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    Good Food

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Asanebo

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he revisits Asanebo in Studio City. The restaurant offers three tiers of prix-fixe menus, but Jonathan's favorite dishes were the chawanmushi, steamed Hokkaido hairy crab and sushi.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 8, 2015 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he revisits Asanebo in Studio City. The restaurant offers three tiers of prix-fixe menus, but Jonathan's favorite dishes were the chawanmushi, steamed Hokkaido hairy crab and sushi.

    Asanebo

    11941 Ventura Blvd

    Studio City, CA 91604

    818-760-3348

    Read Jonathan's LA Times reviewand find all of his restaurant recommendations on the Good Food Restaurant Map.

    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Hairy Crab, Dan Barber's wastED Pop Up, Learning to Love Chicken
    1. 0:00Learning to Love Chicken with Diana Henry
    2. 8:11Jonathan Gold Reviews AsaneboYou’re reading this
    3. 14:46wastED: An Education in Eating Kitchen Scraps
    4. 21:20Market Report
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Hairy Crab, Dan Barber's wastED Pop Up, Learning to Love Chicken
    1. 0:00Learning to Love Chicken with Diana Henry
    2. 8:11Jonathan Gold Reviews AsaneboYou’re reading this
    3. 14:46wastED: An Education in Eating Kitchen Scraps
    4. 21:20Market Report
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