Bite Nite 2015: Jonathan Gold’s two-night culinary party

Porridge + Puff’s pickle and jam porridge is served during Bite Nite’s second night at the Olympic printing plant in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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May 19, 2015 7:08 AM PT

Bite Nite, the two-night party celebrating some of the best food in Los Angeles, is back for its third year. Bite Nite is an annual culinary event hosted by Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, in which chefs from Gold’s handpicked restaurants serve signature dishes over two nights in a rather unique setting — the Times’ Olympic printing plant.

Meat is prepared at the Cut table during Bite Nite.

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Chi Spacca’s table.

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Chef Sang Yoon serves pork dumplings from Lukshon during Bite Nite.

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Providence/Connie and Ted’s serve Naked Cowgirl Oyster with fermented radish, pork belly and lime during Bite Nite.

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Ink.’s foie gras with corn cereal and corn milk is served during Bite Nite.

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La Casita Mexicana’s Hot Sauce Three Cheese Flan is served during Bite Nite.

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Spago’s dungeness crab beignet with leek ash and horseradish aioli is served during Bite Nite.

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Lukshon’s Sichuan pork dumplings are served during Bite Nite’s second night at the Olympic printing plant.

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Barbi Taylor makes drinks during Bite Nite.

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Pot’s pork belly ssam with kimchi and soy pickled jalapeño is served during Bite Nite.

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Barnyard’s Corndog sample at Bite Nite.

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Nicole Kang prepares Providence/Connie and Ted’s dish of Naked Cowgirl Oyster with fermented radish, pork belly and lime during Bite Nite.

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Manhattan Beach Post’s bacon cheddar buttermilk biscuits with maple butter.

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Pok Pok’s Phat Thai.

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Nickel Diner’s duck sausage with smoked greens and tomato-bacon harissa is served over polenta.

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Bite Nite guests, from left: Lauren Katz, Arielle Strom, Kathryn Strom and Riley Shapiro.

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Nickel Diner’s chef Monica May laughs with chef Jaime Martin Del Campo during Bite Nite.

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Terrine’s foie gras Terrine with pickled beech mushroom salad is served during Bite Nite.

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Night + Market’s creamed corn is served during Bite Nite.

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Chuy Bravo, center, laughs with guests, from left, Jerome French, Tyler Tierney, Kim Hutchings and Woody Salmonsen during Bite Nite.

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Chef Jaime Martin Del Campo talks with guests Tuesday, Bite Nite’s second night.

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Guests on the second night of Bite Nite at the Olympic printing plant.

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Madeline and Mark Schumacher wait outside for the start of the second night of Bite Nite at the Olympic Printing Plant.

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Sweet Shrimp Tartar from Shunji at the Los Angeles Times’ Bite Night event at the Olympic plant on May 18.

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Chef Ludo Lefebvre of Trois Mec preparing eel with blowtorches at Bite Night, a Los Angeles Times event held at the Olympic plant May 18.

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Trois Mec chef Ludo Lefebvre blow-torches an eel dish at Bite Nite.

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Mini tortas being prepared at Chichen Itza at Bite Night.

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Snow crab and ikura with English pea soup from N/Naka at the Los Angeles Times’ Bite Night event at the Olympic plant on May 18.

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Park’s BBQ’s offerings at Bite Nite.

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Foie gras terrine from Marche Moderne.

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Samplings from Rustic Canyon.

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Popular samplers from Racion.

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Folks taking in offerings from Jitlada at the Los Angeles Times’ Bite Nite event.

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Bite Nite diners partake in the offerings from Guelaguetza.

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Offerings from Meals By Genet.

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The Kentucky straight Bourbon sampling from Basil Hayden’s at Bite Nite.

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Stella Artois serves up the libations at Bite Nite on May 18.

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Bite Night attendees dine and chat.

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Revelers discuss food and drinks at Bite Nite.

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