

Fish tacos from Angry Egrette in Chinatown. We walked past the Bruce Lee statue where so many movies were filmed. Ulysses pointed out the dumpling shops and small mom-and-pop shops that sell basic home goods. We met our guide, Ulysses Salcito from Culinary Backstreet’s Culinary Walking Tours of LA, on foot under the arch at the entrance to LA’s New Chinatown. But walking is a unique way to see parts of the city you can't see behind the wheel. Most people in LA drive and drive and drive … and sit in lots of traffic. Walking is not exactly what comes to mind when you think of LA. A few months ago, I took a five-hour walking food tour of several LA neighborhoods.

There are more than 4,000 taco trucks and close to 25,000 restaurants in LA County that represent cultures and cuisine from all over the world. Los Angeles is one of the most exciting, diverse food cities in the country. Mochi in many flavors from Fugetsu-Do (Kathy Gunst/Here & Now)
