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Santa Monica restaurant Satdha Kitchen is celebrating its 10-year anniversary on Thursday, November 9 with a special vegan tasting menu by chef Gunn Pankum with seatings at 5:30 p.m.

The article highlights their successful career and some of the folks on the team who helped them along the way including République chef de cuisine Laure Rewega, and Manzke and Bicyclette chef de parties Joseph Ruby. Those who only know about République or Bicyclette might not realize that the Manzkes operate not only six restaurants in LA but 17 Wild Flour restaurants and bakeries in the Philippines. A rundown of the Walter and Margarita Manzke restaurant empireĬSQ magazine recently covered the excellent journey of Walter and Margarita Manzke and their collection of restaurants in Los Angeles and Manila, Philippines. Komodo has been permanently closed since 2018 though co-founders Eric and Erwin Tjahyadi continue to operate Bone Kettle in Pasadena. Mendez and Pham eventually reveal they were inspired by the now-closed LA restaurant Komodo, which first served a non-deep-fried phorrito at its Pico-Robertson storefront and food truck. The reason why it’s a controversy is that vendors compete to win awards for popular deep-fried foods. Le claimed she’d been working on the dish but also reached out to Cris and John owners Cristina Mendez and John Pham for a collaboration but never heard back. Meanwhile, Dallas restaurant Cris and John, who don’t operate at the state fair, say they brought the phorrito served with a consome-like dipping broth to Texas. The New York Times worked out a debate at the State Fair of Texas over who invented the popular deep-fried pho “burrito.” A vendor named Michelle Le of Eat Crispies popularized a deep-fried spring roll filled with vermicelli noodles and beef with a side of pho broth.

A deep-fried pho debate points to a now-closed LA restaurant No reservations, walk-ins only from 5 p.m. Expect Ototo’s staff to dress in Master’s blue samue and an overall Midnight Diner vibe. In the series, the nameless chef Master cooks up Japanese comfort food, which Ototo chef Charles Namba will attempt to recreate, such as curry ramen, tonjiro (pork and vegetable miso soup), ham katsu, yakisoba dog, and tamago sando. While completely fictional, Midnight Diner’s thoughtful storytelling makes it feel like the depictions of ordinary Tokyo denizens trying to find their way in life could translate to anyone in the world in need of companionship and a good meal.

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In LA, izakaya Ototo is joining the fray with a transformation into Netflix’s wonderful show Midnight Diner, an anthology series that takes place at a Tokyo restaurant that operates from midnight until 7 a.m. There’s a trend of restaurants and bars leaning into special themed events around the country, like the Moe’s Tavern pop-up in Austin that’s happening right now.

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