaar, on Saturdays
Costco Food Court
the lowest prices on quality food are at Costco Food Courts, look online for locations that have outdoor food courts that do not require membership
ezCater, catering directory
Phoebe Chow, personal chef, cooking demonstrations
Vivien Phung, personal chef, cooking demonstrations
Jin Patisserie, cooking demonstrations
Downtown Santa Monica Third Street Promenade
Downtown Santa Monica Third Street Promenade was ruined on May 31, 2020 when a West Los Angeles far-leftist councilwoman politician in West LA City Council organized a "peaceful protest" for George Floyd at a park adjoining the City of Santa Monica. She invited far-leftist demogogues to the rally to inflame and incite rioters. After the supposed "peaceful protest" was supposed to end after 1 hour, the riot mob went to the Downtown Santa Monica Third Street Promenade and then looted, vandalized, burned, and trashed the small businesses while the police "stood down" and did nothing to stop the looters. The small businesses, some family owned for decades, were so destroyed by the looting they went out of business. The "peaceful protest" drew into the area many criminals from the ghetto areas who had been previously oblivious to the Santa Monica Third Street Promenade; this outdoor shopping mall used to be a "safe space" for affluent locals, college students, and customers of boutique stores such as book stores, candle shops, mom-and-pop restaurants, kids stores, and "adorable" stores. The ghetto area criminals who were drawn into the protest now found out this place existed with its "high trust" stores, and then the vicious criminals intimidated, terrorized, and robbed the local people and tourists and graffitti vandalized the area. One of the nicest shopping areas in the state is now one of the worst crime ridden areas where countless hapless tourists' cars are smashed-and-grabbed, were ghetto criminals shoplift with total impunity, and most of the "nice" stores are now vacant storefronts. Aggressive homeless people, many of which are insane, harrass the tourists and shoppers with total impunity. Young women, girls, and college students are especially harrassed. Stores right in front of the police station get robbed, and the police do nothing. The TV news media then and now still insists that these riots were "peaceful protests" despite the videos of the rioters looting and destruction of these businesses. Far-leftists District Attorneys refused to prosecute most vandals, with only a few getting very light punishments. Years later the official coroner's report revealed that George Floyd was not murdered by racist police, he actually died of a drug overdose of Fentanyl and Meth when he stuffed the drugs into his mouth to hide evidence of his drug dealing. I used to go here once a month to shop and dine, but now I recommend to everyone to stay away from this area especially after dark. A few of my friends told me their cars were smashed-and-grabbed, windows broken and contents stolen.

Photos show a scene of destruction in Santa Monica after looters made their way through businesses

Waves of protesters, widespead looting and violence overtake Santa Monica Around 700 protesters met with tear gas and rubber bullets, while dozens of looters targeted the city's downtown area nearly simultaneously.

WTF Happened To Santa Monica, California?! by Graham Stephan

WTF Happened To Santa Monica, California?! by German in Venice

COMMENTS ON RESTAURANTS

Call these restaurants first to find out when are their busiest times to ensure that when you go, the ovens are hot, their best chefs are working, the food is selling, and everything is fresh. Some of the smallest restaurants and mall restaurants have the best foods if they are family owned and small-chain franchises. I prefer small businesses and family owned restaurants over chains. Unfortunately small businesses and family owned restaurants sometimes have the worst and slowest service. The mall locations are good for trying out exotic foods you may not be familiar with because you could see the items before you order them. A restaurant's quality varies with chefs and their best chefs are working during the restaurants' busiest times. Always call first to verify when they are open, when they have buffets, for directions, if they accept ATM or Visa or are "cash only", and when they have live entertainment. Before you make plans to go to a restaurant, always have a "backup" restaurant that is close by in case the first restaurant is too busy, too full, too empty, closed, or impossible to find parking for.

If you are going to a buffet, only go when you see a lot of people inside so: you know that the food is being constantly made and refilled, you know that the food hasn't been sitting in the hot trays for long periods of time, and you know word of mouth has spread a favorable reputation for that restaurant. The best buffet times are when the restaurant is filled with customers, the lines are long, and you have to wait for a table. If you go to a buffet and see too many empty seats, no matter how much you want that kind of food, no matter how long you've been wanting to go there, just walk out. A buffet restaurant must reach a "critical mass" of popularity, food quality, and people traffic in order to be enjoyable and worth your time and money.

Los Angeles restaurant guides in newspapers and magazines are usually written by writers who are based in West Los Angeles so they are biased towards the restaurants in West Los Angeles. The writers for newspapers and magazines want to see the restaurants they like that are within their own neighborhoods, be designated as "the best" so that those restaurants get a "hipness" reputation. Unfortunately, those writers ignore all restaurants outside of their own neighborhoods and their newspapers and magazines strongly imply that "there is no culture or class" outside of their exclusive West Los Angeles area. Many times their favorite "best" restaurant in a "hip" area such as Yuca's in Silverlake actually pales in comparison to a restaurant like Uncle Robby's in Montebello. Asian restaurants in West Los Angeles pale in comparison to restaurants in Asian communities - the best Thai food is in "Thai Town", the best Indian food is in "Little India", the best Chinese food is on Valley Blvd between Atlantic and Rosemead Blvds. Real authentic home-styled ethic food is a lot spicier than the very toned down dishes served in areas outside of that ethic neighborhood. In order for an enthic restaurant to compete and survive in an ethnic neighborhood, the food has to be great. The Thai/Vietnamese restaurants in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood, etc., don't come close to Noodle World in Alhambra. I travel all over Southern California so the restaurants I recommend are all over Los Angeles and not biased towards one neighborhood only.

Whenever you go to any restaurant, especially any Asian restaurant, specifically demand that they NOT put MSG (monosodium glutamate) into your food. Let any and all restaurants know that if they use MSG in your food, you will never eat there again and tell your friends about their MSG. Read this US FDA information on MSG.