Seedy is a permanent restaurant in Lincoln Heights offering Mexican American comfort cooking. Raquel Rodriguez and Nikko Cruz opened the restaurant in April in a small space on North Broadway. The menu reflects Rodriguez’s Los Angeles upbringing in Lincoln Heights and Cruz’s upbringing in Murrieta, with both drawing on shared Mexican American cooking experiences. Dishes include papa tostadas with pepita crema, cabbage slaw, salsa verde, and salsa macha, plus a tahini chickpea salad sandwich on thick sourdough. Salsa macha chicken is served with garlic rice and turmeric cauliflower, using a long-made sauce described as a flavor bomb. Pozole appears with tender hominy and massaged greens in a verdant broth.
"Seedy itself is magical takes on LA comfort food. The majority of how it started was my food memories, my family's food memories. The menu draws on both her Los Angeles upbringing and Cruz's in Murrieta, a Southern California suburb set in Riverside County, as well as their mirrored experiences of Mexican American cooking. A lot of joy and positive memories for both sides of my family would revolve around food."
"The chicken itself has this seedy salsa macha that I've been making for a long time, and it's kind of like a salsa that I can incorporate into anything, and it'll instantly taste good. This is my little sauce flavor bomb, like how a teriyaki sauce is. Salsa macha chicken arrives bedded on garlic rice with turmeric cauliflower, echoing flavors from earlier Southern California meals."
"Seedy serves a tight menu of dishes that includes papa tostadas topped with pepita crema, cabbage slaw, salsa verde, and salsa macha, as well as a tahini chickpea salad sandwich on thick slices of sourdough bread. Pozole, which Rodriguez grew up eating for Christmas, arrives with tender hominy and massaged greens swimming in a verdant broth. The menu stays compact while emphasizing familiar comfort-food elements."
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