THE BEST SIDE OF MEAL DEALS LOS ANGELES

Like a lot of the menu objects at this Chengdu-homaging restaurant in Bridgeport (with added spots in Lincoln Park and Uptown), these supple, crescent-formed pork dumplings get there swimming in a very searing, shiny-pink oil made from dried chilies and numbing Sichuan peppercorns. They're painfully addictive, plus a slow burn up will haunt your li