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    Good Food

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Le Comptoir

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews Le Comptoir , an intimate ten-seat restaurant located in Koreatown that features a highly seasonal produce-inspired tasting menu that changes daily.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 23, 2015 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews Le Comptoir, an intimate ten-seat restaurant located in Koreatown that features a highly seasonal produce-inspired tasting menu that changes daily.

    Le Comptoir

    The Historic Hotel Normandie

    3606 West 6th Street

    Los Angeles, CA 90005

    Read Jonathan's LA Times review and find all of his restaurant recommendations on the Good Food blog.

    Music: "Eyes to the Horizon" by Kristin Diable

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    The full episode

    2 of 6
    Cracker Barrel, Preserving Mexican Heirloom Corn, Chef Enrique Olvera
    1. 0:00A Trip to Cracker Barrel
    2. 9:52Jonathan Gold Reviews Le ComptoirYou’re reading this
    3. 18:32Off the Menu: Asian America
    4. 27:41The Fight to Save Mexico's Heirloom Corn
    5. 36:39Enrique Olvera: Reinterpreting Mexico from the Inside Out
    6. 49:33Market Report
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