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…
We decided to try some new Peking Duck places in the “Far East” SGV and this was first on the “hit list”…
Tony Lau takes lets us in on yet another great Cantonese find…
Checking out Brentwood’s better answer to the Cheesecake Factory…
Third time is even more of the charm at the amazing House of Borgese…
My third Jadot winemaker dinner was an amazing foray into their wines, young and old…
