Fiona Chandra

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Fiona Chandra

Some may think the Los Angeles dining scene is all about celebrity diets and plant-based eating, but many Angelenos enjoy meat. For true meat lovers, there's nothing like a dinner out at a good steakhouse. After all, there are legitimate reasons why steak at the restaurant tastes better than at home, and why you can't get the same flavor cooking it yourself. Los Angeles is actually home to many great steakhouses, from the glamorous to the neighborhood favorites.

1 week ago | islands.com | Fiona Chandra

If white sand beaches, turquoise water, swim-up bars and plenty of food and drinks sound like a dream vacation to you, then you'd understand why many people are drawn to staying at all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean. Another appeal to all-inclusive resorts is not having to worry about calculating how much you're spending on food and drinks each day while you're on vacation.

2 weeks ago | culinarybackstreets.com | Fiona Chandra

For Eli Berchan, it certainly seemed like the universe was telling him to open his Lebanese restaurant, Sumac Mediterranean Cuisine, in Hollywood. Prior to coming to Los Angeles, Berchan was living in Lebanon and working in event management and organizing destination weddings. At the end of February, 2020, he had come to Southern California to attend an industry conference. “The last day of the conference was Covid day one, and I ended up being stuck here,” Berchan recalled.

3 weeks ago | la.eater.com | Fiona Chandra

The first West Coast outpost of New York-based matcha specialist Kettl opened in Los Angeles’s Los Feliz neighborhood in late February. The small shop, which imports its own tea, serves a menu of lattes, traditional matcha, and other brewed teas from Japan. Kettl’s owner, Zach Mangan, first started the tea importing company 15 years ago, before opening the first shop in New York City in 2020.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Fiona Chandra

Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary Bring ‘The Video Archives’ Podcast to the Stage: Inside the Raucous Live Taping and Surprise ‘No Way Out’ ScreeningIf Quentin Tarantino is a cinema god, the historic Vista Theater is his church. On Tuesday night, his disciples flocked to the hallowed aisles of the Los Feliz venue (which he owns) for the first-ever live taping of his podcast with Roger Avary and Gala Avary, “The Video Archives.” The podcast, …