Los Angeles · Chinatown

Porridge + Puffs

#50 in Los AngelesChinese$

Awards

4.7

What People Are Saying

“PINCH $20 cash special on Thursdays!! Was delicious and so happy to hear about it! ———— So happy this moved into the neighborhood! Was very skeptical when I found on eater that this moved in. Seemed interesting but would it be worth a second visit?...”

New Buzz

Porridge + Puffs | Restaurants in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles

Time Out · 2 years ago

Review: At Porridge + Puffs, rice is Minh Phan’s canvas for sophisticated self-expression

Los Angeles Times · 7 years ago

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Minh Phan

Head Chef

Minh Phan is the chef behind Porridge + Puffs in Los Angeles's Historic Filipinotown. She is known for her creative, rice-centered cooking that blends Vietnamese and broader Asian influences into sophisticated, personal expression.

Porridge

Signature Dish

Rice is the central canvas of Phan's menu, praised by the Los Angeles Times as a vehicle for sophisticated self-expression, reflecting her distinctive culinary identity.

Walk-in only. No reservations.