Another amazing omakase at LA’s most interesting kaiseki restaurant…
Chef Steve Samson brings his LA take on the rustic side of Emilia Romagna cuisine to DTLA…
Juicy Spot offers Thai style “stir-fried” ice cream — actually more stir frozen…
Boston chinatown might not be the SGV but it served up some excellent dimsum!
Loyal Nine is very much a modern restaurant — and farm to table at that — but also focuses on ingredients from Colonial Massachusetts…
Shaking Crab in Boston is exactly like Boiling Crab in LA!
A spare night yields some great Afghan food in Cambridge Mass…
Brentwood gets a new (buzzy) high-end dedicated Neo-Neapolitan pizza joint…
Mary’s birthday brings a gang of us to Michael Hung’s Mama Lion for some awesome eats and lots of big wine…
Epic dim sum brunch at the best in town coupled with a mega blind tasting of great non-Burgundy French white wines.
A return to the valley’s best (and highly unassuming) modernist sushi “palace” for an epic 4 hour lunch…
The good times keep on rolling at Hatchet Hall with some of the core members of the “gang”…
Exploring the knife-cut noodles of the western Shaanxi district…
An amazing night of meat paired with giant rare Australian wines like Chris Ringland(s) and the Laird!
The 3rd street promenade was a tasting menu place by an Alinea chef!
The Butcher’s Daughter is so “tres LA” — a spiritual successor to the Newsroom, filled with vegetarian food and a beautiful crowd…
After a long hiatus for an invisible remodel Seafood Village has “transformed” itself into Seafood Palace — fortunately the food is still great…
A great “normal” meal at République. Food was seriously on point!
It’s hard to describe Kato. Located in one of the ubiquitous Santa Monica Blvd mini-malls it serves a sort of modern Asian omakase/kaiseki…
Incredibly cheap revolving sushi bar on sawtelle — if you want your fish cheap, this is your place!
