Cerritos
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12761 Towne Centre Drive, 403-1147
The Dark Knight Fri and Sat (11:30 AM, 1, 3, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30, 10, 10:45.) Sun to Tue (11:30, 1, 3, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30, 10, 10:40.)
Hancock Fri and Sat (12:05, 2:15, 4:30, 10:25.) Sun to Tue (12:05, 2:15, 4:30, 7:50, 10:25.)
Mamma Mia! Fri to Tue (11:25 AM, 2, [...]

Like the Japanese-Peruvian cuisine at Lomita’s Kotosh, El Rocoto’s dishes pull from Peru’s immigrant past, drawing on the recipes and techniques that traveled with the Chan family from China to Peru and, later, to the kitchen of the first El Rocoto in Gardena. But you still get all the staples, like jalea, a fish fry [...]

Peru by way of China at El Rocoto

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
El Rocoto hits every equatorial trope: The walls glow a golden yellow, packs of tropical fish zip through a cool blue aquarium, the menus even come with a South American street scene sunken into their leather. And inside those bound books are all the Peruvian [...]

It’s not exactly culinary subterfuge, but nothing at Vegi Wokery is quite what it seems. That’s because Vegi Wokery specializes in vegetarian and vegan interpretations of classic Chinese dishes, with probably the most unique plate being the vegi-Peking duck. What’s usually a brutally fattening dish (duck skin literally bathed in oil) is completely transformed here, [...]

Falling for Vegi Wokery’s meatless meat

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
It’s not exactly culinary subterfuge, but nothing at Vegi Wokery is quite what it seems. That’s because nearly all of the restaurant’s dishes can be snuck inside a pair of quotation marks—the “chicken” isn’t chicken, the “fish” isn’t even from the sea. But it all makes sense [...]

What: Says artist George Lundeen (along with wife Cammie): ” ‘There’s nothing as good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.’ Will Rogers knew his way around a horse the same way kids now know their [...]

Cho Dang specializes in only one dish of the Korean canon: tofu stew. Sundubu jjigae, as it’s known, is a fiery soup that comes in a lot varieties—beef, oyster, and mushroom, among others. But all of the varieties are based around the same central ingredient: soft, silky tofu. Whatever variety you choose, the stew will [...]

Weighed down at Salo Salo Grill

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
My first memories of Filipino food are brash ones: parties filled with whole roasted pig, lumpia practically by the pound and threads of translucent bean curd piled in the biggest bowls. But nothing hangs in my mind as permanently as that pig, its skin crisped with a [...]

Do you want it? Or need it? Depends
Providing a compact and easy way to achieve the perfect smoky eye, the Tarte Peep Show palette is more than just makeup: It’s a makeover in a box. A very cute, slender, purple, fishnet-adorned box. Unlatch the flip-open lid (which conveniently sports a wide mirror inside) and you’re [...]

Andy Williams: The voice Reagan called a “national treasure.” 8pm. $42.50-80.
CERRITOS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos 90703. 562.916.8501; cerritoscenter.com.
Coffee with the Commander: Chat with members of the LBPD’s East Division. 3pm.
PORTFOLIO 2300 E Fourth St, Long Beach 90814. Call 562.570.5880 for info.