The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Year in Los Angeles, 2025 | Eater LA

"Over the past year, I’ve determined that Nam Kitchen has become the South Bay’s best overall casual Vietnamese restaurant thanks to stellar pho and a handful of inventive dishes like this Vietnamese-Peruvian fusion lomo saltado. The kitchen takes slightly sweet soy flavors of bo luc lac and tosses them with classic lomo saltado ingredients of red onion, tomato, and French fries, topping them with cilantro and serving with a side of creamy aji verde and a mound of white rice. The tenderloin pieces are as easy to eat as marshmallows, savory and covered with black pepper. Frankly, this could be one of the best lomo saltado preparations anywhere in Los Angeles. Nam Kitchen’s other fusion dishes are worth exploring, but even the pho đặc biệt is top-notch, piled high with quality beef and a spice-laden broth. — Matthew Kang, correspondent, Eater" - Matthew Kang