plus nearly a decade operating a Masa bistro in the Washington, D.C., area. Each Asian cuisine has individual nuances, Angel explained: Japanese is raw and vegetable-laden; Chinese is rice-heavy ...

Eaters would do well to try a bite from Masa’s. Itai runs the food stand with his wife, Yuko, and daughter Maruko. Though Itai claims it’s “nothing fancy,” the popular Japanese meals ...

Japanese cuisine, too,” he says ... a charity dinner when Rivera noticed he had a bag of low-quality instant masa on the list. Rivera pulled him aside and scolded him for using “sh-t ...