I’m just addicted to Chinese food — good Chinese food at least — and Peking Duck is kind of like that other thing, even when it’s bad, it’s good…
The perfect cool confection after some blistering hot Chinese food, a little gooey shaved ice in lots of flavors…
Newcomer Maru Sushi boldly melds Japanese flavors with Western dishes and a bevy of local ingredients…
Chengdu Taste serves up dishes of startling peppercorn clarity. The blend of Szechuan Peppercorn and Heaven Facing Pepper delivers an all encompassing heat that is as much religion as food…
We explore some of Italy’s best wines (and our fair share of food) at Terroni’s gorgeous new downtown space…
Twenty-three of us cram into two tiny tables in the SGV to enjoy some of SoCal’s best Peking Duck — and a whole lot more…
Another amazing night with Chef Kevin of Kali Dining. Lobes of foie gras and Chateau D’YQuem, it doesn’t get better than that…
Yarom found this hole in the wall Szechuan joint wandering around one of the San Gabriel Valley mini malls, and wow, did it turn out to offer up some fantastic traditional spicy fare…
LA has the best Japanese food in America, perhaps outside of Japan, and we have so much variety. Despite over 20 trips to Japan I’ve never had Tsukemen dipping ramen… and it’s oh so good…
Chiu Chow is a Southern Chinese ingredient driven regional cuisine that often features seafood — particularly the famed Chiu Chow Garlic Crab! Good thing we have some in LA.
LA has long been a fusion capital, but “Kalbi Sausage Hotdog” or “Spam Musubi Ball”? Let’s see if fat does equal flavor!
Santa Monica stable Ocean Avenue Seafood has rebooted as Water Grill Santa Monica. Lets see how that’s working…
The most epic Hedonist wine dinner yet! Over 25 wines, mostly Red Burgundy, including 6 DRCs, and others from Leroy, Jayer, Roumier and the like… Wow!
The Square serves up first rate English ingredients in modern French and Italian style…
The Hedonists sample some of the bold and balanced Punjabi flavors prepared by chef Avi Kapoor. Oh, and we brought the wine!
Can every course feature Uni? Kali Dining proves that the spiky echinoderm sure can deliver the goods…
A long hedonistic night! First some epic Spanish with lots of wine. Then off for even more grape goodies afterward…
The Hedonists go for the Goat-so at Tar and Roses, tossing back incredible wines and chowing down on some slow cooked roast goat…
Back to the SGV for some incredible Shanghai-style dim sum. Yum! Yum!
Far east in LA for far eastern food. Sure the drive took over two hours with traffic, but it was worth it…
