The annual Mid-Autumn Pageant lands on Saturday, September 10, and Los Angeles’s Asian bakeries are cranking out mooncakes to satisfy demand from each longtime celebrants and people new to the custom. Whereas these dense delicacies are historically crammed with seeds, nuts, dried fruits, and preserved meats with salted egg yolks within the middle, some bakeries are providing extra inventive takes this yr, together with boba mooncakes at Sunmerry Bakery.
For these whose palates lean old-school Cantonese, head to Phoenix Bakery in Chinatown or Kee Wah Bakery in Monterey Park and Arcadia. Thai-style mooncakes crammed with salted egg yolk custard can be found at Aliya Lavaland in Monterey Park. For Taiwanese mooncakes with flakey exteriors, there’s Sunmerry Bakery (Temple Metropolis, Arcadia, Monterey Park) and J.J. Bakery (Torrance, Arcadia, Metropolis of Business, Temple Metropolis). For the freshest Vietnamese-style mooncakes, head south to Dong Hung Vien Bakery or My Hiep Bakery in Little Saigon. To have fun this Saturday night, brew a pot of tea, share a mooncake, and gaze on the plumpest, brightest moon of the yr.
DoorDash’s new meals journal channels Fortunate Peach design vibes
DoorDash lately launched a shiny meals journal referred to as Secret Menu. The primary challenge is devoted to Asian meals in Los Angeles and encompasses a slew of old- and new-school, Asian-owned companies together with Jitlada in Thai City, Yang’s Kitchen in Alhambra, Shiku in Downtown, Kim Hoa Hue in South El Monte, and extra.
Breastfeeding whereas engaged on the road
Journalist Megan Zhang writes in regards to the distinctive postpartum difficulties that nursing mothers face within the restaurant business for Saveur. She explores a couple of promising initiatives together with Pumpspotting, an app geared toward culinary staff to search out secure and personal areas to lactate.
Searching for snacks at Koreatown’s California Market
Instagrammer Jason Goble (@supersnacksupreme) pens a information for LAist on the perfect snacks to acquire at Koreatown’s California Market. His suggestions embrace creamed corn flavored bites and tteokbokki-inspired munchies. See the complete listing.
In reward of the tuna soften at Cassell’s Hamburger
In response to meals author Maureen Harrington for Los Angeles journal, the tuna soften at Cassell’s Hamburgers in Koreatown is the bees knees. Whereas most eating places crack open canned tuna, this praise-worthy model of the sandwich makes use of freshly caught albacore loin and poaches it in lemon and aromatics.
$10 burgers at Messhall Kitchen
Los Feliz favourite Messhall Kitchen is celebrating its tenth birthday by providing the $18 Mess Burger (white cheddar, caramelized onions, pickles, smoky sauce, brioche) with fries for $10 all through the month of September, from midday to three p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to. 3 p.m. on weekends.
