Midtown Lunch

Photo courtesy of gas•tron•o•my blog

• MOBILE More deep fried sushi porn from the Yatta Truck [Gastronomy]
• DOWNTOWN A new Singaporean spot is opening soon [Daily Dish]
• MAR VISTA Empanada Place is better than Gardel [Squid Ink]
• MID CITY Tinga Taqueria opens today on La Brea [Eater]
• MID CITY 99 Cent soul food?  Yes please! [LAist]
• PASADENA “The Guru” loves Cham Korean bistro’s dolsot bibimbap [Squid Ink]
• SANTA MONICA Pourtal’s Wine Bar is now serving lunch [LASnark;Grub Street]
• STUDIO CITY The valley gets a great new ramen spot [Food GPS;EDBM;The Guru]
• MOBILE Apparently you don’t want know how fattening Kogi is [Grub Street]
• MOBILE Hello new fried chicken truck! [Squid Ink]

Now that makes me want to try the Ahn-Joo Truck! Photo by My Last Bite

• MOBILE Jitlada’s Mayor shares her faves from recent food truck visits [My Last Bite]
• DOWNTOWN “The Guru” stumbles into Izakaya Fu-Ga [LAW]
• HOLLYWOOD Remember Fortune Cookies? Here’s Cathy’s review [Gastronomy]
• HOLLYWOOD Hello delicious looking torta truck! [Squid Ink]
• KOREATOWN For cold noodles “The Guru” recommends Ma Dang Gook Su [LAW]
• MELROSE Paddy Rice has their veggies delivered fresh daily [Table Conversation]
• MID CITY You can get liege waffles at the newly open Shaky Alibi [Eater]
• MID WILSHIRE The Counter is coming to Miracle Mile [Grub Street]
• SANTA MONICA A new omusubi shop has opened on Main [Grub Street]
• VENICE Chicago’s Mr. Beef has opened on Muscle Beach [Squid Ink]
• WESTWOOD Junior’s Deli serves some nice pastrami and corned beef [Savory Hunter]
• MOBILE The girl who runs the NomNom Truck is also a model [Lo Down via Racked]

The cacharro from Ta Bom, a new Brazilian truck. Photo by Mattatouille

• MOBILE Check out the potato stick topped burger and dog from Ta Bom [Mattatouille]
• MOBILE More on Manila Machine, the new Filipino food truck [LAist]
• BEVERLY Nancy Silverton’s “Short Order” coming to the Farmer’s Mkt… [Grub Street]
• BEVERLY …and here is your first look at the burger [LAist]
• NORTH H’WOOD The freshly fried falafel at Top Falafel is great [Eater]
• WEHO Phociti is opening their fourth location in a few weeks [Grub Street]
• WEST LA Japanese fried chicken wings FTW! [Savory Hunter]
• DOWNTOWN We’re not the only ones who love Ludo’s Parisian [NomsNotBombs]
• ECHO PARK “The Guru” calls Xoia good for the hood… [Squid Ink]
• HOLLYWOOD … and calls Siam Sunset the Thaiest Thai food in Thaitown [LAW]

Photo courtesy of Lindsay William-Ross/LAist

• KOREATOWN Kyochon has a new “honey wing”?! [LAist]
• BRENTWOOD After all these years Reddi Chick is still good [Squid Ink]
• BEVERLY HILLS Momed does look good! Wish it was cheaper [E*star LA]
• HOLLYWOOD The curries and pad thai at Pailin are also good [Noms Not Bombs]
• MID WILSHIRE Building employees caught squatting in food truck parking spots [LAist]
• SAMO Santa Monica Place is one month away [Eater]
• WEHO La Cienega Kebob House, a fave of Lunch’er Patricia, has closed [Eater]
• WEST LA Tamaya has replaced Bella Pasta in Mitsuwa [Grub Street]
• MOBILE Your first look at the White Rabbit Filipino truck [Squid Ink]

Dukk nachos from the Ahn Joo Truck. Photo by Gastronomy Blog

• MOBILE Check out the Korean goodness of Ahn Joo [Gastronomy]
• DOWNTOWN A round-up of food news for DTLA [Blogdowntown]
• ECHO PARK Xoia brings more modern Vietnamese to the east side [LAist; Eating L.A.;Squid Ink]
• HOLLYWOOD Juicy Burger is now open [Eater]
• MAR VISTA Venician Pizza is coming to Venice the west side [Grub Street]
• SANTA MONICA Bite Bar & Bakery has some amazing looking lunch stuff [Exile Kiss]
• VENICE Your first look at Benny’s Tacos [Grub Street]
• VENICE Lidia’s Pupusas are cheap and satisfying [Eater]
• MOBILE Hello potato stick covered hot dog! [Street Gourmet L.A.]

Photo courtesy of Galo Eating

• KOREATOWN Hello new Korean hamburger spot! [Galo Eating via LA Taco]
• WEHO Petrossian looks good for a birthday lunch splurge [NomsNotBombs]
• BEVERLY HILLS Japanese crepes and free Wi-Fi? Yes please! [Gourmet Pigs]
• PALMS More on the new branch of Scoops, opening this fall [FoodGPS]
• SANTA MONICA MTV is getting a fancy banh mi spot on Monday [Grub Street]
• WESTWOOD Soleil has added 10  “designer” poutines to their menu [Eater]
• WEST L.A. Don’t go to Jin Jiang. It’s terrible. [Squid Ink]
• MOBILE Another look at the ESPN World Cup Truck [Street Gourmet LA]
• MOBILE/MID WILSHIRE Are brick and mortar business owners taking the food truck parking spots on Wilshire?! [LAist]

Turmeric Fish Noodles from Viet Noodle Bar. Courtesy of Exile Kiss.

• ATWATER Dan was right. Viet Noodle Bar doesn’t look too bad [Exile Kiss]
• MOBILE A new Brazilian food truck has hit the streets [My Last Bite]
• MOBILE The Kogi run ESPN Match Truck is hit and miss [Deep End Dining]
• PICO UNION El Taurino makes a great suadero taco [LAist]
• HOLLYWOOD Pa Ord makes a good pork pad see ew [Food GPS]
• HOLLYWOOD Paddy Rice has opened on Melrose [Squid Ink]
• HOLLYWOOD Ruen Pair makes a better red curry than Pailin Thai [Squid Ink]
• CULVER CITY Scoops is coming to the west side! [Eater]
• BEVERLY Nonna’s Empanadas is finally open [Squid Ink]
• WEHO Kassava has opened another restaurant on Sunset [Eater]
• WEHO We’re not that into salads for lunch… [Gastronomy]
• EVENT …but we’ll GO to Tender Greens on Sat. for the Eat My Blog bakesale! [Noms Not Bombs]
• MOBILE Here’s the menu for this weekend’s benefit for Nina’s Food [E*star LA]