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What I Miss in Los Angeles: Chano’s

September 1, 2010 Xegyn No comments

One of the great restaurants I miss in Los Angeles is Chano’s (Yelp) close to USC. Here’s a picture of their Carne Asada Fries. What you see here was literally two and a half meals for me.

Carne Asada Fries

Los Angeles, Mexican food carne asada fries

Eggplant with Beef and Miso and Pork Mole

August 19, 2010 Xegyn No comments

Today’s dinner was a side of eggplant with ground beef and miso and hickory smoked pork with mole and Spanish rice. The eggplant was sautéed with ground beef, miso, sugar, sake, garlic, green onions, and chili oil. It’s not as sweet as our favorite nasu miso dish at Honda-ya (Yelp), but the ground beef does make the dish heartier. For the Pork Mole, I rubbed the pork with bacon salt, used Hickory chips in the grill, and made some instant mole by Dona Maria.

: Eggplant with Ground Beef & Miso

: Hickory Pork with Mole & Spanish Rice

Japanese food, Mexican food, cooking eggplant, pork mole

Chile Relleno

August 18, 2010 Xegyn No comments

Today’s lunch was Chile Relleno, courtesy of Trader Joe’s. Ever since I had a Chile Relleno at Speedy Zapatos (Yelp) (which is THE best dish I’ve ever had there) in Fresno, CA, my eyes have been opened to how much I like them. I made Spanish rice and served up the baked relleno side by side.

Mexican food, cooking chile relleno

Bool Korean Taco Truck

October 9, 2009 Xegyn 1 comment

If you’re a Los Angelesian, you don’t need me to tell you that Korean taco trucks are popular and are growing in numbers. One of the trucks I went to recently was called Bool and I think they deserve my vote for best Korean burrito I have had so far. Their pork burrito was the heartiest burrito I have had and even though the rice was white (not kim chee fried rice), it was still very flavorful. The sweetness of the meat balanced it well. The pork quesadilla was also quite good with a delicious dipping sauce on the side. Their official website seems to be down as of this posting.