The Foundry on Melrose

Photography by Richard Min

A yelper friend Helen K. had invited me to this charity event at the Foundry on Melrose. I got to see the head chef, Eric Greenspan entertaining the guests with his exuberant energy and sense of humor while concentrating on what he does the best: his culinary artistry. As you can see in my images, they all looked so yummy. Unfortunately, I only had a chance to taste them through my camera lenses. The presentation made all the differences. The clean and simple looking ceramic plates and vintage sauce pan were great additions to food tasting. I'll definitely try to taste them with mouth next time. The Foundry is on my next yelp visit list. 

 

The First Ever Korean BBQ Cook-off in L.A.

Photography by Richard Min

The First Ever Korean BBQ Cook-off in L.A. was hosted by Korean Coalition and Yelp. I was surprised to see many people showed up for this event. When I first came to the States in 1990 ( I was 11 years old back then), Korean food like Burgoghi and Garbi were only known to Koreans. But now, they became International food. Everyone loves Korean BBQ. Dinning out with friends at the AYCE Korean BBQ restaurants is like one of those hippest and trendy social activities these days. I don't know how long this trend will last, but certainly it will continue on as long as people crave for that marinated meat. The long line to get the food wasn't so pleasing to everyone. Hopefully there will be lots of improvements next year.