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Banana Leaf Officially in Blue Zone BCHD!

Banana Leaf, Redondo Beach is honored to be an official participant in the Blue Zones Project®. This represents is a community-wide approach to creating healthier and more productive citizens. ...

Classic Indian Food: Live Long and Deliciously

(Gerry Furth-Sides) Indian food is delicious with its dazzling array of dishes and regional cuisines and it is one of the healthiest in the world. The cuisine is famous and popular for being deliciously satisfying, balanced, textured and colorful. The rich array of ingredients contains a variety of healthy whole grains, le...

New Banana Leaf Menu Stars in Redondo Beach

(Gerry Furth-Sides, Cathy Arkle ) Guests and writers are singing the praises of Banana Leaf Restaurants newest location in Redondo Beach. It is fitting that the restaurant was inspired by our good friend, pioneer ethnic food reporter, Barbara Hansen. The story is in //localfoodeater.com/beach-cities-social-brings-cooking-c...

Southern Indian Party Fare at New Banana Leaf!

(Gerry Furth-Sides) The perfect place to have a party indoors or on the patio at Banana Leaf redondo BeachBanana Leaf hosted 14 media guests to try it out recently. Guests included celebrity chef cookbook authors and presenters in the spacious double storefront area with bar, dining room and a large kitchen to watch the cooks [&...

Omelettes: The Best of French-Indian Wares

(Gerry Furth-Sides) The appealing egg, delicious and nutritious on its own, can be augmented in an omelette with cheeses and fresh vegetables. Served with any number of side dishes it make a very satisfying if light meal. (Actually one of Martha Stewart’s late night go-to ones). “The classic French is made with (lots...

Top Food Writer Favorites at Banana Leafla!

A tandoor oven makes many northern Indian favorite dishes at Banana Leaf DTLA. Here are the favorites of top food writer diners. Yelp Elite, Keong said, “It is easily the best Indian restaurant in the USA....

Banana Leaf’s New Performance Cooking: Pulao Rice

(Gerry Furth-Sides) Pulao Rice, which you may know as pilaf, is a dish with stock as a base, all cooked in one pot and served right away piping hot. Spices and other ingredients such as vegetables or meat are added along the way. Cooks need to use a very special technique while preparing the sumptuous […]...

Banana Leaf’s Expanded DTLA Menu

(Gerry Furth-Sides) One, two, three, four –here’s why THE perfect score for food and service at Banana Leaf DTLA, one month-old today. It makes me so 🥰 because the owner is the publisher of LocalFoodEater. Please read the story about how the restaurant added a location to their Culver city flagship in //localf...

Celebrating the Two Major Muslim “Eids”

Muslims all over the world this week are celebrating Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Fitr, one of the religion’s principal festivals was celebrated in spring. Ken Chitwood, a scholar of global Islam, helped us understand the two Islamic festivals. Eid literally means festival or feast in Arabic. There are two major eids in the Islamic cal...

Five Ridiculously Ethereal Ethnic Cakes – and Where to Find Them

(Gerry Furth-Sides) These ridiculously ethereal must-try cakes seem to have won over even the most die-hard, “no dessert diner.” You can include me, and a host of others in that statement because when you have a perfectly balanced meal, you don’t want to mar that perfect last bite. Berry Chantilly Cake This Who...