(Gerry Furth-Sides) AroLatin in South Pasadena offers a bright, most citrusy version of whole fish, accompanied by lime and peppers, which helped earn the destination restaurant its title. The colors just jump off the plate. The flavors dance long after the meal in memory. If the fish looks so happy it’s because the ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) An array of colorful, top quality ingredients fill the assortment of ethnic and popular American regional dishes designed by owner Charles Laing at Loving Hut, Claremont. Tucked into a food court anchored by a movie theatre, Laing has rightfully gained a following ever since he opened. Each menu is unique ...
Over 30 years in the making and just being released this season, Savîle Rumtini is exotic and colorful, with rich citrus flavors and a deep dark India rum at its core. It only needs to be shaken and be poured over ice. The refreshing exotic ready-to-serve drink that boasts a blend of citrus flavors and rum was conceived [&...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) “Customers have always said they don’t want to look at the eyes and tail! ” laughed Tuk Tuk Thai Restaurant owner, Katy, whose whole fish with red chili sauce ranks among the best dishes in the city, period. “So we never featured them even though whole fish is a popular dis...
Sofitel Hotel Wine Days at the Sofitel Los Angeles are in progress while it is wine harvesting season in France, with special events running through the month of October directed by the Los Angeles Wine Association. Signature sampling flights of wine at Riviera 31 lounge bar, with platters of French cheese and crackers. and ...
Chase Valencia (above) is the Co-Owner and General Manager of LASA, a popup restaurant project housed inside Unit 120 in Chinatown of Los Angeles. His and other migrant stories will be aired on the doc-series, The Migrant Kitchen, a series in co-production with KCETLink, a national independent public media organization. Pr...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Pasta is the star of the Drago family restaurants. And there are as many of them as brothers, even more these days, serving classic Sicilian and other Italian regional dishes with a sure hand. The legendary oldest brother Celestino (pictured above at a charity event honoring him), inspired the Pasadena r...
Taste of Mexico 2016,LA’s premier Mexican Food Culinary Festival, returned to the iconic LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes on Saturday, October 15th, 2016 to celebrate its 6th Annual Edition. Continuing to make history as the city’s staple event during Hispanic Heritage Month, Taste of Mexico treats guests to a curated selection ...
(Darien Morea and Gerry Furth-Sides)image above and below by Ralph Gentile Architects) ROKU, the newest member of the Sushi Roku family, is “a step higher than the others and blows you away as soon as you walk inside – it is so beautiful!” in the words of Darien Morea. The Asian resort feeling comes [&he...
The Thai Town Marketplace Breaks Ground Launching the Thai Community Development Center’s Latest $2.95 Million Community Enhancement Endeavor The Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) recently celebrated a ten year victory at the ground breaking of the Thai Town Marketplace (TTMP) located at 5448 Hollywood Blvd., Los An...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 