Lucas Sin: Cha Chaan Teng Book Talk in Chinatown

Chef and author Lucas Sin brings his new cookbook, Cha Chaan Teng: Comfort Food from Hong Kong's Iconic Diners, to Chinatown for an evening conversation and book signing. It is a small, food-focused night, and a good pick if you are scanning things happening in Los Angeles this month for something more specific than another pop-up.

When: Thursday, November 19, 2026, 7:00 PM Where: Now Serving, Far East Plaza, Chinatown Price: $11.49 to $47.19 on Eventbrite

What the evening covers

The talk is billed as Sin in conversation about the book, with the flyer naming Hannah Goldfield as the person on the other side of the discussion. A book signing follows. The subject is the cha chaan teng, the Hong Kong tea restaurants known for milk tea, pineapple buns, baked pork chop rice and french toast thick enough to need a knife. Expect talk about how these diners grew into a food culture of their own and how to cook that comfort food at home.

Sin is a chef and cookbook author, so questions about technique and the dishes themselves are likely to come up alongside the history. The event page gives only a short description, so treat the specifics of the conversation as open.

About the venue

Now Serving is a cookbook and culinary shop in the Far East Plaza on North Broadway. The shop hosts author talks, which makes it a natural home for a night built around a single book. If you like cookbook events and the kind of LA food festivals crowd that turns up for them, this is the quiet, bookish cousin of those weekends.

Planning your visit

Tickets are sold through Eventbrite, and the listed range covers the different ticket options, so check the page to see what each one includes. The talk is scheduled for about an hour, so you can pair it with dinner in Chinatown before or after. Far East Plaza sits on North Broadway in the heart of the neighborhood, and street parking nearby fills up on busy nights, so plan a few extra minutes or take the Metro A Line to Chinatown station and walk over.

Browse more food and drink events or see what else is on in Downtown Los Angeles. If you keep an eye on upcoming events Los Angeles has to offer for food lovers, this one is worth putting on the calendar early.