The 14 Most Important Jonathan Gold Reviews in Los Angeles, Mapped - Eater LA
"No corner of the city was untouched by Jonathan Gold, who had locals crawling throughout the city to try everything from the best xiao long bao to goat birria: “The day I got back to Los Angeles, I went to El Parian on Pico, to try the birria while the taste of 9 Esquinas lingered on my tongue, to see if what I had once called the single best Mexican dish in L.A. measured up to the best of Guadalajara. It came pretty close. The tortillas were thick and fresh; the chile-smeared rib meat was crisp on its bones. The broth sang with garlic and spice but mostly with a strong, goaty essence, a barnyard smack that could as well have come from the Jalisco mountains instead of from a restaurant a few blocks from the convention center. It tasted of Guadalajara. And of home.” [LAW]" - Crystal Coser
