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3238 Helms Ave. Culver City, CA 90232

310-202-6808

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Cuisine(s): Asian Fusion

Hours: Mon-Sat 5:30pm-10:30pm, Tue-Fri 12pm-3pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining

Serving: Dinner
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Online Reservations Available

Parking: Lot Available, Street

Description

Lukshon, tucked next to Father's Office in the Helms Bakery complex, is Sang Yoon's most completely realized concept yet, an edgy, grown-up restaurant serving an Asian-ized, farm-centered, technique-oriented small-plates menu, very much on the path blazed by places like Animal, Lazy Ox and Red Medicine: the new taste of Los Angeles cuisine.

100: Lukshon's Dan Dan Noodles

By Amy Scattergood | Mon, May 21, 2012

Everybody likes a countdown, whether it's for the foie gras ban or NASA's new privatized space industry. Today we're beginning another one, this time to mark our 100 favorite dishes from Los Angeles r... More »
From Highland Park to Venice Beach, Our New Columnist Finds That the Cocktail Moment Has Become a Movement

By Patrick Comiskey | Thu, May 03, 2012

The drink is called the Chin-Up, which seems inadequate as solace, halfhearted as a name. It blends Beefeater's gin and Cynar, a peculiar digestif containing cynarine, the active ester that gives the artichoke its odd aftertaste. It is finished wi... More »
Foie Gras-loving Chefs Fight Ban With Last-ditch Petition

By Andrew Simmons | Mon, April 30, 2012

When the ban on foie gras takes effect on July 1, Californians with a taste for foie will be reduced to copping the creamy tan stuff in little, perfect slugs squeezed into wax paper packets like opium... More »
Jonathan Gold's 10 Best Dishes of 2011

By Jonathan Gold | Thu, December 29, 2011

Click here for Anne Fishbein's slide show. Roast marrowbones with prawn sambal In a year when Los Angeles cooking came together with a coherence it probably hasn't seen since the mid-1980s, this dish at Spice Table seemed to express everything imp... More »
Lukshon: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

By Jonathan Gold | Thu, November 10, 2011

You can be forgiven for surmising that something's up at Lukshon, right? Because you are at a Sang Yoon restaurant, nobody has tried to tackle you on the way to your seat, and you are drinking Singapore Slings or an oddball Canary Islands wine cal... More »
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Dinner Menu

Plates

$15.00
$30.00

Malpeque Oysters
yuzu lemongrass mignonette, kaffir lime

$10.00

Hawaiian Butterfish
pickled watermelon radish, daikon, nahm jim, rau ram

$11.00

Beef Tartare
cucumber, chiles, onion, herbs, aromatic rice powder, melinjo

$8.00

Shrimp Toast
rock shrimp, cilantro, chiles, tiny croutons

$11.00

Tea Leaf Salad
cabbage, crispy chana dal, marcona almonds, peanuts, sesame, blue prawn

$9.00

Green Papaya Salad
!cherry tomatoes, long beans, peanuts, crispy shallot, nam pla, lime

$11.00

Sweetbreads “orange Chicken” Style
scallion, ginger, pickled celtuce

$11.00

Baby Monterey Squid
!chiang mai pork sausage, candlenut, mint, rau ram

$7.00

Duck Popiah
cilantro stems, pickled jicama, hoisin chile sauce

$10.00

Lamb Belly Roti Canai
chana dal, cumin, mint, raita, pickled cauliflower

$12.00

Prince Edward Island Black Mussels
!green chile rempah, coconut, tapioca, thai basil, lime

$7.00

Yu Choy
shaoxing wine, garlic, aged ham

$7.00

Chinese Eggplant
fennel raita, tomato sambal, eggplant “fries”

$10.00

Chinese Black Mushrooms
maitake, woodear, chanterelles, mustard greens

$7.00

Brussels Sprouts
chile garlic vinaigrette, sesame

$10.00

Spicy Chicken Pops
shelton farms’ drumettes, garlic, kecap manis, spicy sichuan salt

$9.00

Kurobuta Pork Ribs
spicy chicory coffee bbq sauce

Whole Steamed Fish
taiwan spinach, black bean ghee, sambal ijo

$17.00

Short Rib Rendang
malay spices, red chile lemongrass rempah, coconut cream

$12.00

Garlic Pork Belly
do ban jian, rice cakes, cabbage, garlic chives

Noodles

$10.00

Shanghai Matzo Ball Soup
shanton consomme, chicken, schmaltz, orbital carrots, white sesame

$13.00

Chiang Mai Curry Noodles
chile, tumeric, lemongrass, chicken, prawn, yu choy, rice noodles

$13.00

Dandan Noodles
kurobuta pork, sesame, preserved mustard greens, sichuan peppercorns, peanuts

Rice

$11.00

Heirloom Black Rice
lap cheong, onion, roasted garlic, lilly’s farm fried egg

$10.00

X.o. Rice
jasmine rice, x.o. sauce, long beans, egg

$9.00

Bhutanese Red Rice
lamb bacon, maitake mushroom, egg, scallion, chinese celery

$5.00

Crispy Coconut Rice Cakes
pandan, shallot chile jam

$3.00

Steamed Organic Jasmine Rice

Single Origin Tea
Red Blossom Tea Company San Francisco, Ca

$7.00

Silver Needle Fuding White 2011 Harvest
(fujian) honey, delicate

$6.00

Dragon Pearl Jasmine Supreme
(fujian) floral, complex

$6.00

Dark Roast Tieguanyin Oolong (anxi) Toasty, Elegant

$6.00

Gold Thread Black
(yunnan) malty, rich

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Lukshon

3238 Helms Ave. Culver City, CA 90232

310-202-6808

Description

By Amy Scattergood | Mon, May 21, 2012

By Patrick Comiskey | Thu, May 03, 2012

By Andrew Simmons | Mon, April 30, 2012

By Jonathan Gold | Thu, December 29, 2011

By Jonathan Gold | Thu, November 10, 2011