The Best New Restaurants in Los Angeles According to Eater Editors, July 2025 | Eater LA
"One of Los Angeles’s most creative chefs, Anthony Wang, has opened his first restaurant in the former Pok Pok space in Chinatown. The name, Firstborn, is a nod to Wang being the first person in his family to be born in the U.S. At the restaurant, Wang cooks his interpretation of Chinese American cuisine, informed by his parent’s history in Beijing, summer trips across China, and his childhood in Georgia and Miami. A mapo tartare, served cold, is inspired by Wang’s days of being a line cook in Boston, while fried Chongqing chicken pays tribute to the Southern fried chicken of his childhood. Kenzo Han, an alum of Steep After Dark, helms the bar program, serving drinks like an osmanthus and fermented rice sour alongside tea-infused cocktails. Book a reservation on Resy. — Rebecca Roland, editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest" - Matthew Kang
