Don’t you just love this pig?
Perfect Blend of Asian & Pacific Rim Flavors with French Technique.
Oh yeah, we started off as a food truck - The Flying Pig Truck - home of the Pork Belly Bun and the Duck Taco!
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You know the Flying Pig truck — it’s the one, run by a Cordon Bleu chef, with the pork-belly buns, the duck tacos with mandarin oranges, the sliders with banana mustard and the peanut-butter carnitas. It’s pink; it’s cross-cultural; the lines are long.
Read the full review here
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Grand Opening on Saturday, July 16th 2011
We also attended the Grand Opening, just to get a taste of their classic Flying Pig Truck Favorites. We celebrated along fellow piggies, some dressed in pig outfits. I mean who could resist Free Pork Belly Buns and Beer? Not us… #yum
Flying Pig Cafe; Asian/Pacific Cuisine; Downtown Los Angeles
The Experince:
The Flying Pig has landed in Little Tokyo, Arts District. StomachLife boarded the local Los Angeles subway once more and payed him a visit. What better place than Little Tokyo to have our very own Flying Pig Café. Little Tokyo Arts District is known for its unique street inspired shops, followed by local artist where they gather around to get a taste of art, fashion, food and Happy Hour Delights!
The famous Flying Pig Truck, which I’m sure most of you foodies follow on @FlyingPigTruck, has opened its doors this June ‘11 to their very own restaraunt a 77-seat Little Tokyo cafe serving lunch and dinner. It sits on one of the best blocks of Central Avenue, 2 blocks away from LA’s Little Tokyo Arts District Gold Line Train stop and surrounded by other restaurants like Yogurt Land, Johnny Rockets, Green Bamboo, but Flying Pig Cafe stands strong and sets the trend for everyone else.
Crisp, Fresh, New and cool like its owner Joe Kim, who throws up his Hawaiian deuces to us in a flick, and the Flying Pig’s loyal followers of this unique modern cafe, welcome Los Angeles Hipsters and business people alike. You can’t resist the urban chic decor with bright white leather couches, two featured murals by Australian graffiti artist Stuart Stark, one with a pig flying over downtown Los Angeles in the main dining area and another decorative black chalkboard that groomed taggers are welcomed to ”hit up”. Fun, interactive and something to do while waiting for the restroom, was my personal favorite.
Cafe Hours Mon. - Sun. 11:00am - 12am
Happy Hour Menu items $5 Mon - Fri. 5pm - 7pm
Special thanks to @flyingpigcafe
Flying Pig Cafe; Asian/Pacific Cuisine; Downtown Los Angeles;
The Taste:
“The Flying Pig Café showcases the renowned Asian and Pacific Rim cuisine made famous by the Flying Pig Truck and offers street-inspired creations from Chef and Owner Joe Kim… the menu features a creative spin on traditional Asian dishes and American favorites.”- The Flying Pig Cafe
Amazing!! I had the opportunity to indulge in their foodie favorites, pork belly bun, my choice of tacos, Carne Asada? Yes please! and a trustee Flat Tire…#refreshing. The taste for me @FlyingPigCafe is short and to the point. I imagine most food trucks turned restaurants try to do a bit much when showcasing a new restaurant menu, but The Flying Pig Cafe did not, they stayed loyal to their following. The dinner menu does offer larger portions of the truck’s signature items as well as new creations from Chef and Owner, Joe Kim, like their Seafood Curry Ramen and other tiny creations, Morel on Toast, Aguacate con Salsa Chipotle! #YUM
Aguacate con Salsa Chipotle light battered and deep fried avocado with chipotle vinaigrette $7 -
MJ
Really good blog post about the Flying Pig Cafe by Any And Everywhere.
“Last week, I was invited to try the new menu at Flying Pig Cafe. If you’re in LA, then you may recognize the name as it applies to the food truck zipping through the streets. Chef Joe Kim is the mastermind behind Flying Pig, and he has just set up the first brick and mortar restaurant space in Little Tokyo. Before the doors opened to the public on Saturday, July 16th, a few of us were able to sample the delicacies that would grace the lunch and dinner menus.”
Continue reading on www.anyandeverywhere.com
(photo courtesy of anyandeverywhere.com)
Our friend and one of our biggest supporters Adam just released a dope video for his brand ETRNLST’s Summer 2011 collection. Watch it!
Grand Opening video!!!
