Venice, Los Angeles · restaurant
California izakaya on Abbot Kinney where the hand rolls are stuffed with pork belly and spicy mustard greens, karaage arrives glazed in hot honey, and charred maitakes get the miso butter treatment. Order the ume highball and let the pan-fried pork gyoza take care of itself. It holds its own against anything in the South Bay. Many call it the best restaurant in LA so the room fills fast; book ahead.
Charred maitake mushrooms brushed with salty miso butter
Pork belly with spicy mustard greens in hand-rolled seaweed
Fried chicken thighs glazed in hot honey, crisp and spicy