Global Street Food at Susan Feniger’s Street
I wouldn’t consider myself a picky eater, but when I’m out on a trip and visiting new spots, I do want to go eat at a place that I can’t find at home. When I was hunting down restaurant recommendations in L.A., I asked fellow food blogger Chrystal from DuoDishes for her pick on some good local spots. She mentioned a restaurant called Street which quickly caught my attention.
Street is an idea by Chef Susan Feniger and she uses Street as her canvas to portray her interpretation of street food from all around the world. Street isn’t just an average restaurant, but a way for you to globetrot on a plate to sample global street food without leaving your seat. This was something I wanted to check out because there isn’t a restaurant like this in the Bay Area that has street food as their main focus. Our first stop, Singapore…
Kaya Toast – toasted bread spread with a sweet coconut jam, served with a fried egg drizzled with dark soy sauce. With the egg yolk broken, it was just calling for us to take some of the toasted bread and dip it, making sure to get some of the salty soy sauce. The flavors work, bringing together the sweetness from the coconut jam with the savory egg yolk and salty dark soy sauce. Next, Hawaii…
Hawaiian Alanui Poke – diced Ono fillet and avocado marinated in a dashi ponzu sauce, served atop a crispy sesame rice cake. Texturally, the soft fish and avocado mixture complemented the crispy rice cake. It was definitely not your ordinary tuna tartare, but a street food version of it. Then, it was off to Korea…
Korean Short Ribs with Mushrooms & Asian Pear Salad – the first dish in L.A. that made me say, “Wow.” It had deep flavors of sesame that was only enhanced by how soft and tender the short ribs were. The preparation that was taken to braise the beef to perfection is what holds this dish together. We returned back to Singapore for our last dish…
Mayasian Black Pepper Clams – simmered in oyster sauce, palm sugar, soy, and lime. The sweet clams tucked in their shell offered a bold hit of pepper flavors.
Vision of what cuisine a Chef will focus on seems to be a crucial element in the restaurant world. So, with Street serving flavors of India and Asia, one can wonder if that vision is clear. From the eyes of a traveling Chef, Susan Feniger will tell you yes. She gives you a taste of what the world has to offer without boxing herself into just focusing on a single cuisine. I felt that eating at Street was a unique experience that was enjoyable. Flavors were bold and the idea of having a restaurant focus on street food is attractive to those looking to explore a little bit.
The food that we ordered is only a small sample of what was available. It’ll be up to you to see how you want to eat your way through the world when you visit.
Street
742 N. Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
www.eatstreet.com
Glad you enjoyed. And even better that you tested everything we didn’t. :) Now we have a reason to go back (again) and try a few new ones.
Two dishes to order when you do – the Kaya Toast & the Korean Short Ribs. When we were driving back, all we kept on talking about was how those two dishes were so good.
The toast just a plate of memories for me. My Aunt used to cook me fried rice and fried eggs – served with soy sauce, for breakfast. So, it was just awesome to see that they had that going on here.
And for the short ribs… This is a crazy thing to say, but I don’t know if there’s a Korean restaurant here that can outshine those ribs (but if there is, someone let me know… please!).
Oooh, I’ll have to remember this when we go to LA later this year. You always worry when a place does food from all over the world. You wonder if they are proficient at some many different types of cuisine. Good to know that Street does a good job.