Hedonists

I belong to a food and wine club know as Yarom and the Hedonists that meets a couple times a week for serious eating and drinking. It’s a fairly open group and the only conditions are that the food is delicious and that each person brings a great (and appropriate bottle of wine). Most of the time we have 10-20 people and we really take over a restaurant and go to town. It’s all great fun. If this kind of thing appeals to you the Meetup for the group can be found here.

You can always find the main FOOD INDEX on the right sidebar (the knife and fork icon), and this hedonist index has a link lower down the sidebar labeled as “Hedonists” You can also see inline all the Hedonist posts by clicking here.

Hedonist Dinners

(click links below for detailed photo reviews)

888 Seafood	Cantonese Chinese
8 BBQ	Korean Pork BBQ
Akbar (meal 1)	Indian
Akbar (meal 2)	Indian
Akbar (meal 3)	Indian
Akbar (meal 4)	Indian
Akbar (meal 5 – 2016)	Indian
Kapoor’s Akbar (meal 6 – 2018)	Indian
Alexander’s	Steakhouse
Andrew Greene	New American
Awash	Ethiopian
Azeen’s Afghani (meal 1)	Afghan
Azeen’s Afghani (meal 2)	Afghan
Azeen’s Afghani (meal 3)	Afghan
Babita Mexicuisine	Modern Mexican
Banana Leaf	Indonesian
Barrel & Ashes	American BBQ
Bavel	Modern Middle Eastern
Beijing Duck House	Beijing Chinese
Beijing Restaurant	Beijing Chinese
Beijing Tasty House	Beijing Chinese
Boa Hollywood (harlan)	Steakhouse
Boa Santa Monica	Steakhouse
Boiling Crab	Cajun
Dinner at the Borgese’s (meal 1)	Modern Italian American
Dinner at the Borgese’s (meal 2 – boar)	Modern Italian American
Dinner at the Borgese’s (meal 4)	Modern Italian American
Dinner at the Borgese’s (meal 7)	Modern Italian American
Boston Lobster	Cantonese/South East Chinese
Broiling Pit	Chinese BBQ
Capital Seafood (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
Charcoal Venice	New American Grill
Chengdu Taste (pleasure palette)	Szechuan Chinese
Chevy Bday 2016	Misc
Chi Spacca	Italian Steakhouse
China Red	Cantonese Chinese
China Taste	Anhui Chinese
Chong Qing Special Noodles	Szechuan Chinese
Chuan’s	Szechuan Chinese
Chuan Ren Bai Wei	Szechuan/Beijing Chinese
Cotsen’s July 2013	American
Cotsen’s August 2014	American
Cotsen’s July 2015	American
Cotsen’s October 2015	American
Cotsen’s July 2016	American
Crustacean	Vietnamese Fusion
Crustacean	Vietnamese Fusion
Crustacean (Dirty Dozen)	Vietnamese Fusion
Crustacean (Jan 2022)	Vietnamese Fusion
Crustacean (Apr 2022)	Vietnamese Fusion
Cui Hua Lou (pleasure palette 2013)	Szechuan Chinese
Cui Hua Lou (2014)	Szechuan Chinese
Cui Hua Lou (2016)	Szechuan Chinese
Cui Hua Lou (2018)	Szechuan Chinese
Caffe Dehab	Egyptian
The Dal Rae	American
Dà Lat Rose	Vietnamese Modern
Daniel Benhaim	Modern American
Dama Fashion District	Modern Spanish / Mexican
Daw Yee Myanmar Corner	Myanmar Cuisine
Del Frisco’s Grille (Dirty Dozen)	Commercial Steakhouse
Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse	Commercial Steakhouse
Dha Rae Oak	Korean BBQ / Duck
Doma (Dirty Dozen)	Italian
Doma (Dirty Dozen)	Italian
Doma (Dirty Dozen)	Italian
Drago Centro	Italian
Duck House	Peking Duck House
Elite Restaurant	Cantonese
Elite Restaurant (Dirty Dozen)	Cantonese
Elite Restaurant (Dirty Dozen)	Cantonese
Esso Mediterranean Bistro (2012)	Syrian
Esso Mediterranean Bistro (2016)	Syrian
Esso Mediterranean Bistro (2018)	Syrian
Eva’s Lechon	Filipino
Felix	Italian
Feng Mao	Korean
Gloria’s Cafe	Mexican and Salvadoran
Gorge at Adam’s	New American
Grand Harbor (Dirty Dozen 1)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Grand Harbor (Dirty Dozen 2)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Grand Harbor (Dirty Dozen 3)	Cantonese Chinese
Il Grano (boar)	Modern Italian
Il Grano (boar & more)	Modern Italian
Guan Dong Da Yuan	North Eastern Chinese
Gusto	Italian
GV Yummy	Qing Dao Chinese Chinese
Gwang Yang	Korean BBQ
Gwen	Modern Steakhouse
Hamji Park	Korean Pork BBQ
Happy Duck	Beijing Chinese
Happy Table	Northern/Central Chinese
Hatchet Hall	New American
Henry’s Cuisine	Hong Kong Chinese
Holly’s BBQ	Jamaican
Hot Pot Hot Pot	Mongolian Hot Pot
Hunan Chili King	Hunan Chinese
Hunan Restaurant	Hunan Chinese
Hunan Style Restaurant	Hunan Chinese
Hoy-Ka Thai Noodle	Thai
Ilana’s	Russian Home Cooking
Izakaya Akatora	Japanese Fusion
JiRaffe	French American
Ji Rong	Beijing Chinese
Jitlada (meal 1)	Thai
Jitlada (meal 2)	Thai
Jitlada (meal 3)	Thai
Jitlada (Sep 2016)	Thai
Jitlada (Nov 2017)	Thai
Jitlada (May 2019)	Thai
JTYH Heavy Noodle II	Western Chinese
Kali Dining	Modern American
Kang Ho-dong Baekjeong	Korean BBQ
King Hua	Cantonese Dim Sum
Lana’s Spring 2013	New American
Lana’s Fall 2014	Creole
Laotian at Roses	Laotian
Lao Sze Chuan	Szechuan Chinese
Lawry’s The Prime Rib (Dirty Dozen)	Steakhouse
Lazy Ox Canteen	Modern American
Leona	American Small Plates
Italian at Roses (Linda di Franco)	Italian
Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot	Mongolian Hot Pot
Locanda Veneta (Dirty Dozen)	Italian
Locanda Veneta (aussie)	Italian
Long Xing Juicy Dumpling	Northern Chinese Dumplings
Lotus of Siam	Thai
Lucky Noodle King	Szechuan Chinese
Lunasia	Cantonese Chinese
Majordomo (Aug 2019)	Korean Fusion
Majordomo (Aug 2022)	Korean Fusion
MaLu Bian Bian Hot Pot	Chengdu Hot Pot
Osteria Mamma	Italian
Mandovi	Goan Indian
Marino Ristorante	Modern Italian
Meat on Ocean	Steakhouse
Meat on Ocean (Dirty Dozen)	Steakhouse
Mei Long Village	Shanghai Chinese
Mercado	Mexican
Michael’s on Naples (meal 1)	Italian
Michael’s on Naples (meal 2)	Italian
Mirak	Korean Goat BBQ
Miro	Contemporary American Italian
Mizlala	Modern Middle Eastern
NBC Seafood	Cantonese Chinese
NC Peking Duck	Northern / Beijing Chinese
New Bay Seafood	Hong Kong Chinese
New Bay Seafood (last dinner)	Hong Kong Chinese
New Century Lobster	Southern Chinese
New Port Seafood	Chinese
New Port Seafood Beverly Hills	Chinese
Night + Market Song	Thai
Noorani Burstein	Pakistani
41 Ocean	New American
Officine Brera	Modern Italian
Oliverio	Italian
OOToro (meal 1 – July 2016)	Stunt Sushi
OOToro (meal 2 – Nov 2016)	Stunt Sushi
OOToro (meal 3 – Nov 2017)	Stunt Sushi
OOToro (meal 4 – May 2018)	Stunt Sushi
OOToro (meal 5 – Jan 2019)	Stunt Sushi
OOToro (meal 6 – Oct 2019)	Stunt Sushi
OOToro (meal 7 – May 2021)	Stunt Sushi
OOToro (meal 8 – Dec 2021)	Stunt Sushi
OOToro (meal 9 – Aug 2022)	Stunt Sushi
La Paella (meal 1)	Spanish
La Paella (meal 2)	Spanish
La Paella (meal 3 – Unico)	Spanish
Pailin Thai	Northern Thai
The Palace (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
Petros	Greek
Phoenicia	Lebanese
Phong Dinh (meal 1)	Vietnamese
Phong Dinh (meal 2)	Vietnamese
Phong Dinh (meal 3)	Vietnamese
Phong Dinh (meal 4)	Vietnamese
Providence (Burgundy)	Cal French
Pistola	Italian Steakhouse
Renu Nakorn	Northern Thai
Republique	Contemporary French
Rice Yummy	Shanghai Chinese
The Royce	Steakhouse
Ruen Pair	Thai
Saddle Peak Lodge (meal 1)	Modern American
Saddle Peak Lodge (meal 2)	Modern American
Saddle Peak Lodge (meal 3)	Modern American
Saddle Peak Lodge (meal 4)	Modern American
Saddle Peak Lodge (meal 5)	Modern American
Saddle Peak Lodge (meal 6)	Modern American
Saddle Peak Lodge (meal 7)	Modern American
Saddle Peak Lodge (meal 8)	Modern American
Sasoon Bakery	Armenian
Salju Dessert	Taiwanese Shave Ice
Sáu Can Tho (Dec 2019)	Vietnamese
Sáu Can Tho (Dec 2021)	Vietnamese
Seafood Village	Chiu Chow Chinese
Seafood Palace	Chiu Chow Chinese
Sham Tseng (valley blvd)	Cantonese Chinese
Sham Tseng (garvey ave)	Cantonese Chinese
Shaanxi Garden	North Western Chinese
Shaanxi Gourmet	North Western Chinese
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village (dinner 1)	Shanghai Chinese
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village (brunch)	Shanghai Dim Sum
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village (dinner 2)	Shanghai Chinese
Shanghailander Palace (Hacienda Heights)	Shanghai Chinese
Shanghailander Palace (Arcadia)	Shanghai Chinese
Shin Beijing (meal 1)	Korean Chinese
Shin Beijing (meal 2)	Korean Chinese
Shin Beijing (meal 3)	Korean Chinese
Skaf’s Lebanese Cuisine (hedonists)	Lebanese
Smoke Oil Salt (meal 1)	Spanish
Smoke Oil Salt (meal 2)	Spanish
Smoke Oil Salt (meal 3)	Spanish
Southern Mini Town (lunch)	Shanghai Chinese
Starry Kitchen	Singaporean
Spicy BBQ	Thai
Spicy Moment V2.0	Szechuan Chinese
STK (meal 1)	Steakhouse
STK (meal 2)	Steakhouse
STK (meal 3 – Bordeaux)	Steakhouse
Sri Siam	Thai
Szechuan Impression (West LA)	Szechuan Chinese
Szechuan Impression (Tustin)	Szechuan Chinese
Taberna Arros y Vi	Spanish
Tagine	Modern Moroccan
Tai Sui (Mar 2015)	Cambodian
Tai Sui (May 2022)	Cambodian
Tang Gong	Cantonese Chinese
Tar & Roses (goat 1)	New American
Tar & Roses (goat 2)	New American
Tasty Dining	Wuhan Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 1)	Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 2)	Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 3)	Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 4 – 2016)	Chinese
Taylor’s Steakhouse (Dirty Dozen)	Steakhouse
Terroni	Italian
Top Island Seafood	Cantonese Chinese
Totoraku (meal 1)	Japanese Yakiniku
Totoraku (meal 2)	Japanese Yakiniku
Totoraku (meal 3)	Japanese Yakiniku
Totoraku (meal 4)	Japanese Yakiniku
Totoraku (meal 5 – 2014)	Japanese Yakiniku
Totoraku (meal 6 – 2015)	Japanese Yakiniku
Totoraku (meal 7 – 2016)	Japanese Yakiniku
Traktir	Russian
Watergrill (Dirty Dozen)	American Seafood
Waterloo & City	Gastropub
World Seafood Restaurant (brunch)	Cantonese Chinese / Dim Sum
Valentino (lala)	Italian
Yaha	Northern Chinese
Yanbian Restaurant (meal 1)	Yanbian Chinese
Yanbian Restaurant (meal 2)	Yanbian Chinese
Yangji Gamjatang	Korean
Yunnan Garden	Yunnan Chinese