PROFILE: L.A. Lunch’er “Min”

As is customary on Midtown Lunch, every Tuesday we profile a random reader to get their recommendations for the best spots to lunch near their work. This week it’s Min, a retiree who wishes she lived in the south of France.

Name: Min

Age: 35

Occupation: Retired (seriously, yes)

Where in L.A. do you Work?: South Bay or Los Feliz

Favorite Kind of Food: I love food, but I am a natural born Korean.(gotta have my rice and banchan fixings)

Least Favorite Kind of Food: I don’t discriminate against any food (I really don’t)

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch: It’s all depending on my mood. But lately I-bana for Japanese, and All Indian Sweets & Snacks in Torrance for Indian (conveniently, they are next to each other in the same strip mall.) I-bana has one of the best bowls of hot soba and tempura. (I could watch their tempura cook all day long.) All Indian has the best deal in town $3.99 and $4.99 with dal, samosa, gulab, rice, and chapati. For a couple more bucks you get 2 items with meat-even lamb or goat if you’re lucky.

“Go-To” Lunch Place You and Your Coworkers Eat at Too Often? It used to be lunch special at Hae Jang Chon in Ktown (3821 W 6th St). Their bibimbop is like $6.99 with banchan and soup (rice is real whole barley too)

Place you discovered thanks to Midtown Lunch? Indian places around palms area. (I never really cared before even though I passed by many times before)

The farthest place you’ll drive for lunch on a normal day? 150 miles I think (Blue Agave in Santa Barbara)

Dream job location (anywhere in the world), purely for lunch purposes, and why? Southern France or any Spanish town near the sea port (I like southern french dishes for its homeyness and seasonal cooking method. Spanish food, I just love whole spice history of Spanish and because Spanish, how much western food has been evolved. Plus, Spanish seafood dishes are excellent, they eat just about any seafood like Koreans!)

Want to be next week’s Profiled: L.A. Lunch’er (or know somebody you’d want to nominate), email me- zach@midtownlunch.com.

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