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Food as Art – Vespertine

April 30, 2018 | 4 Comments

Completely unique. An experience. This is seriously Food as Art = Art as Food…

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Quick Eats – Summer Fish

April 28, 2018 | 0 Comments

Some passable supposedly fast sushi on Robertson…

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New Century Lobster

April 26, 2018 | 1 Comments

One of our old favorites, Shaanxi Gourmet, recently went under and was replaced by a new Chiu Chow place called New Century Lobster…

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St Patrick’s with Laurent Quenioux

April 23, 2018 | 0 Comments

Another epic mega-meal at our house cooked by master chef Laurent Quenioux…

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Akbar Reborn

April 20, 2018 | 1 Comments

Supporting Avi and “testing out” the brand new Kapoor’s Akbar in DTLA…

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James Beard at 71Above

April 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

71Above and the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin play host to a fabulous James Beard Foundation lunch…

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2010 Montrachet at Melisse

April 16, 2018 | 0 Comments

Our epic 2010 White Burgundy tasting series concludes as usual with Mostly Montrachet at Melisse…

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Quick Eats – Hummus Bar

April 13, 2018 | 0 Comments

Quick, easy, good value Israeli food deep in the valley…

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Mega Melisse

April 11, 2018 | 2 Comments

Erick, Fred, and I go all out with a Melisse Carte Blanche menu and a trio of DRC RSV!

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Late Night Longo

April 9, 2018 | 2 Comments

Great Cantonese banquet at a new SGV place that included peking duck, suckling pig, and a whole king crab…

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Ambrosia Salad Madness

April 6, 2018 | 1 Comments

A delicious Cantonese banquet with the oddity of being entirely individually plated…

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71Above Birthday

April 4, 2018 | 7 Comments

Erick’s big birthday blowout at 71Above is just a high soaring event…

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Quick Eats – Orto

April 2, 2018 | 0 Comments

New upscale Italian takes over the classic Jiraffe space…

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Valentino – 2010 White Burgundy part 1

March 30, 2018 | 1 Comments

Part 1 of the epic annual White Burgundy Vintage check, this year featuring 2010…

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Quick Eats – Pho Cafe

March 28, 2018 | 1 Comments

Silverlake offers up one of LA proper’s better Pho spots (short of heading down south or further east)…

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Quick Eats – Spoke

March 26, 2018 | 0 Comments

Cute little riverside bicycle cafe on the east side…

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Seminal Somni

March 25, 2018 | 1 Comments

An amazing first meal at the brand new Somni “minibar” behind the Bazaar in the SLS…

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Eating Melbourne – Sovereign Hill

March 23, 2018 | 0 Comments

Food at a tourist gold mining town wasn’t awful or anything…

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Quick Eats – Big Boi

March 21, 2018 | 0 Comments

Fast, cheap, and full of yummy carb/fat goodness…

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Midweek at Mizlala

March 19, 2018 | 1 Comments

Mizlala in Sherman Oaks serves very bright modern Israeli, Moroccan, Lebanese flavors, much in the Yotam Ottolenghi style…

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