The first in a series of three stupendous June 2021 wine dinners…
A quiet pandemic birthday dinner al fresco at Birdie G’s…
A lovely evening enjoying LA’s covid-spurred embrace of patio dining…
Herein is detailed our first post pandemic Vietnamese crawl — always a great time!
Another awesome sushi meal with some equally (or even more) awesome wines…
Trying out an interesting new Qing Dao Chinese restaurant in the SGV…
Our favorite super far away super delicious Japanese restaurant is still in great form…
Sauvages is really on a roll this year with another awesome lunch…
The winners of past Dirty Dozen blind tasting dinners gather for a grand red “taste off”…
The most epic dinner in over a year — hehe — but seriously this was a pretty incredible dinner at all levels. 71Above really hit the food and service out of the park…
First Sauvages “back in business” is some serious Burgundy business!
Heroic Italian serves as the location for an epic revisitation of the classic 1982 Bordeaux vintage…
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…
