{"id":8956,"date":"2019-10-09T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000002907"},"modified":"2019-10-09T18:48:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T01:48:09","slug":"suppertime-lbc-episode-14-fusion-authenticity-chinitos-tacos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/suppertime-lbc-episode-14-fusion-authenticity-chinitos-tacos","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Why all SoCal food is fusion food w\/ Chef Beeline Krouch of Chinitos Tacos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/suppertimeinthelbc\/ep-14-why-all-socal-food-is-fusion-food-w-chef-beeline-krouch-of-chinitos-tacos<\/p>\n<p>What do we <em>really<\/em> mean when we call a dish &#8220;authentic&#8221;? The fact of the matter is that every single food we eat is a fusion of some sort\u2014and no place exemplifies that more than SoCal and its seemingly endless spectrum of cuisines. Brian Addison and Sarah Bennett sit down with a master of fusion, Chef Beeline Krouch of Chinitos Tacos, to talk about his Mexican-meets-Asian grub, growing up in Long Beach, and stepping into the wild suburb of Lakewood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context for this podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/food\/from-lomo-saltado-pizza-to-the-levant-the-best-new-restaurants-in-long-beach-2018\"><strong>This one goes to 11: The best new restaurants in Long Beach<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/long-beach-underrated-restaurants-2019\"><strong>Long Beach\u2019s most underrated places to eat: 2019 Edition<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/addison-essential-tacos-2019\"><strong>Essential tacos in Long Beach: Pretty much every good taco, 2019 Edition<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">****<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some previous episodes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a 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