Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly, reviews Robata Jinya on 3rd Street and Crescent Heights in Los Angeles. Robata restaurants serve a very specific style of Japanese food, prepared on a charcoal grill. Oddly enough, one of Jonathan's favorite dishes is the tofu. He also likes the agedashi and the bagna cauda, which is like a cheese-fondue. They also serve ramen, which is the specialty of their sister restaurant in Studio City.
Robata Jinya
8050 W. 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323-653-8877
All of Jonathan's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food restaurant map.
(This commentary originally aired on April 22, 2011.)