Goods And Services: Woon

Food that travels well. Food that sits well. Food that looks good. Food made by a family of bloody legends. 

You don’t really wanna hear me talk about the amazing food at Woon any longer. Just go get or order the damn food, or play golf with the owner. The world is yours.

GOODS AND SERVICES?

Homestyle Chinese food restaurant. Always funny when people ask what I do and I say “I own a Chinese restaurant”. I know exactly where your minds go…

LOCAL LUNCH PICK?

California Donuts…no joke.

FAVOURITE WINE ON THE LIST?

Our list is curated by Pinkie’s Up and is always rotating and on point, so I go for any and all of it. But I usually default to a brighter red.

BEST LOCAL WATERING HOLE?

Crawford’s or El Prado

MOST REGULAR, REGULAR?

Our neighbors down the street who we nickname “Woon Wine Wednesdayyyy” cause they come every Wednesday.

MOST ANNOYING QUESTION?

“Do you have shrimp fried rice?”

DRAW THE RESTAURANT

HOW LONG YOU BEEN THERE?

4 years!

COVID TRAUMA?

Do you know how many Doordash drivers I yelled at?

WHO’S THE BEST SKATE CHEF?

Do I have to say Christian Maalouf?

WHAT IS YOUR TRANSPORTATION TO WORK?

’91 Honda Acty Street or a ’16 Toyota Prius…

LOOK AND FEEL OF THE RESTAURANT IN 3 WORDS?

Traditional meets contemporary

PETS OR MASCOTS?

I’ve got a 100 lb. Chocolate Lab named “Ashkii” at home. There’s a cat with no name that lives behind the shop…wonder where he’s been though…

NOT ALLOWED IN THE RESTAURANT?

Forks. Jkjk we don’t judge if you can’t use the chopsticks.

LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CHECK OUT?

Los Molcajetes, Dollar Hits, Porridge + Puffs, HiFi Kitchen, Doubting Thomas, Crawford’s

MOST INTERESTING PERSON TO EVER POP IN?

Johnny Knoxville or this old guy John who gets his car serviced at the auto body shop next door. Don’t engage or you’ll never get out of the conversation…

SONG TO GET YOU HYPED TO COOK?

Someone put on Smash Mouth the other night and the kitchen started pumping out food.

FAVOURITE LOCAL MARKET?

Canton, 99 Ranch. But also Smart & Final + Country Market on Beverly cause they save our lives daily

DREAM LOCATION?

Picture this…Woon in Rome

FAVOURITE RESTAURANT?

Huge Tree Pastry

2920 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90026

woonkitchen.com

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