In recent months I’ve had quite the education in Vietnamese food — centered around a two week trip to Vietnam, but East Borough isn’t so far afield: downtown Culver city…
The show tackles one of the most complex battles actually described in the books. Does it do it justice?
Who says Vietnamese food has to be traditional? Some chefs are really mixing it up…
For our final dinner in Vietnam we head out to another “high end street food” restaurant, this time run by Didier Corlou a French chef who married a Vietnamese woman…
George R R Martin has a real talent for reversals. His basic mode of operation is to make you fall for the characters and then jerk their fortunes up and down…
Sweetbreads, tongue, feet, tail, this meal covers just about every part of the cow you might (or might not) have had…
In Hanoi we explore the fancier side of Vietnamese dining…
Hanoi continues to impress, both for frenetic traffic and for its fine dining…
I’ve been wanting to sample Wolvesmouth for years and I finally got the opportunity…
This unique gem in the San Gabriel Valley is family owned, upscale, tiny, chef driven and elaborate. And it’s Mexican food!
One of my favorite episodes yet this season, just full of razor sharp dialog…
Nearly every protein at this awesome 12 course Italian feast was from an animal that Yarom shot! Talk about bringing home the bacon…
Breakfast buffet at Vietnam’s grandest old hotel…
A great episode, particularly the second half. The first covers most of the bits and pieces left out of last week, but the second focuses on Tyrion, and as we all know, that means good times — well, perhaps not for the Imp — but certainly for us loyal watchers of this brilliant combination of character and actor brought to life…
The Hedonists devour another mega-meal at the brand new Smoke Oil Salt tapas bar and eatery — washed down with a whole bunch of Unicos!
As a Burgundy nut, a often forget all the Châteauneuf-du-Pape in my cellar, but it’s really great stuff — and so consistent…
All and all, a solid episode. Perhaps not as good as Oathkeeper, but really some good work on the Cersei, Sansa, and Jon timelines. More Arya. More Arya!
Another mega-bday feast at Korean Chinese favorite Shin Beijing, featuring crab, lobster, peking ducks and the fattiest pork this side of the Pacific…
XLB Soup dumplings, har gow, lobster noodles, and so much more…
All the best swords have names, and so it is with this episode. This isn’t at first glance a flashy episode full of big events, but it is a pivotal one…