Magazine - January 2007

Ingenious Use Of a Fried Egg

A steaming bowl of slurpy udon at Red Pearl kitchen is served in a smoked miso broth stoked by bacon and jolted by pickled ginger. A fried egg rests on top, and when its yolk is broken, it thickens the soup. Add a spoonful of fiery Thai sambal sauce and watch it dissolve amid the noodles, sending the soup’s flavor into a magnificently intense sphere.

6703 Melrose Ave., LA 323-525-1415 or redpearlkitchen.com