://www.chowhound.com/california/boards/losangeles/messages/78904.html ———— INDONESIAN FOOD COURT! Hong Kong Supermarket [Inland of LA] 987 S Glendora Ave West Covina 91790 626-814-9788 Locater:...

serving a glimpse of nirvana, a taste of the world to come. But this was more a taste of the netherwold. It was really a shame. And one would think the food could at least be more than lukewarm. My dinner companions had a crab...

for a restaurant to have a chance at survival. The failure rate for most is over 50% in the first year. It is very difficult to actually make money with their overhead, small margins and staff. So when someone touts the idea of...

I completely agree - there is a small Vietnamese restaurant I frequented that had an excellent and spicy chicken dish, I moved out of the area and took a friend back there for this dish a year later and it wasn’t the same....

and clean up after you is 30% of every dollar. C. Liq Liability Insurance that protects everyone is an average of $500-$1000 + per month. D. Build Out, the cost to provide anywhere from casual funky to custom made booths set back...

I used to be a short order cook at a small “sports bar” in a strip mall that did the black-pants-white-shirt-bow-tie thing with the bartenders and it always felt a little fake. Like they were trying too hard to be...

I’ve realized that I have a finite number of lunches remaining before spending the rest of my life lunching in a small town middle school cafeteria (and the goddess of all cinnamon rolls has long since retired). I sometimes...

to Cav. Good selection, informed bartender and love the tasting sized options for the wine. Felt the décor was a little cheesy/dated. Ok, back to Quince. This was such a nice way of doing a fine dining restaurant—still small and...

there is a point where food is no longer primarily food, it is an experiential thing. see some of the recent discussion on the creations of cutting-edge small plates places. there is also a point where “food” becomes...

to the ubiquitous onion, toss in a handful of oatmeal or a cup of cooked brown rice; grate in a carrot and a small zucchini. Put diced mushrooms, or maybe some chopped spinach, in your ground beef when you mix it up for burgers....

Places like the French Laundry are really between a rock and a hard place — it’s a small restaurant with a limited number of seatings, so demand far exceeds supply. No matter how they handle their reservations, there...

I object to the chlorine taste and smell in our local water. It’s also very hard, so needs to be treated by a water softner prior to using to avoid a premature death for appliances that use water, like washing machines and...

to eat. Wild Ginger (ok, I know that this is Pan asian (or Thai fusion, whatever), but I had to include it)-2 visits-is this a pickup bar or a restaurant? I didn’t even order food on the menu the first time, it all looked...

's torch. I sort of liked him before but now he just seems small, mean, immature, and untalented.

good, essentially a small dollup of mashed potatoes with a layer of crispy, salty flavors on top. I thought it was just bread crumbs or something with interesting seasoning. Now I realize it was some sort of oyster concoction and...