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Oxymoron? – Upscale Street Food

April 25, 2014 | 1 Comments

Our first meal in Hanoi is a doozie with a dazzling array of “fancy street food”…

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Hedonists go to Beijing

April 22, 2014 | 4 Comments

Beijing cuisine serves up delicious homestyle cooking from a doughy spicy palette that has almost nothing to do with classic Chinese American fare…

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Adventures in Street Food

April 18, 2014 | 0 Comments

For those of us whose intestinal floral aren’t quite up to genuine Vietnamese street food, there is always this marvelous upscale recreation…

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Eating Hoi An – Riverside

April 15, 2014 | 0 Comments

Our second breakfast of the trip shows that the Vietnamese really know how to put on a spread…

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Burgundy at Providence

April 10, 2014 | 3 Comments

Montrachet, Bonnes Mares, Richebourg, Batard and a 2 star Michelin food. How can you go wrong? You don’t…

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Better than Tangiers

April 8, 2014 | 1 Comments

Tagine in Beverly Hills serves a “modern upscale” take on traditional Moroccan cuisine. Mille-feuille Bastilla?

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Eating Hoi An – Brothers Cafe

April 5, 2014 | 1 Comments

After a few days in Saigon, we move on to Hoi An, an ancient city famous for its food…

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Enter the Mandarin

April 3, 2014 | 0 Comments

Chinese have long been an important economic and cultural presence in Vietnam, and well, with Chinese comes Chinese food…

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Apocalypse Dhou

March 28, 2014 | 0 Comments

A trek down the jungle river river leads somewhere — fishy — in a totally delicious way…

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Eating Saigon – Hoa Tuc

March 26, 2014 | 1 Comments

The saga of my Indochine dining being with this lovely Saigon dinner…

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Good Morning Vietnam

March 23, 2014 | 2 Comments

The Hotel Intercontinental brunch sets a standard for the day. Or the week. Or the month!

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Chinese at 20,000 feet

March 21, 2014 | 11 Comments

My 2014 Asia trip started out in style with some first class Chinese and a whole lot of view…

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Totorakuly Epic!

March 13, 2014 | 6 Comments

Our most epic night ever at LA’s best “steakhouse”. Chef Kaz cooked up all sorts of specials for us, including Spanish Mackerel, Bacon, and the ultimate lamb chops!

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Valentino – 2006 White Burgundy

March 8, 2014 | 2 Comments

And this concludes my Burgundy Blitz week with no less than three giant tasting diners — tonight being a comprehensive look at 2006 White Burgundy…

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Republique of Jadot

March 6, 2014 | 3 Comments

17 wines from Jadot spanning nearly 40 years and an amazing custom food pairing by Walter Manzke — it doesn’t get better than that!

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Nothing like N/Naka

March 4, 2014 | 0 Comments

N/Naka is a very special place, serving up elaborate and authentic Japanese flavors with a bit of a modernist take…

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Valentino – 2004 Red Burgundy

February 28, 2014 | 2 Comments

Valentino hosts an epic and educational wine dinner. We taste through 28 of the best wines in the tricky 2004 Red Burgundy vintage. Quite an assault of pinot noir!

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Late Night Medicine

February 27, 2014 | 1 Comments

If you have the stomach for experimentation, vegetation, and unusual forms, you really should try Red Medicine. Despite the weird looks, and often oddball textures (not to mention oversized vegetable parts) it really does taste out of this world…

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Tiffany had a Little Lamb

February 24, 2014 | 3 Comments

Over 30 wines (including 3 Lalas), a bunch of Armenian food, and even a whole stuffed roast lamb…

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Cholesterol Check

February 21, 2014 | 3 Comments

Some of the best fried chicken and donuts I’ve had in a long time…

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