Asian cuisine restaurants Los Angeles

Chinese food lovers, here you are. In this authentic and unpretentious restaurant, the flavors of the Middle Kingdom deploy in your plate with their thousand delicate fragrances, their undulating aromas and outstanding flavors for the western palace. Corn soup and dim sum are particularly recommendable. A charming service, no sleeves, in a quiet setting with a quiet light, as a parenthesis over time. Forget your glass of wine, order a teapot and dive into delicate, diverse and exotic flavors of Chinese cuisine…

The general opinion of the Angelenos (and ours as well) is that Thai Town's Thai restaurants are frankly mediocre. That's probably why Night + Market Song, this small ultra trendy restaurant located on Sunset Boulevard run by Kris Yenbamroong, is a real hit. This young film graduate chef has no culinary training other than growing up in a family of Thai restaurateurs in L.A. The whimsical, colourful and trendy decoration is the ideal setting to uncork a Thai beer before an evening in the neighbourhood's bars! Surprisingly cheap, Night + Market Song offers an authentic cuisine, with sharp and fresh flavours. Try coconut rice, a sticky rice cooked in coconut milk, and, at lunch, Thai Boxing Chicken, a barbecue chicken traditionally served around Bangkok's boxing rings by street vendors.

This little restaurant in Little Tokyo transports visitors to Japan. We take a seat at the counter, facing theitamae - the chef who prepares the sushi - who works before our very eyes. We love the authentic, hushed ambience, the ban on cell phones and, above all, the exceptional quality of the sushi. While everything is delicious, we recommend you try the miso soup and tuna toro, which are hard to find in Japanese restaurants in France. A great address! Be prepared to wait a little at the entrance.

Restaurant decorated directly with China and propaganda from the era of the great Timonier. The terrace is particularly pleasant in the evening, when traffic on the avenue has stopped or almost. The proposed Chinese cuisine, of course, is good and especially copious.

Specializing in hand-cut noodle soups - or kal-guk-su - this excellent Korean restaurant also serves dumplings - ravioli also known as mandu - bibimbap - rice served with minced beef, egg garnish and sautéed vegetables - and its must-try bossam - boiled pork belly served with crunchy pickled cabbage and kimchi made from spicy radishes. A culinary experience in its own right, with dishes that are as tasty as they are hearty, and always presented with care.

Vietnamese cafes in L.A. are in general connected; here the colours and intense fragrances of the dishes follow the movement. With more than 500 000 Vietnamese Vietnamese living in California, the good chefs are missing: Gingergrass is always tight. The aromas of coconut milk, verbena, grilled meat and stir-fried vegetables blend in this restaurant. It's an ideal place to go to a group, even if you'll have to shout to make you heard from one end of the table to the other.

To feel Asian influence in Downtown, nothing like a meal at Orochon Ramen. Ramen is one of the most popular Japanese dishes, consisting of meat or fish pasta broth, seasoned with miso or soy sauce. It's delicious and cheap here. But what makes most of the success of this restaurant is its famous Orochon bowl challenge: A competition that rewards the one who will manage to eat the most spicy ramen in the world!

Lovers of ramen - those delicious Japanese wheat noodle soups - look no further than Daikokuya in Little Tokyo. Hearty, velvety and no-nonsense, the dishes perfectly embody the tradition of this popular Japanese specialty, nourishing and served with speed. The atmosphere adds to the interest of the place: the skai benches, the old posters of Japanese movies and ads, and the sixties soundtrack will take you to the Japan of the 1960s.

He's the tebasaki specialist, roasted chicken wings. The menu includes over 30 varieties of grilled fish, dozens of vegetables and kushiyaki. The place is noisy and lively; many Japanese students and young professionals come back here, in the heart of the Sawtel district that is nicknamed, not without reason, Japantown.

This restaurant has an air of Lost in Translation with its neon and black colours. Katsuya offers a menu of excellent sushi, in new kitchen mode. Shrimp and grilled meats with fish specialities, always prepared with passion and inventiveness. This is the Posh Posh meeting.

While most Asian restaurants often do in the decoration level cliché, Hoy-Ka is more in the modern and connected. But don't deceive yourself, you are in a Thai family restaurant whose authenticity of recipes cannot be disputed! The dishes are spicy, especially in the Hoy-Ka Dim, a secret recipe from the owners'village. An explosion of the flavours of the Orient at a very low price that you cannot deprive yourself of!

There is no sign outside, but if you open your nostrils, you just have to follow the perfume of the Vietnamese pancakes, which emerges from this small restaurant. The design is modern and the atmosphere is quiet.

The location is rustic with its large wooden panels and almost reminiscent of a Japanese tavern. Clients are easy to discuss between themselves, all installed around a single big table. Descriptions of the dishes are written in Japanese calligraphy, for sake and seasonal dishes.

This Taiwanese restaurant is a real hit in the trendy Silver Lake district. Simple, flavorful specialties include dàndàn miàn, noodles cooked with peanut and sesame sauce, chili oil, cucumber and coriander. Also on the menu: "small plates" ranging from tasty beef rolls to Taiwanese sausage and pancakes made with cebette - a green onion. If the decor of blond wood and concrete walls is nothing exceptional, the cuisine is well worth the detour.

A jewel of Japanese cuisine that takes us by surprise in a place where we least expect it: this is Sushi Ike. Lost in the middle of amini mall on a street corner like thousands of others in Los Angeles, the front of this little restaurant doesn't look like much, but what a shame not to cross the threshold! From sushi to rolls and sashimi, all the dishes are of the highest quality, fair, fine and fresh. A true paradise for lovers of "real" sushi, the kind you find in Japan.

Frequently closed for filming, The Prince may be familiar to you: its room was immortalized in Chinatown (1974), where Jack Nicholson plays a private detective in the 1930s. It has to be said that the charm of the historic building and the decor of the premises contribute greatly to the reputation of this bar-restaurant. On the menu: excellent Korean cuisine, accompanied by one - or more - cocktails. Special mention goes to the friendly staff. But be warned: some dishes are spicier than they appear!

As the name suggests, this Korean restaurant specializes in meat. Top-quality beef - including the famous wagyu - marinated pork, yukhoe - the Korean version of steak tartare... Carnivores are in for a treat. If you're coming as a couple, don't miss Mun's Choice, an assortment of tabs, matured boneless short ribs, galbi - beef marinated in soy sauce - bulgogi - meat marinated and then grilled - or japchae - a dish usually reserved for traditional feasts and special occasions. A great address!

A member of the Sushi Nozawa group, KazuNori has the same mission: to offer sashimi and maki lovers an unforgettable experience through fresh, quality products. The fish and seafood come from all over the world: hamachi from Japan, salmon from Europe, sea bream from New Zealand and sea urchin from Southern California. An excellent address that will transport even the most jaded traveler to Japan. Please note that seating is limited!