I head back to Somni for my wife’s birthday and check out how they’ve evolved during the 3 months since opening…
The spiciest (ugliest) bowl of carbs in the west…
A quick peak at this iconic Montana Ave space in its current incarnation…
Great fun with good friends at Ricardo Zarate’s latest, Rosaline…
There is a small boutique Szechuan restaurant in Westwood disguised as venerable American Chinese Hop Woo…
Valentino plays host (again) to an awesome night with that most iconic of Châteauneuf-du-Pape…
A 2018 look at the state of the Bazaar’s cuisine through the eyes of its tasting menu…
And so we come to the annual Grenache and Zin fest in Flintridge, always one of the best wine lunches of the year!
It boggles the mind that this super American Brentwood mall has a brand new Szechuan restaurant!
A fun night with the Foodie Club at new WeHo hotspot n10…
Our second Dirty Dozen (in this case the Grubby Half Dozen) white wine lunch at Grand Harbor…
We take a blast down memory lane with Mr Chows 50 year-old perspective on high end Chinese food…
Giant ribs and whole chicken and 1st growths and coche at a fabulous Foodie Club test of the new Majordomo…
Initial tastes at a new craft Indian kitchen near the Santa Monica Promenade…
Back to the shed behind one of LA’s most home-style Szechuan places…
A truly epic CR8 event by Roberto Cortez blending food, cocktails, wine, and a Frida Kahlo theme — yeah, you read it right!
It takes Chevy’s birthday to get me to drive all the way to Glendale for steak…
Slinging down tuna parts and drinking above the San Gabriel valley…
A huge Champagne dinner event at the Nomad Mezzanine with over 22 wines from Vilmart and Pierre Péters!
Hunan Mao is probably the second best known SGV Hunan restaurant and somehow I’d never been, so we decided to rectify that…
