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…
We explore some of Italy’s best wines (and our fair share of food) at Terroni’s gorgeous new downtown space…
Another amazing night with Chef Kevin of Kali Dining. Lobes of foie gras and Chateau D’YQuem, it doesn’t get better than that…
Yarom found this hole in the wall Szechuan joint wandering around one of the San Gabriel Valley mini malls, and wow, did it turn out to offer up some fantastic traditional spicy fare…
Chiu Chow is a Southern Chinese ingredient driven regional cuisine that often features seafood — particularly the famed Chiu Chow Garlic Crab! Good thing we have some in LA.
The most epic Hedonist wine dinner yet! Over 25 wines, mostly Red Burgundy, including 6 DRCs, and others from Leroy, Jayer, Roumier and the like… Wow!
The Hedonists sample some of the bold and balanced Punjabi flavors prepared by chef Avi Kapoor. Oh, and we brought the wine!