Is Chinatown LA's Next Big Food Destination?

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. He recently wrote an article for the paper declaring Chinatown the hottest restaurant district in Los Angeles. Here is a list of the newcomers as well as some of his old favorites.

New comers:

Chego

Scoops

Cognoscenti Coffee

Pok Pok Phat Thai

Little Jewel

Champ Ramen

Oldies but Goodies:

Lucky Deli for roast duck

Buu Dien for "the best bahn mi in town"

Full House for Salt and Pepper shrimp at 2am

New Kamara for Cambodian noodles

Kim Chuy for peanut noodles, fish balls and fried leek cakes