Hidden LA Restaurants "best buys"

[Aloysius]

Inspired by another post on the front page...

Here are some of mine:

Samnaluang Café (Thai Town) – best Thai, kinda ghetto / open late, has morning glory

Golden Deli (San Gabriel Valley) – decent pho, ridiculously amazing cha gio, vg rice plates

Shik Do Rak (K-Town) – reasonably priced. Overall very good

Bistro K (South Pas) – best new French bistro in LA IMO, very reasonable

Senor Fish (Eagle Rock) – favorite Mexian in LA, scallop burritos

Chicken Zankou

-Al

[turnipmonster]

I really liked Loteria! at the farmer's market in LA. also I stayed at the standard downtown and there were tons of great taquerias around what appeared to be the diamond district. I had huitlacoche quesadillas which is usually hard to find (for us east coasters anyways).

[DeezNuts]

California Chicken Cafe - cheap, healthy. good salads(i don't usually like salads)

El Taurino/King Taco - my favorite burrito places in LA.

Porto's - cheap eats for lunch, but in Glendale and bakery is sometimes very hectic.

Sushi Mac - not the greatest sushi, but maybe the greatest value. All rolls/2 pc sushi is $2.50 each.

DN

[LionelHutz00]

Yuca's (burritos) in Los Feliz

[WayAbvPar]

Pink's. The awesomeness my vary depending on how much you have had to drink, but it is pretty cheap.

Edited to add-
Also went to a decent Vietnamese joint in Orange County- I was staying in Garden Grove, but it was the next town to the N (I think)- right by City Hall (Anaheim, maybe?). Very affordable, and the food was awesome.

[shant]

Wow, Deez, we eat at all the same places. Only one I disagree with is:

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California Chicken Cafe - cheap, healthy. good salads(i don't usually like salads)

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The chicken here is really bland compared to other rotisserie places. If you haven't had some Zankou Chicken, you really need to go. It blows that place away.

And I have to second Porto's. Everyone needs to have a Medianoche sandwich.

[LionelHutz00]

Do pinks and zankou count as "hidden" since they're, you know, famous? if so, then let's throw in n out in there.

[shant]

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Do pinks and zankou count as "hidden" since they're, you know, famous? if so, then let's throw in n out in there.

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Pink's is overrated and Zankou is hardly famous. I recommend it to people all the time who have never heard of it.

[Aloysius]

Deez - Porto's is great. They just opened one in Burbank where I work, so even more awesome.

I can walk to Yuca's, the chili verde burrito is awesome (much gratitude to LF Slim for recommending it).

There are tons of vg, cheap Chinese places in San Gabriel Valley - one of my favorites is Dai Ho which has the best niu ryo mien (beef noodle soup, spicy) I've ever had.

Anyone like Sushi Noshi? Good deal I think.

-Al

[mikeyworm]

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Sushi Mac - not the greatest sushi, but maybe the greatest value. All rolls/2 pc sushi is $2.50 each.


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2.75 now. Still awesome.