The link in the chain – food in Los Angeles
The food in Los Angeles feels like the desert it is located in. The small neighbourhoods interspersed between long highways is hardly a place that is worth remembering. The food is hardly worth remembering either. There are restaurants and cafes, but they all seem to be suffering from the same condition: drought. Everywhere I go, the food is tasty, but they have skimped on one essential ingredient, water. In Los Angeles, it is wiser to use oil than water. A Korean and a Vietnamese fast food joint sell sautéed meat with rice, both very dry, and needing soda to digest. Irony. A 24 hour grocery shop has a buffet counter with chicken legs swimming in oil, and beef ribs floating in its own fat. Cafes sell sandwiches, others sell pizzas, and even more sell the same meat and rice combo, using different spice mixes claiming to originate from different parts of the world. But all need to be consumed with fluids. The irony I hope, is clear. Vietnamese food joint - Shop House K...