Luckytown

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We’re so lucky to live in L.A. Whatever high-end dining rooms Michelin decides to sanctify with stars (which will become clear next week, when the first L.A. and Las Vegas guides will be published), it’s hard to understand this town as a food lover unless you live here. There’s deliciousness around every corner, from the carnitas on the taco truck to the big bowl of pho in the strip mall.

Take lunch, if you work downtown. Corie Brown and I decided to grab a quick bite of dim sum at Ocean Seafood -- just a quick bite.

Here’s what we got. A big plate of the most beautiful baby-baby bok choy. Delicate scallop dumplings with transparent pink skin. A bowl of soup that was almost completely taken up with a ruffled dumpling filled with seafood and vegetables. Fantastic BBQ duck. I won’t even tell you what else because there were just the two of us. (OK, we brought plenty of stuff back to the office.)

So what if Michelin decides nothing here is worthy of three stars. We can eat like royalty here, every day of the week.

Ocean Seafood, 750 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, (213) 687-3088.

-- Leslie Brenner

Photos by Leslie Brenner