The Thirsty Pig :

New Chapter

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Please check out the latest posts on the new site - http://www.thethirstypig.com

Astoria Cafe

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It was so many years back when I noticed this famous cafe ' Astoria Cafe (?????) ' in ?? 's books. He was one of my favourite Chinese writers when I was a NZ high school student. He often mentioned that Astoria Cafe was a cafe where most literary[...]

The Return to Animal

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A group of us had dinner at Animal the other day. I didn't want to write much, but just post up some pictures. Check out my previous entry here . Hamachi, torn herbs, fish sauce vinaigrette, and crispy shallot 13 Crispy Hominy, lime 5[...]

Truck Feasting at its best, The Frysmith Food Truck

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This is the last in a series of Truck Feasting Week. Check out my earlier posts of the Flying Pig, Lomo Arigato, World Fare, and Border Grill. The more and more I try different food trucks, and I have tried a lot, I realize some of the more[...]

More Truck Feasting . . . The Flying Pig Truck

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If you are looking for food trucks, you can follow my twitter list of mobile food Flying Pig is a regular at Downtown LA's artwalk - 2nd Thursday of every Month and Venice's First Friday (of every Month). During a recent artwalk in Downtown[...]

The Magic Sauce from Lomo Arigato

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Vote for the best food trucks at MobileCraving.com . And if you are interested in starting your own food truck, try these two resources Road Stoves and Mobi Munch . On a nice day in Downtown LA, my friends and I found the Lomo Arigato food[...]

World Fare

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This week, I will trying different Food Trucks. People ask me how do I find these great trucks and how can I track them? Here are a couple of places I look - the Find LA Food Truck twitter feeds , TruxMap , and Roaming Hunger . A bite into[...]

Border Grill Truck with Chilaquiles & Tacos!

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This week I will be reviewing food trucks in and around LA. I will be looking at the Border Grill Truck, World Fare, the Flying Pig, Frysmith, and Lomo Arigato. Previously, I have tried the Grilled Cheese Truck , the Buttermilk Truck , the Slice[...]

Chego, the offspring of Kogi

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Look for this sign in a mini mall off Overland in Palms, about a mile south of the 10 freeway. Chef Roy Choi's, of the Kogi Taco Trucks, newest spawn is Chego. Going against the norm, again. While traditional restaurants are considering mobile[...]

A Sweet Little Wine Bar, Bacaro

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Bacaro LA is a cool place for drinks with a small group of friends. Bacaro's been around for a couple of years as a quiet but cool winebar. Perhaps its because I don't enjoy wine, is why I didn't look for it. But lately, I have been more[...]