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Thai Tour – Palms Thai

October 3, 2023 | 0 Comments

Some blow out the colon spicy Thai in Thai Town…

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Pavie at BOA

September 16, 2023 | 0 Comments

A solid lineup of Pavies at “easy to organize but not that great” B.O.A. steakhouse…

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All Day at 888

September 11, 2023 | 0 Comments

Nothing like a 7 hour “double Superbowl meal!” in the giant private room!

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I don’t think that word means what you think it means

August 6, 2023 | 0 Comments

Some hit or miss SGV Cantonese along with a whole lotta Champagne…

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Aussie at Locanda Veneta

June 12, 2023 | 0 Comments

After several years I return to this hedonist haunt, drawn in by the temptation of lots of Grange…

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Big at Bistro Na

May 26, 2023 | 0 Comments

Two meals at Bistro Na — one in the private room and one not — provide contrast even if the food doesn’t always do so…

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Borgese’s go Bille Boo

May 14, 2023 | 2 Comments

An amazing Billecart-Salmon winemaker dinner at the incomparable Borgeses – decked out in full Halloween finery…

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What’s All the Fuss About?

May 6, 2023 | 0 Comments

Anajak has a LOT of buzz about it. It’s a Thai place on Ventura in the valley and it’s one of the hardest reservations in the city to get…

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Jitalda 2022 Update

May 3, 2023 | 0 Comments

An awesome return visit to Jitlada to hang out with our friend Jazz and to “check in” on how tasty their food is in 2022.

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OOToro Double

March 21, 2023 | 1 Comments

Three giant asian wine meals in 24 hours — by number three I was starting to leak at the seams…

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Major Major Major

March 13, 2023 | 0 Comments

Awesome blow out at Majordomo where we ate an entire farm and swilled way too much high extraction grape juice…

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Far East – Beijing Tasty House

March 10, 2023 | 0 Comments

For the “meat” of our crawl (the larger finishing meal) we ended up at the far east (Rowland Heights) branch of Beijing Tasty House…

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Home Sweet Spicy Home

March 8, 2023 | 2 Comments

We added Spicy Home to our crawl because we needed someplace that’s actually good!

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Quick Eats – Peking Restaurant

March 4, 2023 | 2 Comments

Some terrible “Peking” Duck way out west in this fossil…

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Big Night at Capital

February 25, 2023 | 1 Comments

An incredible (early) dinner at local favorite Capital Seafood…

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Dirty Dozen semi Grand

February 21, 2023 | 0 Comments

Dirty Dozen Rose Champ night at Grand Harbor…

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Not all Dim Sum are Created Equal

February 11, 2023 | 0 Comments

The dim sum lunch part of our two part summer Chinese food parlay…

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Tai Siu is New

December 11, 2022 | 0 Comments

Our favorite SGV Cambodian has a new location but perhaps even better food…

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Crustacean Again?

November 16, 2022 | 0 Comments

Another awesome totally unique wine dinner at BH fusion favorite Crustacean…

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Lawry’s Chateauneuf

November 11, 2022 | 1 Comments

Returning here after the pandemic finds it a bit reduced but mostly timeless — but this was the bestest of dinners because I won!

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