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    Good Food

    Great Balls of Fryer

    Jonathan Gold rounds up the best fried balls in LA: arancini (rice, mozzarella, and tomato) at Evan Kleiman's Angeli Caffe ; fried pig-foot balls at Osteria Mozza ; falafel at Marouch (Jonathan's favorite Lebanese restaurant); Cantonese fried balls, stuffed with pork and scallions at Elite; k'bbeh (minced meat with bulgar wheat) at Alcazar ;…

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold rounds up the best fried balls in LA: arancini (rice, mozzarella, and tomato) at Evan Kleiman's Angeli Caffe; fried pig-foot balls at Osteria Mozza; falafel at Marouch (Jonathan's favorite Lebanese restaurant); Cantonese fried balls, stuffed with pork and scallions at Elite; k'bbeh (minced meat with bulgar wheat) at Alcazar; and takoyaki, fried octopus balls at GaJa.

    Angeli Caffe

    7274 Melrose Ave

    Los Angeles, CA 90046

    323-936-9086

    Osteria Mozza

    6602 Melrose Ave

    Los Angeles, CA 90038

    323-297-0100

    Marouch

    4905 Santa Monica Blvd

    Los Angeles, CA 90029

    323-662-9325

    Elite Restaurant

    700 S Atlantic Blvd

    Monterey Park, CA 91754

    626-282-9998

    Alcazar

    17239 Ventura Blvd

    Encino, CA 91316

    818-789-0991

    GaJa

    2383 Lomita Blvd, Suite 102

    Lomita, CA 90717

    310-534-0153

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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