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The Monta Factory in Los Angeles is owned by the Egiazaryan family (Grant, Evelina, Francine, and Sarkes). They have been prepping handmade monta for over a decade. Monta, or monti, can be found on the menu at various Middle Eastern restaurants, and this is how the family makes it based on their Armenian roots and recipes. The dish consists of marinated ground beef stuffed inside a boat-shaped dough shell. The tiny monti pieces are then oven-baked until the edges are crisp and served with tomato sauce, garlic cream, or both. Customers can also order soup monta, which consists of closed monta pieces inside a tomato herb or garlic cream soup. The family started the business when they immigrated to the US from Armenia in the early '90s, opening up a small shop in downtown LA. The shop closed a few months later, only for the dream to be picked back up 16 years later with a hole-in-the-wall wholesale shop in Pasadena, and later a larger dine-in restaurant in Glendale. The family hopes to pass the monta-making tradition down to the younger generation and preserve the dish and family memories. For more, please visit: https://montafactory.com/ https://www.instagram.com/montafactory https://www.instagram.com/montafactory_glendale/ MORE LA EATS VIDEOS: Crunchy, Juicy Thai Fried Chicken Is Made By This Family-Owned Restaurant | Fam To Table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ninR1UBkx-0&t=159s Fruity, Sweet Water Ice Is Now An LA Favorite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZQ7w9SCQXA&t=49s Everything From This Biang Biang Mian Shop, From Lamb Shoulder To Beef Shank | $treet Eats LA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-66gRp6A5k&t=2s ------------------------------------------------------ Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: https://www.insider.com Food Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foodinsider/ Food Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisinsiderfood/ Food Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsiderFood Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Insider/4020934530 Insider on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/v/thisisinsider Insider on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insider Food Insider on Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/foodinsider How 10,000 Meat-Filled Monti Are Handmade In LA | Fam To Table