Crazy “Tang Dynasty” dumpling feast in the center of old Xi’an makes for a very unique meal…
I’ve wanted to check out Native, but this was just a little recognizance run…
A hearty feast fit to keep an army of terracotta warriors on the march…
Sunday is SGV Chinese night, but tonight, while we did venture east to the SGV, we mixed it up a little with Indonesia…
Channeling the ghost of Anthony Bourdain I visit the Xi’an Muslim Night Market and explore the wonder of western soup dumplings, lamb burger, spicy tripe, dragon balls, and more…
Another cute Montana Ave spot in its most recent incarnation…
Some of the best Peking Duck I’ve ever had at the Rosewood Beijing’s “recreation” of grandma’s Country Kitchen…
Chef Charles Olalia helms his new upscale Filipino concept out of the gates…
We hit up a popular Beijing style dumpling house for lunch…
Great Izakaya and lots of sake in the old Akbar Santa Monica space…
A quick stop for noodles…
An awesome afternoon of great Italian eats and grand cru Red Burgundy at Amarone on Sunset…
A touristy stop on the way to the Great Wall…
A trip to the valley necessitated a quick lunch, which ended up being this randomly selected Pho place…
Our first night in China starts out by heading straight to the top of the duck pyramid…
We up the ante with a last minute family dinner to Spago…
Antonio Mure’s reboot of Ado into Barrique brings us more yummy Antonio Mure in the same location…
I check off another really excellent Thai-town place from my list, along with the elusive Phuket Crab Curry…
An awesome afternoon and crazy crazy good food down in Garden Grove…
A “first lunch” down in Garden Grove for Vietnamese of both the old and new school varieties…
