Hands down the best, most authentically Italian, pasta I’ve had in LA — coming from a pasta fiend!
Back to Akbar for more top flight and unusual Indian — and wine of course!
Wow. LA has lots of great Japanese, and I have good sushi all the time, but this was particularly awesome…
King Hua is such good dimsum that the Hedonists had to hit it up for a mega brunch extravaganza…
Singaporean Chili Crab is just one of those amazing dishes, and not easy to come by outside of its homeland. Plus we threw done 30+ wines!
Who says you can’t drink 21 bottles of wine for lunch?
During summer, the patio at Saddle Peak Lodge makes for an idea place to grub down some meat and kill a whole lot of bottles of great wine…
How much wine can 12 Hedonists drink? Apparently 2 champagnes, 9 White Burgs, 6 Reds, 2 big reds, and some dessert wine! 20!
The Getty Museum celebrates the cuisine of Medieval Greece with an evening of Byzantine Court Food. Now that’s not something you eat every day…
In the early 80s we used to wile away summer evenings on this beautiful pier cracking open fresh blue crabs…
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is usually considered a seafood zone, being known for its awesome blue crab, but local residents don’t turn their nose at any Southern American favorites…
The omnipresent brasserie trend infiltrates even to the remote Eastern Shore of Maryland…
Some things don’t need improvement, like the classic crabcakes and fried chicken at Holly’s…
Deconstructed classics: better or worse?
The surprise visitor at this Il Grano dinner is a whole giant octopus…
A third visit to Republique means even more great food and great Burgundy…
Another stop in our epic quest to try all the great dim sum in the SGV…
It’s just a shame that we have so many great dim sum restaurants in LA — not! Our quest to try them all continues…
Jiggling jellyfish, more top shelf dimsum in Southern California…
Peking Duck never gets old — nor really does Beijing style food done right…
