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…
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…
