Booyah in LA

[kwinkel]

In Northeastern WI and other Belgian communities, there is a soup called Booyah, it's a hearty chicken soup. Is there any places in LA that makes it?

[DiveFan]

Not surprised to see that there are no responses so far. Some of the locals hide our midwestern heritage :-). My cousins in Wisconsin and Illinois had barely heard of it and could not dig up any old family recipes. But I digress....
IIRC there was a Belgian restaurant in Pasadena but it closed. At any rate booyah is the American name for a dish that might not even be served in a traditional Belgian/Walloon restaurant.
This old post http://www.chowhound.com/topics/80141 mentions Lucky Baldwins as having Belgian events from time to time. You might give them a call...
Gratuitous booyah link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booyah_%...

[hrhboo]

Interesting...if it's made with buckwheat, is it called Booyahkasha? I agree that Lucky Baldwin's is probably the best place to try.