ohh sounds amazing! I'll have to try it!

I second Thai Lai, my favorite authentic Vietnamese place. Love the broken rice with steamed chicken, pho and the sour and spicy beef stew YUM! Cash only though and hard to find parking.

I personally like Thai Lai in Hawthorne. Usually only vietnamese people there and cash only...pho broth is really good as are most other soups

If your interested in good Chinese food DO NOT go to hermosa. I live in manhattan beach and there is no good Chinese food at the beach. If you do want Chinese food go to Monterey park or to the San Gabriel valley and definitely do dim sum and soup dumplings (dumplings filled with delicious broth). There are good places near the beach though, like MB post, fish bar (I love their blue cheese martinis and oysters) and umami burger in hermosa. Defiantly get Mexican food while you are here, I especially love oaxacan food including moles. Hope this helps and have fun in LA!

went to Piccolo...was amazing :)

Craft, Boucheron, Night and Market, Bazaar, Stefans Farm-stand and Gordon Ramsey's place are all on my radar but not sure where to pick. I am going with some not sooo adventurous mid westerners (if not Night + Market would be my first pick!)...any recs? thanks!!

thanks for the report!

Wish I had seen these earlier! Went to tony p's per bf recommendation. All was mediocre. Chart house was too expensive for such poor reviews. Thanks for all the suggestions though!

fishbar is my favorite! but no view :( looked at charthouse, view looks amazing, may go there.

ohhhhh great! too bad MP is so far away :(

My parents are in town and want to have dinner overlooking the water. My dad would like a fisherman's platter (preferably fried, which is v hard to find in LA supprisingly!) and I want to make the man happy :) any suggestions? Sofar, I've come up with Tony P's, Strandhouse (though a bit to "fancy pants" for them, dont really see them wanting anything with a foam or gelee) or somewher in redondo like chart house. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

what is a good price for them? I have not clue! thanks!!

Looking for amazing food (esp. seafood) in January. My boyfriend and I will be staying at the RIU Santa Fe, and heard the food is pretty bad, we'd like some inexpensive and good seafood, also is there any kind of local cuisine that shouldn't be missed? We live in So Cal so mexican food is pretty abundant. Also are the prices for food much cheaper or is it expensive since the area is touristy? Thanks for the help!!!

thanks if not may get oysters and dungeness crabs

ok thanks!

any locations near Manhattan Beach? Want to get crab and oysters

yes on the east coast, wasn't sure if it was different on the west? Know they have blues in Mexico, though the flavor may be a bit different

Is there anywhere I can purchase live blue crabs (like in VA and MD) in the LA area? want to do a crab pickin for 2 for my boyfriend's birthday. thanks in advance!

I love love love! fishbar. everything Ive eaten has been solid and their blue cheese stuffed olive martinis and oysters are my favorite

Ohhh looks good :) Thanks!!

awesome, thanks for the tip, so I can't put everything in a pot and cook for 9 hrs...darn :) thanks so much for the tips and have a wonderful day!

chicken feet...yum!

does anyone have this recipe? I'd really like to make this tonight. Thanks!!

unfortunately dont have one (what my mom uses in Brazil, though). Hoped a slow cooker could work. Thanks though :)

ok going to try this (see recipe above) next week. Thanks so much for the help!

thanks for the tip, may use chicken stock as the liquid after draining beans then add meat (smoked sausage, pork and ham hocks) while the beans cook for the 8 hrs or so. Do you think peppers would be ok to add at the beginning? I want to add onions, garlic, peppers and bay leaf to make it taste traditional.

I'd really like to make feijoada in my slow cooker from dried beans. Anyone have a recipe for this or an idea of how to do it? Do I need to soak the beans? How much liquid and cooking times? Is it ok to add the meat at the beginning and let it cook for the full 8-9 hrs?
Thanks for your help!

anyone have a recipe for feijoada in the slow cooker?

so far, looking at Randevous, Alcenias, Uncle Lous and Blue Plate Cafe in Memphis, Cattleman's, Broome's fried pies, Eischens Bar and Hungry traveler in OK, Big Texan and Franks Bakery in TX and Mary and Titos, Cecilia's Cafe and lottaburger in NM. Going to the grand canyon for 2 nights and am prob going to just go to the store there and then grill out. No clue from AZ to CA yet. You have any additonal recomendations or recs on which ones to narrow down Memphis?

ohhh sounds like heaven, big fan of fresh guac and beer lol will def check out! Thanks