I’m choosing to use Baztán as a sort of light introduction to San Sebastian tapas/pintxos — in part because of its normality.
Albert Adrià and Paco Méndez have collaborated on an adventurous blend of the flavors and traditions of Mexico with the modernist techniques of Catalan gastronomy!
Very straight up, nothing too modernist or anything, but really good, really fresh Catalonian tapas and a great atmosphere…
This classic Catalonian restaurant turned out to be the best meal we had in Barcelona…
Sampling the Chinese food far from home, or China…
Montiel serves up a lovely cuisine of traditional modern Catalan dishes…
Out 2016 Eating Spain series kicks off with some classic Barcelona tapas…
Reasonably authentic Western Chinese in Westwood? How can it be…
Chinois blasted onto the scene 30ish years ago as one of LA’s most innovative fusion restaurants, let’s see how it’s withstood the test of time…
An amazing night of 50ish year old Barolo and special Italian dishes cooked to match…
We return to our favorite hole-in-the-wall Szechuan place in the SGV…
Some giant deep purple wines in a perfect California setting…
Looking at the photos on Yelp, I wasn’t expecting much from Henry’s, but the place turned out to be awesome…
Yamakase is certainly one of the best “sushi” restaurants in Los Angeles — although to call it Sushi just doesn’t do it justice…
Nothing goes better with big mature wines than Kaz Oyama’s epic grilled beef…
Back after just a few weeks to Officine Brera with the Hedonists…
Obica has survived a consonant change to expand westward into Santa Monica…
Brentwood’s mainstay style-over-substance trendy sushi joint revisited…
A recent edition to the busy Ocean Blvd strip is this new ultra high end Mexican…
A trip to a closed SGV Chinese for lunch brought us by accident to this reasonable Shanghai style restaurant…
