12 people, 19 bottles of wine, and 19 courses of Cal French food! Birthdays don’t get better…
More authentic Chinese goodness far far east of DTLA…
In recent months I’ve had quite the education in Vietnamese food — centered around a two week trip to Vietnam, but East Borough isn’t so far afield: downtown Culver city…
Who says Vietnamese food has to be traditional? Some chefs are really mixing it up…
For our final dinner in Vietnam we head out to another “high end street food” restaurant, this time run by Didier Corlou a French chef who married a Vietnamese woman…
Sweetbreads, tongue, feet, tail, this meal covers just about every part of the cow you might (or might not) have had…
In Hanoi we explore the fancier side of Vietnamese dining…
Hanoi continues to impress, both for frenetic traffic and for its fine dining…
I’ve been wanting to sample Wolvesmouth for years and I finally got the opportunity…
This unique gem in the San Gabriel Valley is family owned, upscale, tiny, chef driven and elaborate. And it’s Mexican food!
Nearly every protein at this awesome 12 course Italian feast was from an animal that Yarom shot! Talk about bringing home the bacon…
Breakfast buffet at Vietnam’s grandest old hotel…
The Hedonists devour another mega-meal at the brand new Smoke Oil Salt tapas bar and eatery — washed down with a whole bunch of Unicos!
As a Burgundy nut, a often forget all the Châteauneuf-du-Pape in my cellar, but it’s really great stuff — and so consistent…
Another mega-bday feast at Korean Chinese favorite Shin Beijing, featuring crab, lobster, peking ducks and the fattiest pork this side of the Pacific…
XLB Soup dumplings, har gow, lobster noodles, and so much more…
Our first meal in Hanoi is a doozie with a dazzling array of “fancy street food”…
Beijing cuisine serves up delicious homestyle cooking from a doughy spicy palette that has almost nothing to do with classic Chinese American fare…
For those of us whose intestinal floral aren’t quite up to genuine Vietnamese street food, there is always this marvelous upscale recreation…
Our second breakfast of the trip shows that the Vietnamese really know how to put on a spread…
