No kitchen??? NO PROBLEM. 🙂↕️
Still can’t get over how @estranothings whipped up this MAGNIFICENT tasting menu in the parking lot of @autocamp Joshua Tree 🤯😍😛
THANK YOU @mr.argoti@ecstasy.yougotwhatineed Y’ALL SMASHEDDDDD
And thank you @dialosangeles for the NEXT LEVEL wine pairing and for joining us IRL in the desert 🥂
WELL READ, WELL FED.
#pagebreak #chef #joshuatree
The most expensive meals of 2025.
From once-in-a-lifetime tasting menus to splurge nights that stretched the definition of “worth it,” we asked LA’s most plugged-in food pros about the meals they spent the most on this year — and whether the experience delivered.
This final installment of our year-end series looks back at the most expensive meals of 2025, and what those splurges say about dining in Los Angeles right now.
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The meals that stayed with us in 2025.
From benefit dinners supporting wildfire victims to boundary-pushing Mexican seafood tasting menus to the burger joint that tastes like memory, these were the meals that meant something more than just what was on the plate.
This installment of our year-end series looks back at the most memorable meals of 2025 — and how food showed up for us in moments of joy, grief, and connection across LA.
What were your most memorable meals of 2025?
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#LAFood #LADining #lafoodie
A family style dinner with friends at NeueHouse Hollywood. Swipe through for shots in the kitchen and on the terrace during OFF/THE CLOCK last week >>>
No. 3️⃣: Jade Noodles from @sapp_coffeeshop in Thai Town, feat. @mr.argoti
Let’s answer the question that’s burning a hole in your headspace. Why is Sapp Coffee Shop called Sapp “Coffee Shop?” To answer that, you’ve got to go back to the 1970s, when the owner of the Hollywood Premiere Motel at the corner of Hollywood and Serrano struck a deal with the now-owners of Sapp.
The deal was this: if you operate the motel’s diner and serve an American breakfast, complete with coffee, during the day, you can serve whatever you want at night. “Whatever,” in this case, would consist of Thai food. And not just any Thai food, but Thai food good enough to cultivate a dedicated following that would eventually propel Sapp Coffee Shop to a stand-alone location at a nearby strip mall on the corner of Kingsley.
Fast forward to 2024, and Sapp Coffee Shop has now been one of LA’s most heralded Thai food destinations for decades. Folks flock to the no-frills dining room for sweet and sour boat noodles, delightfully tangy fermented sausage, and, above all, the majestically green jade noodles topped with crab, roast duck and barbecued pork.
I could sit here and tell you all about what makes jade noodles such a special dining experience. But I’ll do you one better and I’ll let my friend @mr.argoti of @eatpoltergeist do the honors.
3 noodles down. 97 to go!!!
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#noodles #thaifood #losangeles #hollywood #food
