Central Asian
Weekend Eats: Octopus Tentacle Sandwiches Wriggle Into Burbank
Plus Korean burgers, a new Afro-Latin restaurant in Silver Lake, and cereal milk French toast on Japanese milk bread.
March 6, 2026
These Neighboring Trucks Serve Juicy Kyrgyz Lamb and Tajik Plov in West L.A.’s Central Asian Corridor
On a short block of Butler Avenue, north of Santa Monica Boulevard, dueling generators rumble through the day from two new food trucks parked on opposite sides of the streets, showcasing the cooking and traditions of Central Asia, the vast, mostly landlocked region comprised of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan.
August 7, 2024
