Unfortunately a lot of the dishes you see for Needle won’t be around for a new concept.
Holy Basil is so good. It’s honestly the best Bangkok style food in LA. With Northern Thai Food Club and Holy Basil I hope the Thai food trends towards smaller menus with regional specialities.
Needle, Holy Basil, Mini Kabob we’re definitely the highlights!
Fare thee well to Needle in the iteration that we’ve come to know and love. Menu is changing and the only thing remaining is the spectacular almond jello.
Sadly, no. We’ll see how this new format works, hopefully a bit more friendly for those that can’t gather 6 - 8 people at at time? Can’t wait to see what it is!
Gaenali Bon Ga. This is one of the best Korean restaurants I been to. Everything was on point. I used to come here weekly when I lived in OC. Highly recommend @js76wisco . I think on the weekend they have complimentary marinated crab for the banchan.
La Unica is the BEST. Handmade tortillas. Something those redditors at foodnyc don’t understand on why NYC Mexican food sucks. They are using nasty ass tortillas. Just lol at Birrialandia. Come on.
Carnitas El Momo. Great carnitas! But those tortillas are a travesty. I don’t know why they don’t make their own. I’ll pay more $. The migajas sold out and that is the best part of carnitas.
If you know me from the other site you know that Needle is my favorite restaurant in the world.
I’ll be honest lot of these next gen places in LA and NYC are good but not great. Needle is great. It’s miles ahead. Part of the reason is I think Chef Ryan does all of the prep, and cooking so the quality is high. He might have 1 sous chef. I didn’t see Chef Calvin when I visited Bonnie’s. I thought it was pretty damn overrated for all the accolades. Needle’s char siu vs Bonnie’s “char siu” if you even want to call it that is in complete different leagues.
Glad you were able to try some of our So Cal favorites again.
