Over 30 wines (including 3 Lalas), a bunch of Armenian food, and even a whole stuffed roast lamb…
We return to Shanghai #1 Seafood Village for another lavish Shanghai style banquet, this time with whole pig leg…
Another week, another Hedonist Chinese extravaganza in the SGV. Up this time, Lunasia, usually known for its all day dimsum. But tonight we’re here for Cantonese banquet…
Too cool, the Hedonists go old school out to the outer reaches of LA county (or beyond?) for some midcentury dining and almost twenty 99-100 point wines!
A 21 course Szechuan feast? Now there is a hedonistic assault on the senses! Experience one of China’s more exotic and spicy cuisines…
The San Gabriel Valley offers a near endless bounty of fabulous Chinese. New Bay Seafood serves up a bounty of Hong Kong / Chiu Chow style seafood and roast meats, and it really is a bounty…
Azeen’s Afghani in Pasadena continues to offer up the amazing flavors of this unusual crossroads. Influences from Persia, China, India, Greece, and the Middle East all muddle together into a delicious mix…
Our final Hedonist outing of 2013 sees us snarfing up snails in curry sauce, Yarom’s home-shot deer sausage and boar curry, and even a bit of roast goat…
Michael’s on Naples hosts our final “fancy” Hedonist event of the year, and oh boy, was this a doozy, with 15+ world class Italian dishes, 20 fab wines, and even a girl-on-girl make-out session!
Many people consider Newport Seafood one of the best Chinese restaurants in Southern California. Certainly, they have some of the biggest crabs!
The Hedonists finish the year with a series of huge events, including this all First Growth Bordeaux steak dinner…
Twice a year we Hedonists climb into the mountains for some serious good times at Saddle Peak Lodge. And what better to go with game meat than… red wine!
LA has a lot of good Italian, and this Roman-style meal at Gusto just adds one more great new place to the pile. 20 bottles of wine didn’t hurt either…
Ron’s 70th birthday provides the excuse for another of the biggest and baddest Hedonist blowouts yet. This is some serious wine, some serious steak, and some serious crab…
Who says Mexican isn’t wine friendly?
An event so big it spanned two nights, the Hedonists down what much be several whole cows at LA’s premier beef place — and did we mention the wines?
Time to skewer up an entire whole pig, peel back the skin, and go to town. Throw in some other Filipino delicacies, 25 Hedonists, and a whole lot of wine…
I’m just addicted to Chinese food — good Chinese food at least — and Peking Duck is kind of like that other thing, even when it’s bad, it’s good…
The perfect cool confection after some blistering hot Chinese food, a little gooey shaved ice in lots of flavors…
Chengdu Taste serves up dishes of startling peppercorn clarity. The blend of Szechuan Peppercorn and Heaven Facing Pepper delivers an all encompassing heat that is as much religion as food…
