Liu's Cafe
chinese
Starters
Kaya Jam Toast
5.0
coconut kaya spread w/ salted egg yolk pandan kaya spread w/ salted egg yolk
Classics
Chiayi Chicken Rice
9.0
hand-peeled chicken, white pepper, fried shallot, daikon
Braised Pork Belly Rice
9.5
pork, shallot, pickled cucumber
Spicy Wontons
10.5
hand-made pork wontons, chili oil, sesame, peanut, scallion, cilantro
Mains
Sesame Cold Noodle w/ Chili Crisp
12.0
taiwan noodle, sesame sauce (peanut), chili oil, cucumber, cilantro
Beef Noodle Soup
13.0
taiwan noodle, beef cheek, baby bok choy, scallion, cilantro
Hong Kong Style French Toast
14.0
lava custard, brown sugar syrup, butter, maldon salt
Menu as captured Sep 1, 2026 · source ↗
Tied with 1 other venue on equal evidence.
We hold 301 venues in Los Angeles, CA and could score 189 of them. Positions are counted against those 189.
v1.7.4 10.4/100 = sourcing 1.1/50 (named-farm 0 distinct, named-region 1 distinct, attribute 0 distinct, buzzword 0 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 9.2/18 (capped at 35% of the 1.1-point evidence base).
beverage
Nantou, Taiwan oolong tea
Named region“roasted oolong (iced) unsweetened oolong tea, from nantou, taiwan 5.0”
on the menu · source ↗
Authority & awards
- MICHELIN Guide 2026: Bib Gourmand ↗
MICHELIN Guide
Award
Lifestyle coverage
- Liu's Cafe is an all-day Taiwanese spot that always satisfies - Review ↗
The Infatuation
National lifestyleMar 26, 2026
“Review, address-anchored (3915 1/2 W 6th St); no sourcing content in the cached extract. (Excluded from this venue: yahoo.com's piece on Danbi, a Long Hospitality restaurant group opening -- Liu's Cafe (the same group's Michelin-recognized daytime spot) is named only as background/pedigree; the piece's actual subject, including its 'local producers' quote from partner Patrick Liu, is Danbi, a different restaurant -- wrong-restaurant-subject, not attributed here. This 'Liu' [Patrick Liu, Long Hospitality partner] is unrelated to the 'Liu' family-recipe contributor named in Chifa's LA Times piece [see Chifa rows] -- two different people, confirmed by reading both pieces in full; no cross-attribution made either direction.)”