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    MARK BITTMAN GAGA FOR GLENDALE, PLUS PATRIC KUH'S TOP 10 ARMENIAN

    LA Magazine
    July 30 2013

    How the New York Times Magazine columnist's kebab-slinger-of-choice
    compares with with our own critic's Armenian favorites

    Posted on 7/30/2013 1:53:00 PM by Lesley Bargar Suter

    In this Sunday's New York Times Magazine, food columnist Mark Bittman
    visited our neck of the woods for his piece "This Armenian Life,"
    to dine on what he considers some of the best Armenian grub in the
    country.

    No kidding.

    The How To Cook Everything author is in the Baskin Robbins
    birthplace for Adana, an understated (by Armenian dining standards)
    Armenian-Russian-Persian spot just on the border of Burbank where
    chef-owner Edward Khechemyan prepares an assortment of of kebabs,
    salads, and a few Russian standards.

    "The menu is a hodgepodge in the best sense of the word," writes
    Bittman, "boasting of innumerable kebabs and more than a few intriguing
    salads and dishes of beans, and of rice and other grains."

    Apparently Bittman has been popping by this joint for years, so it's
    only slightly awkward when the How To Cook Everything author joins
    Khechemyan in the kitchen and discovers he's dousing the lima bean
    and rice dish, baghali polo, with jarred garlic powder: "an ingredient
    I haven't used in 20 years or so, but hey..."

    The article also includes recipes for Adama's baghali polo,
    baby-back-rib kebabs, chicken-thigh kebabs, and a classic Persian
    salad, "something I've been making all summer," he writes. "If I were
    you, I'd just start chopping."

    Anything you say, Bittman!

    Our own Patric Kuh weighed in on his Armenian favorites in his 2011
    piece, Armenian Rhapsody. Here remain his top 10.

    10 Great Armenian Restaurants In L.A.

    Alcazar 17239 Ventura Blvd., Encino, 818-789-0991 Lebanese Armenian

    Araz Restaurant 11717 Moorpark St., Studio City, 818-766-1336 Russian
    Armenian

    Chicken Al-Wazir 1219 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale, 818-500-1578
    Persian Armenian

    Elena's Greek Armenian Cuisine 1000 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale,
    818-241-5730 Greek Armenian

    Falafel Arax 5101 Santa Monica Blvd., Little Armenia, 323-663-9687
    Lebanese Armenian

    Moon Mart Kabab 400 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale, 818-241-2314 Persian
    Armenian

    Phoenicia Restaurant 343 N. Central Ave., Glendale, 818-956-7800
    Lebanese Armenian

    Raffi's Place 211 E. Broadway, Glendale, 818-240-7411 Persian Armenian

    Sahag's Basturma Sandwich Shop 5183 W. Sunset Blvd., Little Armenia,
    323-661-5311 Lebanese Armenian

    Sasoun Bakery 5144 Santa Monica Blvd., Little Armenia, 323-661-1868
    Lebanese Armenian

    http://www.lamag.com/lafood/digestblog/2013/07/30/mark-bittman-gaga-for-glendale-plus-patric-kuhs-top-10-armenian




    From: A. Papazian
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