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    Good Food

    Got 12 seconds? Here's your restaurant review

    One day, over a meal at Kobawoo House in Koreatown, film director Dave Green and actor Joe Cobden decided they wanted to hack the video review feature on Yelp. With the help of Jonathan Gold's reviews and an SLR camera, they captured the spirit of some of LA's best restaurants in a series of hilarious 12-second video shorts.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 28, 2016 • 1 min read

    One day, over a meal at Kobawoo House in Koreatown, film director Dave Green and actor Joe Cobden decided they wanted to hack the video review feature on Yelp. With the help of Jonathan Gold's reviews and an SLR camera, they captured the spirit of some of LA's best restaurants in a series of hilarious 12-second video shorts. The reviews are posted on Instagram and Yelp. Cobden stars and Green directs. We've compiled a list of our favorites, featuring Baroo, Mariscos Jaliscos and Trois Familias, among others, on the Good Food blog.

    Music: "All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled (featuring T. Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross)

    The full episode

    2 of 6
    Badmaash, tooth pix, the migrant kitchen
    1. 0:30The persimmon report
    2. 9:01Got 12 seconds? Here's your restaurant reviewYou’re reading this
    3. 17:27The monster's cookbook
    4. 25:08Shout-out to Badmaash!
    5. 42:17The migrant kitchen
    6. 51:57Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      KCRW Staff

      KCRW Staff

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    2 of 6
    Badmaash, tooth pix, the migrant kitchen
    1. 0:30The persimmon report
    2. 9:01Got 12 seconds? Here's your restaurant reviewYou’re reading this
    3. 17:27The monster's cookbook
    4. 25:08Shout-out to Badmaash!
    5. 42:17The migrant kitchen
    6. 51:57Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants
    Back to Good Food