CAMPHOR lightens French cooking with Southeast Asian spice.
Max Boonthanakit and Lijo George’s all-white dining room on East 3rd Street.
Behind an understated white exterior in the Arts District, CAMPHOR welcomes diners into an ethereal, all-white minimalist dining room accented with cobalt blue velvet and polished brass.
Chefs Max Boonthanakit and Lijo George reimagine classic French bistro cooking with subtle Southeast Asian spice: beef tartare crowned with herb ice, marzipan-glazed roasted chicken, and delicate kippered mackerel.
Chic, luminous, and elegant; the dining room feels like a contemporary Parisian salon transported to sunny California.
CAMPHOR proves that French technique can be light, playful, and brilliantly redefined for modern Los Angeles.
From the MICHELIN listing
- Distinction
- MICHELIN Guide selection
- Price band
- $$$$
- Cuisine
- French
- Address
- 923 E. 3rd St., Ste. 109, Los Angeles
Sources
- MICHELIN Guide · CAMPHOR · checked Sep 28, 2026
Distinction, address, cuisine and price band come from the listing above. Descriptions of rooms and dishes are from Dine Digest’s earlier reporting and were not re-checked for this issue.
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