Jasmine Market & Deli

Specializing in Burmese and Indian food, this halal takeout eatery and grocery store in Culver City offers a pleasing mix of everyday-priced Southeast and South Asian cuisine. Here, dishes like tea leaf salad and panthay khow suey (the Burmese version of Thai khao soi) complement more Indian-style dishes like flattened patties of shami kabab and goat biryani. Technically, Myanmar (previously known as Burma) is in Southeast Asia, but a long legacy of immigration between the subcontinent and Myanmar has lent itself to plenty of culinary overlap—and Jasmine Market‘s menu is no exception. Beloved by locals since its opening in 2008, the family-run spot also has an excellent bright pink falooda—an ultra-sweet rosewater drink perfect in the spring and summer.