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Los Angeles boasts not just Hollywood, but also fine food, being home to many Hollywood celebrities living in and around the city. Recently, China's Cantonese-style raw seafood culture has swept this entertainment center.

In the famous coastal city of Santa Monica, restaurants serving takeaway raw seafood can be seen everywhere. On the dining tables of these restaurants, oyster, scallop, lobster, crab, -- all kinds of uNPRocessed or roughly-processed fresh seafood can be found. Damon Gordon is a chef at a raw seafood restaurant. According to his understanding, the healthy diet concept is the main reason behind the popularity of the raw dishes.

"People hope to eat fresh seafood, and also want to see them before they're cooked. I suppose it's due to people's consideration of healthy diet, hoping to know more about the information of raw food material. Obviously, people's dietary habits and lifestyle are both healthier than before. And fresh seafood dishes just satisfy their demands like that. "

As Damon Gordon says, diners can not only see multiple kinds of seafood with their own eyes, they can also witness cooks preparing raw dishes. Transparent kitchens may better help the development of the healthy diet concept.

"Our transparent kitchen has spread the healthy diet concept very well. We're very strict with the quality and origin of raw materials. We hope that every diner will be able to smell the taste of fresh oyster and fish as well as see fresh seafood in aquariums with their own eyes. "

If it's the healthy diet concept that the restaurant Damon works in is emphasizing, then dishes like Steamed Scallops and Seafood Baked Noodles from EMC Raw Food Bar in Korea town, Los Angeles are a reflection of a synthesis of cuisines from the eastern and western. Here's restaurant owner Charles Hong.

"Every diner comes here would say 'Wow, we've never eaten seafood dishes like these.' for they can only think of normal cooking cuisines for scallop or lobster before they come here. However, our restaurant adopts 'combination of western and eastern' cuisines in order to let diners taste delicacy that can't be in other seafood restaurants."

Enjoying food from all parts of the world without leaving your home; for many, that is the best aspect of globalization.

For Studio Plus, this is Li Ningjing.