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Video: Is Roy Choi The Original Asian Hipster Chef?

Los Angeles chef is an original, that is for sure

Jul 10, 2012 12:01 pm

In this, the year of Asian hipster cuisine in New York City, it should be noted that Los Angels food truck pioneer, hurricane popcorn maker and early Odd Future supporter Roy Choi was the original Asian hipster chef. OK, that is a crazy debatable statement, but the guy is a true original in our book.

Field Reports

Los Angeles: A Hawaiian Picnic At A-Frame

Lunch with Roy Choi at his Culver City hangout

Jan 16, 2012 10:01 am

I couldn’t stop eating Roy Choi’s hurricane popcorn. I was over an hour into a late lunch at A-Frame in Culver City and a large mound of his corn pops, dusted with pineapple and furikake to name a couple things, was still in front of me, waiting to be conquered.

Meals On Wheels

An Illustrated Guide To LA Food Trucks

The 5 gourmet food trucks that rule Los Angeles

May 26, 2011 10:01 am

Over the past few years, Los Angeles’ new wave of style-conscious food trucks have become icons of this Southern California city as recognizable as the Hollywood sign. Enterprising, fantastically diverse, emblazoned with tattoo-like truck wraps, they mirror the crowds that follow them on the street, and on Twitter. It’s been a while since “gourmet taco” ceased to...

Festivals

Music Meets Food At Coachella

The Coachella Music Fest offers good food too

Apr 15, 2011 8:00 am

Photo: Adriano Fegundes

Friday kicks off the summer outdoor concert season with the massive three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Truth be told though, with this whole food is the new rock meme floating around—some may call it a cultural shift, though ...

Chef Talk

Interview: Roy Choi

The Kogi Truck boss rules the Korean BBQ taco scene

Mar 14, 2011 8:00 am

Photo: Eric Shin

When we phoned Kogi boss Roy Choi he was driving up the Pacific Coast Highway from Venice Beach to Malibu, Medium Pimpin’ in a 2005 Honda Element. It’s a beautiful stretch of asphalt, and Choi—owner-operator of a fleet of Los Angeles Korean barbecue taco trucks and two stand-alone restaurants—is in high spirits. “I live 10...

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