Los Angeles

1. Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles

8.8
1514 N Gower St (at Sunset Blvd), Los Angeles, CA
Southern Food Restaurant · 236 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Chicken and waffles, an unlikely sounding combination, but apparently they’ve been serving up this Southern curiosity since 1975. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

2. Sapp Coffee Shop

8.9
5183 Hollywood Blvd (at North Kingsley Dr), Los Angeles, CA
Thai Restaurant · Los Feliz · 81 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: One of the things I like about Thai food is it’s a lot of different textures, colors, sweet and sour, pleasure and pain. I feel like I’ve been to Thailand and back. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

3. Philippe The Original

8.9
1001 N Alameda St (at Ord St), Los Angeles, CA
Sandwich Spot · Chinatown · 413 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: There’s nothing like roasted lamb on soft bread drenched in gravy. Yeah, this is good! – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

Typhoon is one of Los Angeles.

4. Typhoon

3221 Donald Douglas Loop S, Santa Monica, CA
Asian Restaurant · 18 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Singapore-style scorpions on shrimp toast at Typhoon. As seen on Bizarre Foods.

5. Scoops

712 N Heliotrope Dr (at Melrose Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · East Hollywood · 115 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Scoops may look like a typical ice cream shop, but some of its flavors are pretty off the wall. Try the banana-peanut-butter-bacon ice cream. – Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods Read more.

6. Broken Yolk Cafe

7.4
884 Eastlake Parkway (in Village Walk Eastlake), Chula Vista, CA
Breakfast Spot · Village Center · 38 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: On Man v Food, Adam Richman takes on the Broken Yolk Special, a 6-lb. breakfast served on a 15-inch pizza pan - a 12-egg omelet with chili plus a mountain of home fries and 2 biscuits.

7. Orochon Ramen

7.3
123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St #303 (at San Pedro St), Los Angeles, CA
Noodle Restaurant · Little Tokyo · 110 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Get things heated up and try the Spicy Ramen. Orochon Ramen has the most authentic Japanese fare in LA. Read more.

8. Son of a Gun

8.5
8370 W 3rd St (at S Orlando Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Mid-City West · 162 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Expect their smoked-mahi fish to be copied by other restaurants around the country. There's no script to follow. It's just two guys with two restaurants cooking food they want to eat.

9. Ham Ji Park

8.8
3407 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA
Korean Restaurant · Wilshire Center - Koreatown · 61 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Tony Bourdain tried the side dishes. Ham Ji Park is famous for 3 dishes (pork belly, pork spare ribs marinated in spicy pepper paste, and pork stew).

10. Kokekokko

203 S Central Ave (at 2nd St.), Los Angeles, CA
Japanese Restaurant · Little Tokyo · 10 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Yakitori grilled over traditional white charcoal (flown in from Japan) -- chicken livers, heart, thigh, skin and, if you go early, ask about the off-the-menu stuff like the sublime “chicken butt.”

11. Urasawa

8.2
218 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
Sushi Restaurant · 21 tips and reviews

EaterEater: 10 sushi bar seats comprise the entire venue, expect to eat for up to five hours at a time and shell out several hundred dollars per guest for beautiful, life-changing omakase. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.

Ninong's Pastries & Cafe is one of Los Angeles.

12. Ninong's Pastries & Cafe

17705 Chatsworth St, Granada Hills, CA
Café · 19 tips and reviews