Shufeng Garden - also Dan Dan Mein

Hunan Mao - Spicy Fish Head
Beijing Pie House - those juicy pies, beef or lamb
Knife Cut noodles - JYTH
Shufeng Garden - Water Boiled Fish
Mei Long V. - Lamb's Head Meatball
101 Noodle XPress - boiled dumplings, beef roll

Glad to see this thread resurrected - does anyone know anyplace to get simit in LA?
In Turkey it was my favorite part of Turkish Breakfast.

yes - n/naka does requre a card for a rez.

I was there Monday for the first time - pre-miso - loved it. Loved that I could have it for dinner. Loved the lack of a line.

yes -but I can't tell you where unless you promise not to go when I do

Impressive, especially for the area. Thanks for sharing Thor123.
As a long time Jitlada lover I was fairly skeptical of the previous reports I read, but was happily surprised by a meal at ET last week. We just moved a few miles west (from West Hollywood) and are scouring the new catchment zone for finds. ET is a fine find indeed.

opps, I was talking about the one on Lincoln!

Almost every day there is a discussion about LA's best sushi.

Always wondered how they stayed in business!
I went about 8 years ago with an after work crowd - nothing memorable foodwise.

I'll meet you there, Peter!

che che

<<Is Pizzeria Mozza's private room doable at $50 pp?>>
I doubt it.
Lot's of Thaitown and Ktown possibilites.
Ping Tung Asian Market, on Melrose

<<get pissed>>
LOL

The condo is gated...the restuarant is not...walk-up. Someone might stop you if you tried to skateboard down the diveway, though. Biking should be fine and I doubt you'd need to lock your bike in that environment!

There is an interesting Candy S. - Hinoki connection/rumour...something about her suing the property for many millions because a restaurant was not open when she moved in, as promised, and then they rush-opened Hinoki. Seems far fetched but possible.

Kevin - you're squimish about the "outhouses?" I enjoy the fresh air and chatting with Shunji, who is often out there sucking down a few lungfulls of smoke between courses!

Agree that this is a hard request, and that I am about to get hammered by the hounds on this board, but...
I have found that there are places on the Westside that can get it "close-to" right, which may not be right enough for your family, if you -- or someone who speaks Mandarin if you don't -- calls in advance, explains what dishes you would like and they make it special.
Your best bet is probably
Palace Seafood & Dim Sum
11701 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Brentwood Plaza Shopping Center
(310) 979-3377 () ‎ · palaceseafooddimsum.com

A friend did it, Chris. Not sure what his procedure was.

Wow!
Folks can spend their time applauding or griping all they want about the pre-pay policy, FWIW -it makes sense to me for such a small place.

The food was great. kevineats meal was similar to ours with some variations I will touch on below.
http://www.kevineats.com/2013/04/troi...

Amuse 2 was a Clam Flan and Amuse 3 was a escargot in a lovely green sauce.
That buckwheat popcorn is amazing.
The first dish was chicken thighs in a wonderful broth with a smear of chicken liver on the side of the bowl - earthy and delicious.

The whole meal was a treat. Cannot wait to go back.

Might have to change to Trios Mec after dinner last night.

Went to Turkey a few years ago
Went to Anatolia a few weeks ago
I echo bulavinaka - very authentic, lots of Turks, excellent kebabs, limited, decent but unexceptional mezze and salads.

Went this past weekend
Had an excellent meal in a lovely setting with lots of good cocktails and people watching.
My favs of the night were definately the Skate with Sambal, Chili Crab toast, and Beef Tartare. Also good - Fried chicken, lobster roll and escarole. The snapper crudo was good but miniature. The skirt steak with miso - so-so. A mushroom dish - Braised shitake mushroom, yuzu kosho - was a mess.

I prefer sushi/sashimi most of the time, so that's what I get...but the age-dashi tomato is very special. The blue cheese balls do not do it for me nearly as much.

<<Or can I still request mostly sushi, which is what I plan to do at Mori?>>

yes, I do it all the time.

there are many whorthwhile cooked dishes too - you can order them if you like a la carte as well.

And I thought my University was Kinky!

It was fun reading, loved the picture of Shige-san, agree with everything J.L. wrote about the audience of LAmag.
My big question is - who's been to Sushi Nozomi? Any good? That was a surprise.

About $170.
We ordered two 300 cc bottles of sake, 3 beers, a Nozawa, a Trust Me Lite and quite a few xtras (ikura, uni, scallop, snapper, halibit fin sashimi)

I was at sugarfish BH last night and saw many happy appearing NB customers coming out. Got to chat with Nozawa-san, meet Fujita-san and tour the bar. Really looking forward to trying it in June.

Sugarfish was quite good. I think having NB there brings the quality up a notch, or maybe it is just that way now because it is new to the empire and under the microscope of management. The ikura was really wonderful, as was the uni and halibut fin...for the price it is hard to do better and I love the feeling of eating at a bar or table, rather than a sushi bar from time to time...one can be a little less "formal" and quiet.

Good point(s) Kevin!

Ipse - perhaps we should call it Seafood Tacos?