Smaller more casual Shanghai restaurant by the owners of Shanghai #1 Seafood Village…
Arguably the “fanciest” Dirty Dozen location yet…
This was the perfect place to return to sushi post lockdown with a ridiculously epic lineup of fish…
The incredible House of the Borgese’s is a fitting “return to form” after over a year not going out…
The post-lockdown post-vaccination dabble back into fine dining deserves something really epic…
To end this dreadful year and “celebrate” the start of yet another pandemic year I ordered the special New Year’s meal from one of my favorites, Melisse…
After a two month hiatus from any kind of “fine dining” (even by limited lockdown standards) the draw of Alinea lured me into another excellent Vespertine takeout meal…
An elaborate Japanese-style Corona-era takeout dinner from master chef Jordan Khan with a bunch of great Burgundy…
Check out this online round table I participated in. Four of us fantasy authors and video game fans gabbing for an hour — but lots of fun.
An awesome Bordeaux lunch at A.O.C. before sealing in for a bit to avoid the Coronavirus…
The Foodie Club is always trying out new sushi joints and this one proved to be one of the best we’ve been to in a long time.
For our third week in a row we go all the way out to Rowland Heights to enjoy some of the latest in SGV Chinese…
A seemingly boring Szechuan reboot turns into a super interesting teleport to the far east…
Adding yet another top KBBQ place in Koreatown to the roster…
The Lunch Quest crew hauls to Pasadena to try out a Tony new dim sum place called… Chef Tony…
My friend John did a fabulous job organizing this fun and educational journey into the world of Penfolds…
A couple of us drove an hour east to try out this new style of Chengdu “skewer” hot pot and had a blast of a time slurping down some duck intestine and the like…
The blind tasting sub group of the hedonists, the Dirty Dozen, crushes Lawry’s with a blind tasting of 2000 and older Bordeaux…
A composite review of one of Garden Grove’s best Vietnamese places based on several visits…
As part of our “Double Duck” night and also part of a larger Peking Duck adventure, we drove all the way out to City of Industry to try out this fabulous slightly modern Beijing Duck place…
