{"id":39452,"date":"2025-11-05T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/39452\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:35:08","slug":"shor-bazaar-review-this-south-asian-gem-is-worth-the-trip-to-hawaiian-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/39452\/","title":{"rendered":"Shor Bazaar Review: This South Asian Gem Is Worth the Trip to Hawaiian Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Don\u2019t be thrown off by the ATM covering half the facade of this strip mall find in Hawaiian Gardens. Behind the double doors just right of the machine, a humming space dressed up like a television set welcomes diners into <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/921422\/shor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shor Bazaar<\/a>, a South Asian restaurant serving inventive takes on Indian, Pakistani, and Afghan classics. Chef Imran \u201cAli\u201d Mookhi, previously of Tumbi in Santa Monica and also the founder of Michelin-recognized Khan Saab in Fullerton, helms the kitchen. This might be the most destination-worthy restaurant in Hawaiian Gardens, just a short trip from much of Southeast Los Angeles\u2019s sprawling suburbia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Latticed windows as well as bold swatches of teal, orange, and earth give the vibrant dining room a timeless appeal that escapes the confines of Hawaiian Gardens\u2019 car-centric strip malls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">There\u2019s no alcohol here, a nod to Mookhi\u2019s Muslim heritage, but that doesn\u2019t mean folks can\u2019t sit at the bar for the stellar non-alcoholic drinks like the passionfruit Seedlip blood orange Sunset or spot-on pi\u00f1a colada with vanilla bean kulfi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be thrown off by the ATM covering half the facade of this strip mall find in Hawaiian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5105,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-39452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-dining-report","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}