Three excellent L.A. izakayas highlight Japan’s traditional pub culture
While I was writing this week’s review of Budonoki in Virgil Village, I reached out to deputy food editor Betty Hallock with a question that…
Fish-eye ice cream is no stunt. Sustainability in Australia
Australians in Malibu, cookbook season, the chili crunch debate gets crispy and are flat croissants a pastry abomination? I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A.…
Press freedom group says representative denied entry to Hong Kong | Freedom of the Press News
Reporters Without Borders says advocacy officer detained for six hours before being deported. A representative for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was denied entry to Hong…
A new Palm Springs restaurant by two L.A. legends fits right into the community
One of the questions I’m asked most about being a restaurant critic is: “Can you ever turn off the reviewing part of your brain? Or…
All in on Koreatown: best restaurants, essential nightlife and groundbreaking chefs
When chef Ki Kim orders a bowl of seolleongtang at JunTong SulLungTang in Koreatown, he settles at a scruffy wooden table for a very specific…
US to impose visa restrictions on Hong Kong officials over rights concerns | Politics News
US says crackdown by Hong Kong officials includes new national security law targeting treason, espionage and other crimes. The United States has said it will…
Some considerations on Xianggang (known as Hong Kong)
Imperialism in its most hideous forms – i.e. colonialism and neo-colonialism – is like a leopard that cannot change its spots. The recent events regarding…
Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns | Hong Kong Protests News
A new national security law has come into force in Hong Kong despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city…
Is L.A. losing its Italian restaurants run by real Italians?
Italian days ... beef jerky and pickled eggs ... Roy Choi’s new primal tacos ... and the man who ate everything at the Cheesecake Factory.…
How adopting Article 23, a national security law that quashes dissent, may reshape Hong Kong
Hong Kong's legislature has passed a new security law the government says is essential for stability.But activists have described it as the final nail in…
La Copine in Yucca Valley is the high desert’s best destination restaurant
In June 2018 I was driving across California for a statewide project, eating as much as stomach room and time would allow. A trusted friend…
Hong Kong jails 12 for storming legislature in 2019 | Hong Kong Protests News
Defendants jailed for terms between four and seven years after being found guilty of rioting after forcing their way into the chamber. A Hong Kong…
Three former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square protest vigil lose conviction appeal
In short: Three former organisers of Hong Kong's annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests have lost their bid to overturn their conviction.A judge…
Oscars food: Emma Stone’s Portuguese egg tarts, cherries jubilee
The bliss of first bites, illicit cherries jubilee, Miyazaki’s gluttons ... and the crookie? Oh, what hath the Cronut wrought? I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager…
Hong Kong government releases draft new national security law | Politics News
New bill includes lengthy prison terms for offences such as treason and longer sentences for acts deemed to be sedition. Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has…
Michelin chef desserts that satisfy more than sweet cravings
A Spanish chef from London brings her “pinpoint” cooking to Los Angeles for a night. Plus, the buzzy new mercado that’s opened in Orange County,…
The reopening of Meals by Genet’s dining room is a gift to L.A.
If asked to name from memory one element in the small dining room of Meals by Genet — the Little Ethiopia restaurant that chef-owner Genet…
The restaurant impeached Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas loves
Garlic and nostalgia. Service fee confusion. And a guide to Chinese scallion “big pie.” I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this…
For foreign firms in Hong Kong, national security plans bring fresh chill | Business and Economy News
Taipei, Taiwan – As Hong Kong moves forward with controversial new national security legislation, its foreign business community is expressing reservations – albeit quietly –…
One last meal at Bicyclette before it closes forever
My favorite place to dine at Bicyclette, Margarita and Walter Manzke’s soon-to-close Pico-Robertson bistro, was along the bar — a nine-seat stretch of polished wood…