Pan Asian restaurants in Los Angeles

The Local Place

18605 S. Western Ave., Torrance, CA 90504

Lovers of all things Hawaiian flock to The Local Place, a cafe just off the 405 freeway in Torrance. A side venture of the bustling King's Hawaiian bread-makers, the... More »

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Jonathan Gold writes for LA Weekly on Celadon

Tuna tartare? Yep. Sweet braised short ribs? You bet. Hamachi carpaccio? Of course, with ponzu gelée and citrus dust. On paper, as well as in the sleek fire-and-water motif of its design, its extreme feng shui and its Thai-basil mojitos, Celadon, which occupies the fusion-happy space once colonized by Tahiti and Yi Cuisine, is just the latest in a long line...
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Jonathan Gold And Michelle Huneven writes for LA Weekly on Beacon: An Asian Cafe

Beacon: An Asian Cafe. Beacon marks the triumphant return to form of Kazuto Matsusaka, who was chef for almost a decade at Wolfgang Puck’s Chinois in the ’80s. His current versions of miso-marinated cod, vegetable nabemono and grilled shisito peppers are all fine. Grilled-chicken skewers are powerfully flavored with the herb shiso and...
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Jonathan Gold writes for LA Weekly on Beacon: An Asian Cafe

Photo by Anne Fishbein
In Culver City’s arts district, fitted into an old commercial laundry in the Helms Bakery complex, not far from Sony, Beacon café is possibly the most visible new restaurant in town, as brightly lit at night as the diner in Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, surmounted by a glowing blue tower that soars high as a...
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