A Hedonist house party with home cooked Laotian food and a dizzying array of wines — par for the course!
Another crazy birthday bash — this time at brand new Italian steakhouse Pistola…
For decades, Empress Pavilion has been a Grande Dame of LAs Chinatown scene, offering up Cantonese and Cantonese American fare…
A great night with some really top notch wines and tasty wine-friendly gastropub food…
Beijing Tasty House is a newcomer to the busy SGV Chinese Restaurant scene, offering up a wide variety of Beijing and Western Chinese specialties…
41 Ocean is a members only private club located in a historic 1920s building on Ocean Avenue. But can it handle 30 hedonists?
Another upscale Szechuan place opens in the SGV (Chuan’s). We are just so blessed with a bounty of peppery goodness…
This peculiar Chinese/Korean hybrid in K-Town serves up seriously yummy fare at great prices…
Enter the Dirty Dozen, the new Hedonist blind tasting club…
Suckling pig, crazy dry ice lobster, deep fried bullfrog, and other Cantonese goodies…
How can it be? Less than a week and another mega hedonist house party!
A stunning combo of amazing setting, country French food, and the best Burgundy. Enter to see Hedonism at its finest…
Is it the sequel to Heavy Metal the Movie or a Chinese hole-in-the-wall specializing in homemade noodles?
More fiery goodness out in the SGV as we sample some “impressive chili oil”…
The hills above Beverly Hills forms the spectacular setting for some amazing and authentic Pakistani cooking…
OMG, this was one epic dinner, 20+ people, probably a whole cow worth of beef, and perhaps 40 wines!
One of the San Gabriel Valley’s premier Chinese restaurants launches a new Beverly Hills branch and the Hedonists are there before it even opens…
Our summer blind tasting at master host Eric’s Malibu pad…
Back to Akbar for more top flight and unusual Indian — and wine of course!
Singaporean Chili Crab is just one of those amazing dishes, and not easy to come by outside of its homeland. Plus we threw done 30+ wines!