Category Archives: California

Helms Bakery, Culver City CA

Helms Bakery Affogatto Drip Coffee Corn & Caramel Cookie Pistachio & Semolina Cookie Oat & Date Cookie Peaches & Cream Puff Olive Oil Cake & Pistachio Buttercream Corn Cake & Wildflower Honey Cream Cheese Cookie Butter Frosted Pecan Molasses Cookie … Continue reading

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Somni 2.0, West Hollywood CA

Somni Mandarin splash Fried almond Monstera deliciosa Mayan chip Parmesan feather 2022 Lang & Reed Chenin Blanc Beets & roses Sardine tart Rice tap & iberico Roasted eggplant Dashi with caviar Mejillones Gazpacho blanco Shiso tartare tempura “Ravioli” Blue Corn … Continue reading

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Lei’d Cookies, Culver City CA

Lei’d Cookies Egg Nog Creme Brulee Cookie Triple Ginger Molasses Cookie Black Sesame stuffed with Raspberry Mochi Cookie Oatmeal – Cranberry Orange Walnut Cookie Guava Snickerdoodle Cookie Mango Sticky Rice Cookie Using Smorgasburg as a springboard to something more personal … Continue reading

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Modu Cafe, Los Angeles CA

Modu Milk Cream Bun Kabocha Persimmon Cake Miso/Garu Cookie Black Sesame Dark Choc Cookie Boricha Madeleine Black Sesame Mochi Cake Bar A self-trained baker who picked up the hobby during COVID Jiyoon Jang has now set up shop in Highland … Continue reading

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Huge Tree Pastry, Monterey Park CA

Huge Tree Pastry Purple Rice Fan Tuan with Eggs and Pickles Sweet Soy Milk Chinese Donut Radish Cakes Red Bean Cake Tucked into a random two-story building in Monterey Park the success of Huge Tree Pastry is solely attributed to … Continue reading

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Lunasia Chinese Restaurant, Alhambra CA

Lunasia Dim Sum House Minced Pork & Mushroom Congee Macao Style Egg Custard Tart Stir-fried Baby Bok Choy with Garlic Har Gow Rice Noodle Roll with Chinese Donut Siu Mai Rice Noodle Roll with Beef Supreme Beef Ball Steamed BBQ … Continue reading

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El Pavo Bakery & Restaurant, San Gabriel CA

Pavo Bakery Pan de Muerto Concha Sugar Croissant Besos Oreja Tricolor Cookie Guava Pan Dulce Tucked away in the San Gabriel Valley, an area now better known for Taiwanese Breakfasts or handmade Noodles, El Pavo Bakery & Restaurant has been … Continue reading

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Stella West Hollywood, West Hollywood CA

Stella West Hollywood Panzanella Estivia – persimmon, heirloom tomato, Lambrusco, sheep ricotta Carpaccio di Manzo – Wagyu tongue, scallion pistachio salsa verde, saba Su Filindeu – roasted bone brodo with pecorino primo sale & lamb neck Orecchiette – pistacchio pesto, … Continue reading

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Fluffy McCloud’s, Los Angeles CA

Fluffy McCloud’s Princess Cake, Pistachio Yoyoyoyo, Waffle Cone Banking on LA’s love of retro-kitsch Nick Fisher opened Fluffy McCloud’s in July 2023, late hours to match his bar El Prado across the street spawning a Social Media following seemingly focused … Continue reading

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Monarch Donuts, Arcadia CA

Monarch Donuts Glazed Yeast Donut with Sprinkles Glazed Old Fashioned Donut Apple Fritter Yeast Donut with Maple and Chocolate Icing Cinnamon Crunch Donut Glazed Twist As a faith-based business occupying what was once home to a tailor Monarch Donuts is … Continue reading

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Four Sea Restaurant (708 East Las Tunas Drive,) San Gabriel CA

Si Hai Sweet Soy Milk Deep Fried Cruller Fried Onion Cake Fan Tuan – Salty Rice with Pickled Vegetables and a Fried Egg Radish Pastry, Red Bean Pastry, Taro Pastry with Egg Located not far from nationally recognized Huge Tree … Continue reading

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Brodard Restaurant, Fountain Valley CA

Brodard Vietnamese Coffee Grilled Pork Spring Rolls (Nem Nướng Cuốn) – Grilled Pork, Rice Paper, Lettuce, Cucumber, Carrot, Cilantro, Chive, Daikon, Wonton Skin, Mint, House Special Sauce Duck Buns – Roasted Duck, Homemade Flour Buns, Scallion, Cucumber, Cilantro, Plum Sauce … Continue reading

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Bake & Che, Westminster CA

Bake & Che Cassava Cake Durian Pandan Layers Mung Bean Cake Taro Cake Palm Sugar Cake House special – Durian, red beans, white beans, mung beans, pandan jelly, pomegranate seeds, fresh jackfruit, palm seeds, taro paste, special house milk, peanuts … Continue reading

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Banh Khot Lady, Westminster CA

Banhkhotlady Cafe Sua Da Banh Khot Although Banh Khot is lesser-known than the traditional Vietnamese Crispy Pancake called Bánh Xèo there is one place in Orange County where the dish from Vung Tau is everything for a husband and wife … Continue reading

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Phở 79, Garden Grove CA

Phở 79 Cafe Sua Da Pho Ga Pho Chin Pho Bo Vien Gan Sach Bun Rieu Goi Cuon Part of Garden Grove since 1982 Phở 79 is considered by many to be the best bowl of Vietnamese Beef Soup in … Continue reading

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Modo Mio Rustic Italian Kitchen, Newport Coast CA

Modo Mio Bread – Olive Oil, Balsamic Marinated Mushrooms – Olive Oil Bee Sting – Bar Hill Gin, Liquid Alchemist Ginger, Honey, Lemon, Bee Pollen Short Rib Ragout – Short Rib Ragout cooked in Burgundy Wine Sauce, Handmade Pappardelle Lasagna … Continue reading

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Hans’ Homemade Ice Cream, Santa Ana CA

Hans’ Homemade Ice Cream Vanilla Caramel Wafer Ice Cream, Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Waffle Cone Serving Orange County from their Santa Ana location since 1972 Hans’ Homemade Ice Cream prides itself on making every flavor on-site, a use of Cream … Continue reading

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Quán-Mii, Fountain Valley CA

Quán-Mii Rice Paper Cafe Den Nong & Lanh – Vietnamese Coffee Cuon Tom Thit – Vietnamese Spring Rolls Bánh Xèo Dặc Biệt Quán-Mii – Crepe, Pork, Shrimp, Squid Located on Brookhurst in Fountain Valley, the original location part of Bolsa … Continue reading

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Tacos Y Birria “El Guero” (West Edinger Avenue,) Santa Ana CA

Tacos Y Birria “El Guero” Horchata Carne Asada Taco, Al Pastor Taco, Chorizo Taco, Tripa Taco, Suadero Taco Quesabirria Taco Begun as a Food Truck, but now brick-and-mortar with four locations in Santa Ana, Tacos Y Birria “El Guero” has … Continue reading

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Hilda and Jesse, San Francisco CA

Hilda and Jesse HILDA’S ICED COFFEE – Cold Brew, Housemade Oat Milk, Malt DUCK WINGS – H&J Wing Spice SHRIMP TOASTIE – Chill Mayo, Sesame GRILLED BEEF TONGUE – Smoky Beet Dip, Fig Chimichurri, Chili Crunch PANCAKES WITHOUT BOUNDARIES – … Continue reading

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