Confession: I like fried food and...

[orythedog]

Confession: I like fried food and my favs in LA are:

1. Fried Catfish at The Serving Spoon. IT IS AWESOME and perfectly golden brown. I know Pann's is right around the corner, and I like their fried chicken, but Serving Spoon takes it to a new level of fried goodness. This place rocks for breakfast.

2. Fried Egg Rolls and Shrimp Toast at Genghis Cohen. What can I say? It's a true NY thick skinned egg roll.

3. Fried Shrimp at Harold and Belles. Since I grew up in the South, where frying is an art, I can tell you that these guys have it down pat. The coating on the shrimp is just enough to give texture and beautifully seasoned.

Look, I work out at the gym during the week so that I can CHOWWWWWWWW on the weekends.

Please tell me where my I can find my next fried delicacy...

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Harold & Belle's Restaurant
2920 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018

Genghis Cohen
740 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

The Serving Spoon Restaurant
1403 Centinela Ave, Inglewood, CA 90302

[sku]

Have you been to Louisiana Best Seafood in Long Beach? Great stuff.

Wok and Noodle in Alhambra does a ridiculously addictive fried fish with kelp; I also love the deep fried fish at Chung King in San Gabriel.

Oooh, and what about pork? I love the breaded and fried pork chop at La Fonda Anteoqueno and the pork milenesa cemita at Pal Cabron.

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Chung King Restaurant
1000 S San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Louisiana Best Seafood
2400 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA

La Fonda Restaurant
1044 W Gladstone St, Azusa, CA 91702

Wok and Noodle
828 W Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91803

[Baron]

Ory, You got that right. I love good fried food. Shrimp, chicken, egg rolls. Who has suggestions for the westside - Culver City, Palms, Venice and the Marina.

[JBC]

Fried Foods - Focusing on NON-Traditional Southern dishes:

Appetizer - Scotch Egg (scroll down to "British Favorites"):
http://www.theoldeship.com/menu.html

Entree - Whole Sizzling Catfish w/ ginger & ponzu sauce (*) {expensive $24 Lun & $32.50 Din)}:
http://wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants/fine-dining/3654

Dessert - State Fair Platter - sampler of Deep Fried Twinkies, Oreos, Snickers, Peanut Butter Cups +
http://www.essexhollywood.com/index.p...
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(*) Not your your usual southern offering, worth comparing to......

[maiweezy]

I love fried food too! A lot of these I found on chowhound.

deep fried soft tofu in abalone sauce - Sea Harbour during dim sum

GLBT aka Crispy Gribenes Sandwich - The Gorbals (though its 1 fried element is chicken skin, the rest is not fried)

Chicken wings - Kyochon (the spicy kind) and Pann's

fried chicken butt/anus - Dan Sung Sa

french fries - church & state, wurstkuche , tofu fries @ musha

cheese age (deep fried wonton skin filled with cheese and 1 jalepeno slice) - honda ya

fisherman's platter - La Cevicheria

fried oyster po boy - Little Dom's (during softshell crab season it's swapped out, which is even better)

you might like the fried chicken balls at Ludo's truck, incredibly juicy and great crunch, though I find them lacking in salt

mexican funnel cake and gator eggs - LA/OC fairs

Hush Puppies - Uncle Andres and Baby Blues BBQ (WeHo)

Egg Rolls - Vien Dong (OC - thanks to exilekiss for the hat tip), they use rice paper wrappers so they're extra crunchy and thin

Ricky's Fish Tacos

crispy pig ear - Laxy Ox - not sure if their happy hour pork belly skewers are deep fried or grilled but they are fatty delicious - I like Laxy Ox's crispy ear dish more than Animal's

Crispy Pigs Trotter with cicoria & mustard - Osteria Mozza

crispy morning glory salad and also the deep fried shrimp + tea leaves salad - Jitlada

deep fried fish bones - Izayoi (only on the menu sometimes but i've caught it twice)

chicken katsu w/curry - Small Island

house special crab (showered in deep fried garlic) - Seafood Village, Monterrey Park

Banh It Ram - Quan Hy (though only the bottom portion is fried

Still need to try:

Fried Appple Pie w/chedder ice cream - A Frame

still in search of these perfect fried foods:

Southern Fried Chicken
Agedeshi Tofu
HK style spicy Pork Chop
I had some great fried catfish from a vendor at the UCLA Jazz & Reggae fest but can't remember the name anymore, will have to try Serving Spoon
fritto misto, though the plate I had at Osteria Momma was very good

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Jitlada
5233 1/2 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Baby Blues BBQ
444 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

Izayoi
132 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Pann's Restaurant & Coffee Shop
6710 La Tijera Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045

Vien Dong
14271 Brookhurst St, Garden Grove, CA 92843

Quan Hy Restaurant
9727 Bolsa Ave, Westminster, CA 92683

Little Dom's
2128 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

La Cevicheria
3809 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019

The Serving Spoon Restaurant
1403 Centinela Ave, Inglewood, CA 90302

Osteria Mozza
6602 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

The Gorbals
501 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Ricky's Fish Tacos
1400 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

[maiweezy]

also: the tater tots at The Foundry on Melrose.

[baloney]

Izakaya Bincho for Agedashi Tofu.

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Izakaya Bincho
112 N International Boardwalk, Redondo Beach, CA 90277

[Clyde]

i am not sure if anyone will agree with me, but i love the fried fish at senor fish. you can get either fries or beans/rice and tortillas with it. i always get the fried fish and fried shrimp- you can do combos there. the thing that's gotten me so hooked on it is that i ask for a side of their enchilada sauce and i just dip it in that or various salsas. since you are from the south, not sure you'll like it like i do, but it's something that stands out for me- and i don't eat much fried food.
the other fried thing i love - it's from the double decker truck - i can't remember the name and i haven't seen it in a while- but they have deep fried truffle mac & cheese balls.

[wienermobile]

The Kahlua Pig Monte Cristo Egg Rolls at North End Cafe in Manhattan Beach are wonderful.

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North End Cafe
3713 Highland Ave Ste 1, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

[westsidegal]

the terrific mojarra frita whole deep fried tilapia served at Mariscos Chente in inglewood on imperial highway near Yukon.

be sure to call before you go to make sure that sergio is cooking that day.
310-672-2339
(they'll probably answer the phone in spanish, but once they know that you only speak english they'll find an english-speaker to talk with you.)

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Mariscos Chente
4532 S Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90066

[crystaw]

The fried egg rolls at Golden Deli in San Gabriel are big, crispy, and delish. I'm not really into fried chicken (I know, I'm weird) but the "drunken chicken" at Biergarten in Koreatown is quite tasty.

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Golden Deli
815 W Las Tunas Dr, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Biergarten
206 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004

[J.L.]

Fried onion rings at Umami Burger.

Tempura sweet potatoes at Place Yuu (Sawtelle).

Speaking of tempura:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/737206

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Place Yuu
2101 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025

Umami Burger
850 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

[ipsedixit]

Donuts at Donut Man

Popcorn chicken at Pa Pa Walk

Potato Latkes at The Park

Taro sesame balls at Sea Harbour

Portuguese Croquette at Wood Spoon

Housemade potato chips at Elements Cafe

[A5 KOBE]

Chả giò at Golden Deli
Carne Asada Flautas at Tacos San Pedro
Fried Rice at Happy Harbour