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…
The PF Changs in Santa Monica turned into a really bad dim sum house…
Anytime you need to scratch that exotic curry-flavored carb itch Simpang is ready for you…
Checking out Boston Lobster in it’s huge new Rosemead location…
Casual atmosphere, late hours, and carby/fat forward sharable foods make this is a perfect post drinking spot…
An awesome Korean-European Fusion tasting menu as part of a Double Dinner night of modern LA Korean…
Continuing my explorations of random valley ethnic places during my son’s robotics classes…
Casual but excellent Thai Street Food in the west valley…
I look into the brief period when the new Mes Amis was one of the best restaurants in LA — alas no more…
Some fairly meh — but authentic — Szechuan deep in the SFV…