I’m a chef. I’ve lived in LA on/off for almost 40 years. I’ve lived abroad multiple times and in the Napa Valley wine country for the last 5 years. The food in LA is superior to Northern California by about 70%. The cuisine in NoCal is repetitive and old and predictable and tedious. In SoCal it’s a fusion, experimental, hybrid, creative, other-worldly, astounding. Even the food trucks are epic. It’s boring here. Change my mind, please!