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Luckyrice Festival

Northern Thai Khanom Jeen Nam-Ngiaw with spare ribs and pork blood in tomato-chili broth with rice vermicelli noodle from Ayara Thai.

Northern Thai Khanom Jeen Nam-Ngiaw with spare ribs and pork blood in tomato-chili broth with rice vermicelli noodle from Ayara Thai.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

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The Asian food fest Saturday in Culver City featured street food from a who’s who of the L.A. Asian food scene including Sang Yoon (Father’s Office, Lukshon), Jet Tila (the Charleston), Bryant Ng (Spice Table), Kris Yenbamroong (Night + Market), Mohan Ismail (RockSugar) and Jenee Kim (Parks BBQ). The festival was started in New York by Danielle Chang and has since spread to four cities.

Jet Tila

Chef Jet Tila and crew prepared a northern Thai curry noodle soup with braised beef tendon.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

Ayara's lobster roll

Thai lobster roll with fresh lobster in a creamy house dressing on homemade bread from Ayara Thai.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

Spice Table

Spicy grilled beef ribs, pineapple-anchovy sauce, sawtooth herb in a lettuce cup from Spice Table.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

The Night and Market crew

The team from Night and Market includes chef Kris Yenbamroong, left.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

Hopscotch

Sake Kasu Lardo with dashi tomatoes, fresh shaved bonito loin from Hopscotch, special guests from Oakland.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

Lukshon's terrine

Pig ear terrine with edamame, pickles and Ma-La vinaigrette from Lukshon.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

The Charleston

Northern Thai curry noodle soup with braised beef tendon from chef Jet Tila.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

Komodo fried rice

Nasi Goreng, Indonesian-style steak fried rice with jalapeno aioli and poached quail eggs from Komodo.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

Sang Yoon

The team from Lukshon, including host chef Sang Yoon, right, prepared a pig ear terrine and modern lomi lomi salmon.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

Night and Market

Tuna ceviche from Night and Market.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

Komodo

Komodo’s dragon egg is a fried hardboiled egg with a spicy sweet soy glaze sitting atop sauteed kale salad.  (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

The scene

The BookBindery in Culver City was the setting for the 2013 Luckyrice Festival on Saturday evening.   (Cathy Chaplin / For The Times)

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