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Tips for bringing back cheese, chorizo, on long flights?
I've flown to and from France at least 10 times...each return flight has been met by the USDA beagle patrol....and I have seen many passengers stopped and their luggage searched for prohibited items....I usually bring back wine and candy and I declare it. I was picked to have my luggage scanned once...rest of the time just waved through. I wouldn't advise trying to bring anything into LAX unless it's so sealed (double & triple) as to have no odor...AND make certain once the item is packaged, wash the package so there's no residual odor on it.
Check out: http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/prohibited_restricted.xml
also: http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/
The USDA takes its work seriously and is not very friendly to people who break the rules...if you are caught, it will go on your passport record, so you would probably be checked every subsequent trip...
Have a good visit!
If you want to see what the restrictions are, check out
Looking for a place to eat - Downtown LA
I think it's too late and you'll find people pointing you to previous posts. For immediate information, check out LA Weekly's food guru Jonathan Gold (he won a Pulitzer) at www.laweekly.com/restaurants/seach and you can look up reviews by area...also, another local paper had reviews specifically for the area, hence its name: www.downtownnews.com/restaurants/
and remember that Chinatown, Japan Town and Olivera Street are close.
Have you tried doing a search on Chowhound using the street name? I hope someone else comes through with their favorite and that it's a winner--me, I couldn't decide.
Hope you enjoy your visit.
