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Food · News · Nov 11, 2011

Balconi Makes it in LA Weekly Top Five Coffee in LA

LA Weekly blog mentions top 5 coffees in LA. Two are in the Sawtelle area of Giant Robot Stores and gr/eats make the list. Balconi is at number 2 and Cafe Tomo is at number 4. I’ll admit that the coffee at Balconi is a step up, but Tomo does make an infamous pretzel. But the last time I checked, coffee isn’t a pretzel and just because you roast in house doesn’t mean your coffee will be better or fresher. Coffee, post roasting needs to sit. That said, try Balconi Coffee since it’s according to this writer, number 2 in LA and then go to Giant Robot and check out gr/eats. If you want that pretzel, go to Tomo. If you want anything else, come see us. Thanks! (LA Weekly – Top 5 Coffee) That’s Ray Sato, below, the subject of the Giant Robot Artist Series Video. Ray is the nicest guy around, mechanically inclined, and operates his shop like it’s a chemistry lab. He once said, “it’s like experiments.” If you like your coffee black, then try Balconi, and NEVER be afraid to ask questions about coffee. This isn’t that type of place that frowns upon a new coffee drinker. There’s no wifi, but there is a book collection and some GR magazines sitting around. [youtube]_zx_co2cc0k[/youtube]

chocolate · Food · holiday · korea · News · pepero · pepero day · South Korea · Nov 11, 2011

Today is Pepero Day in South Korea

The calendar says 11/11/11, which means one thing in South Korea: Pepero Day. They call it Pepero Day because these skinny, chocolate covered biscuits resemble the numbers that make up the date 11/11. It’s huge holiday over there, with markets and convenient stores decked out with fancy displays and gift baskets of these snacks, a knock off of the more familiar Pocky brand. The concept is that you gift boxes of these confectionary treats to your significant other as a symbol of your affection. Barf, right? As if we need another commercialized holiday to set a standard for how we hang in our relationships. Even the Asian markets here in the States gave into the South Korean craze this year. The photo above wasn’t even half of the display that I saw while shopping for groceries yesterday.

99 places to eat · Food · jonathan gold · los angeles · Nov 10, 2011

Jonathan Gold’s 99 Places to Eat in LA

Our friend and master food writer, Jonathan Gold lists his 99 places to eat in LA. Complain, complain, but this is HIS list. (LA Weekly – 99 Jonathan Gold)

food · kimchee · kogi · korean food · News · roy choi · trucks · Nov 02, 2011

5 Reasons Korean Food to Pop in 2012

A restaurant consulting company says that kimchee and Korean food will be hot in 2012. It’s a fair guess. Here’s why we think it can happen. 1) Chefs like Kogi’s Roy Choi wins Food and Wine Mag Best Chef of the Year. 2) Trucks serving Korean have brought Korean food to the most non-Korean folks around and they lap it up. 3) Kimchee is working on burgers, hot dogs, and more. 4) There are a lot of Korean folks and many say that Korean food in the USA is better than Korean food in Korea. 5) Koreans do business and are taking chances in the restaurant industry. It’s not just Koreans making sushi anymore. The next generation are fusing everything. (NY Daily News – Kimchee)

caged · china · Food · koala · Nov 01, 2011

Braised or Stewed Koala in China

Braised or stewed Koala. Can it be? Do people really want to eat a marsupial? Is the bottom really a koala? This was spotted at a restaurant in Panyu, in Guangdong, China. There’s a contingent saying that it’s all not true, but there’s also another saying that this could be true. The photo below is one that was snapped. Doesn’t look like a koala… (smh – Koala)