Quote:
Originally Posted by aem
On Jul 14, 2:33 am, korianne
wrote:
Hi guys, this is my first post, so please be gentle. I plan on visiting
L.A soon and besides of all the chic and glam of the city I want to
experience some "traditional" / popular L.A food, desserts, drinks, etc.
I am a huge food lover and want to make sure I check all the
must-haves!
Which foods best represent the City of Angels? Any ideas?
L.A. has an enormous variety of dining experiences. If you can think
of it, you can probably find it here. Answering your question is
impossible until you narrow it down somewhat? Are you interested in
high end fine dining? Celebrity watching? Famous chefs? Moderate
price with highest quality? Slow food? Locavore? Ethnic? If so,
which of hundreds? Tradition (i.e., L.A. tradition?)?
That said, two things ring our bell every time this question comes
up. First, in spite of other towns' attempts to catch up in recent
years, this is the home of both the original and the most innovative
taco trucks. Second, the San Gabriel Valley is home to the best
Chinese food outside of Shanghai and Siingapore.
And I agree that searching through Chowhound can provide a lot of
information. You do have to beware of strongly worded, highly skewed
opinions, however. -aem
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I'm interested in Genuine L.A food, maybe "traditional" is not the right word here. Mostly food one would recommend to tourists, people visiting L.A for their first time. I don't care much about celebrities and all that jazz. Your suggestions are really useful, a good start for more research on the matter. I just hate to return from an awesome vacation and be asked for instance "did you have the fabulous Coney Island Hot Dogs while there?" and have no idea what's the conversation about. (I did have the yummy Coney Island Hot Dogs, thank you very much!)
Thank you all for your ideas, I wrote them down. *happy*