Getting to Simbal, Shawn Pham’s restaurant in L.A.’s Little Tokyo, may not be quite as difficult, but it is still kind of a challenge. If you look for the official address on 2nd Street, you ...

Upon entering Simbal, diners immediately know they’ve walked into something special. Located in a hidden enclave of an otherwise saturated and bustling plaza in Little Tokyo, the restaurant is the ...

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Name of restaurant: Simbal, which opened in early June. This is Vietnamese cooking crossed with modern small plates cuisine. Which means lots of dishes with lots of flavors, from a banh mi salad ...

This week, Jonathan Gold searches out Simbal, Shawn Pham's "Vietnamese izakaya, a small-plates restaurant focused on eccentric cocktails, high-acid wines and craft ales," that's hidden away in ...

This week Besha Rodell gives her take on Simbal, chef and owner Shawn Pham's "modern American fine dining meets casual Asian street food" concept tucked away in a hidden corner of Little Tokyo ...

This week our favorite Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold makes his way to Simbal, a Vietnamese izakaya discreetly tucked along the San Pedro Street side of the Little Tokyo Mall in ...