Two meals at Bistro Na — one in the private room and one not — provide contrast even if the food doesn’t always do so…
A new “crudo” bar on Montana Blvd in Santa Monica…
Testing out another Valley sushi location…
A new SGV Cantonese Palace open for dim sum? Of course we had to go…
Trying out the post-pandemic version of Curtis Stone’s Maude in Beverly Hills…
This place takes the record for the SGV physical location that I’ve eaten in as the most distinct restaurants… at least 5! Right now it’s “Lady Yans” a more or less Szechuan joint…
An amazing Billecart-Salmon winemaker dinner at the incomparable Borgeses – decked out in full Halloween finery…
Somehow I never got to Animal in Hollywood until now (well Sept 2022 anyway)…
Amazing pastas, very good pizzas, a whole lot of flavor and a whole lot of salt at Funke’s Mother Wolf…
I accidentally blunder into a chain mall restaurant!
Anajak has a LOT of buzz about it. It’s a Thai place on Ventura in the valley and it’s one of the hardest reservations in the city to get…
An awesome return visit to Jitlada to hang out with our friend Jazz and to “check in” on how tasty their food is in 2022.
A quick lunch spot to eat (and film) some awesome Ramen at the Annex branch of LA’s awesome Tsujita group…
One of LA’s absolute bestest (and now closed) Sichuan restaurants was way out in Rowland Heights. Totally worth the drive for the ambitious…
Some tasty street food fun…
Another amazing meat and fat fest at one of LA’s best wood-fire grill restaurants…
This solid Chinese restaurant is oddly themed as a (Native American) Indian log cabin… hmmm…
A great afternoon in the garden with food from Kali and tons of Chateauneuf du Pape…
For second dinner I made a quick stop in at Pine & Crane to check out their bland Taiwanese comfort food…
More zesty Peruvian fusion from Ricardo Zarate. He’s a great chef — if only his places would last…
