The chef Roy Choi is a legend here in Los Angeles, so when I heard that he wanted to cook something with me, I was like, heck yeah. ROY CHOI: And you go in, and the kitchen feels like a food truck.

“Roy’s never been here?” Jai Nam Choi asks, surprised, as she walks into the L.A. Times Test Kitchen. “Oh, I have to look around.” She breaks into the widest smile. By Roy, she means Roy Choi, her son ...

Roy Choi. The name alone conjures up a vibrant mix of LA street-food swagger and playfully tweaked culinary creations. Redefining mobile eats with the seismic launch of his Kogi BBQ truck was just the ...