The restaurant's most famous dish. It's a brilliant textural take on the classic: a tender cabbage leaf acts as a wrapper for a properly spicy and numbing mapo tofu filling, providing a unique and highly satisfying fusion of textures and flavors.
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This is the essence of 'chaos cooking'. The combination of the tender cabbage and the spicy mapo tofu is incredible. it's a must-order.
A refined and aromatically dense pasta course. It fuses Italian grain with Thai aromatics, creating a dish that is remarkably bright and spicy, with the hollow bucatini providing the perfect vessel for the rich, complex curry sauce.
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The green curry flavor is very prominent and properly spicy. it's one of the most unique pastas in the city—don't miss it!
A refreshing and aromatically dense salad. it features a unique Caesar dressing infused with lemongrass and a hint of Thai spices, providing a bright and spicy start to the meal that is far more interesting than standard versions.
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The lemongrass flavor is really prominent and refreshing. it's the perfect palate cleanser before the heavier 'chaos' dishes arrive.
A clever translation of the takeout classic into a refined Italian pasta. The ravioli are loaded with tender braised short rib and balanced by a sharp, savory broccoli-based sauce that highlights the depth of the black bean seasoning.
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The short rib filling is remarkably flavorful. it's a great example of how the kitchen uses familiar flavors to create entirely new experiences.
A favorite for texture lovers. The prawns are large and snap-fresh, fried until crispy and paired with a silky, sweet-savory horchata-infused cream and a crunchy rice salad, providing a unique and highly satisfying play on the classic Cantonese dish.
Tips from diners
The prawns are head-on for a reason—the flavor in the heads is the best part. The horchata pairing is inspired and helps balance the savory notes.
Poltergeist is a vibrant, unconventional project that reinterprets traditional fusion through a bold and often surprising lens. Located inside the Echo Park barcade Button Mash, Chef Diego Argoti uses his diverse culinary background to create inventive dishes that challenge your idea of flavor, from mapo tofu-stuffed cabbage to green curry bucatini.
It's located inside Button Mash, so the atmosphere is high-energy, loud, and full of vintage arcade games. perfect for a fun night out with a group of friends.
Poltergeist is very popular. Book at least a week in advance via their website or Resy, especially for weekend dinner slots.
Arrive early or stay late to enjoy the arcade games! It's one of the few places where you can pair a Michelin-quality meal with a few rounds of Donkey Kong.
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