Comments for Midtown Lunch: Los Angeles

Comment on Lunch Links (The “See You on Tuesday” Edition) by Bigmouth

Bigmouth — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:45:02 +0000

Not such a fan of the pastrami sandwich at Ink Sack. The horse radish completely overwhelms the other flavors. Gimme Plan Check or Langer’s over it any day of the week.

Also, just a heads up the Yu Chan link seems to be to Toddrickallen.

Comment on A Super Early Look at the Food of NongLA Vietnamese Cafe by Bigmouth

Bigmouth — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:38:08 +0000

I think their non-traditional banh mis are the best. Loved the pork belly, for example.

Comment on A Super Early Look at the Food of NongLA Vietnamese Cafe by Bigmouth

Bigmouth — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:44:01 +0000

Been eyeballing this place on my trips to Tsujita and can’t wait to try it. But for solid chicken bun with eggrolls you can do far worse than Le Saigon right nearby on Santa Monica Blvd. I wouldn’t order anything else there, but the bun is reliably good, especially with plenty of chili sauce.

Also, on a tangential note, I loved the cold cuts and bread on the Spice Table banh mi, but the vegetables needed to be a pickled just a bit more. I like a little more funk.

Comment on A Super Early Look at the Food of NongLA Vietnamese Cafe by Food Douche

Food Douche — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:38 +0000

Sounds awesome. I’ve never thought of bun as a salad, but I think you’re on to something there.

As an aside, the Spice Table has a special bahn mi of sliced turkey, smoked mozzarella, and bacon chutney now. It’s pretty incredible.

Comment on The Garbage Truck Brings Rochester Trash Plates to L.A. by pb1316

pb1316 — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:30:47 +0000

I lived in Rochester for many years and the Garbage Plate is legend. There is no right or wrong to it as long as it has 2 sides, hot dogs and or hamburgs (the hots of course have to be Zwiegles nothing else will work). Onions, home fries and Nicks chili hot dog sauce. The name actually came from some college kids that helped to create the dish. Oh almost forgot you really need to eat this after midnight after a night out on the town. Tradition.

Comment on “Cod Save the Queen” Brings UK Kitsch to the Streets of L.A. by korto

korto — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:40:33 +0000

I just ate from this truck mid Wilshire. Love the idea and looked forward to a fish buddy and chips . The chips were fine and crispy but the fish wasn’t cooked enough. It should be white and firm with crispy batter not greyish and transluscent and soft. Crank up the heat on the fryer and it should be fine.

Comment on Chego Lunch Launches Today, And Here is Your First Look by Bigmouth

Bigmouth — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:52:21 +0000

Just closed on a condo in Westwood that’s a little less than two miles from Chego. I see many Beefy T bowls followed by Scoops in my lunchtime future, lol.

Comment on Chego Lunch Launches Today, And Here is Your First Look by TreasureLA

TreasureLA — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:29:37 +0000

If only every Chego lunch ended with Horchata Kahlua Scoops. So good.

Comment on Chego Lunch Launches Today, And Here is Your First Look by Bigmouth

Bigmouth — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:57:55 +0000

Me so happy, me want to cry…

Comment on 7 Reasons to Hate L.A. Lunching (The “Be Careful What You Call a Food Court” Edition) by Bigmouth

Bigmouth — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:28:40 +0000

Damn, that duck shawarma is indeed delicious.