Yes, Bill Addison is back on the show. We’ve long been a fan of Bill’s writing, going back to his well-considered restaurant criticism in Atlanta, Dallas, and San Francisco, for Eater as a roving national critic, and for the past four-plus years as the head restaurant critic at the Los Angeles Times. Bill is our favorite critic, writing about our favorite food city in the United States, and we catch up with him in Los Angeles about some of his recent reviews and tap into his thoughts on LA’s modern Korean food scene. Bill also gamely takes our TASTE check, which is one of our favorites four minutes in audio. Bill is always welcome back on the show!

Also on the show, Matt shares details from his recent trip to Los Angeles, including some of the places he dined including: Sicilian corners and GOAT cheesecake at Quarter Sheets, celery salad at Stir Crazy, creative banchan and the new flow at Yangban, soba at Otafuku, 💯 grilled sweet potato and miso butter at Budonoki, Majordomo is still good, and a final stop to remember.

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MORE FROM BILL ADDISON:

• Inside NYC’s Korean Wave [Los Angeles Times]

• A Destination Restaurant in the High Desert [Los Angeles Times]

• 21 of the Best Bagel Shops in Los Angeles [Los Angeles Times]

• This Is TASTE 194: Bill Addison [TASTE]