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…
The Hedonists ride east to the SGV again, this time for some pickled pigs feet, duck necks, and a giant fish head smothered in chilies…
For you wine geeks out there I have consolidated various Burgundy vintage scores from the web into a single chart…
Just sixteen wines and seventeen courses of food! Plus some of the grapes were older than I am…
Another week, another epic Hedonist dinner. This time on the Malibu cost with a bevy of great food, people, and wine…
A tasting menu at what some people consider England’s finest restaurant, the 2 Michelin Star home of chef Raymond Blanc…
My wife and I return to one of Santa Monica’s best pizzerias for some more tossed dough balls…