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UCLA alumna Mia Lin Pan will open her own restaurant, L Kitchen, in Westwood on Wednesday after cooking for friends&#039; events and helping another restaurant develop its taste. (Erin Gong/Daily Bruin)

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Mia Lin Pan didn’t know how to cook before she came to America. About four years after leaving China to attend UCLA, she opened her first restaurant, L Kitchen, which will have its grand opening in Westwood on Wednesday.

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Alum transforms Top Leaf into L Kitchen with artistic, flavorful food

By Matthew Fernandez

Nov. 7, 2016 9:34 p.m.