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The Royce

February 7, 2020 | 1 Comments

An awesome evening of Grange and other “hearty reds” at Pasadena’s The Royce steakhouse…

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888 Seafood – Banquet

February 3, 2020 | 1 Comments

Every Sunday in December 2019 included a different SGV adventure and this is the first, featuring some whole pig and other assorted Cantonese delicacies…

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Dirty Dozen at Capital Seafood

January 13, 2020 | 0 Comments

Second time in the same weekend for a huge banquet at Capital Seafood Beverly Hills — this time a Dirty Dozen blind Champagne tasting with a menu designed by moi…

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OC Viet Crawl – The Sequel

December 23, 2019 | 0 Comments

Another juicy 5 stop mega-crawl down in Westminster where we sample not one, not two, but five awesome Vietnamese places in one day!

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Da Lat Rose – A Gastrobiography

December 16, 2019 | 0 Comments

The Hedonists soft open the new Dà Lat Rose, a gorgeous high end second restaurant above Crustacean in Beverly Hills…

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Mao for Me

November 22, 2019 | 0 Comments

Yet another meal with more Korean/Chinese goodies at KTown’s Feng Mao…

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Jiang Nan Spring

October 25, 2019 | 0 Comments

The LA Times poses the question “Does Jiang Nan Spring have the SGV’s best Shanghainese food?” — Yarom and I go to find out…

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Dinner at the Borgese’s

October 16, 2019 | 12 Comments

Possible dinner of the year is this amazing home-cooked Santa Monica epic meal with some crazy great wines…

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Skaf’s Lebanese Cuisine

October 14, 2019 | 0 Comments

We pretty much try every standard Lebanese dish in one go here at Glendale’s Skaf’s…

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Ring in Tang Gong

September 30, 2019 | 1 Comments

If a major new “made to order” dimsum place is opening, we are of course there to try it!

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Hedonistic Majordomo

September 23, 2019 | 0 Comments

A fourth great meal at Majordomo. This place not only has amazing food but its super wine (and gelato) friendly…

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Mandarin Plaza Crawl

September 18, 2019 | 3 Comments

Two epic crawls in one week! 6 Chinese restaurants in one afternoon. Over 35 dishes for 8 people! All in the same plaza!

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Little Saigon Mega Crawl

September 16, 2019 | 5 Comments

All day, 6 spot exploration of Vietnamese treasures down south in the Garden Grove / Westminster area…

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Bubbe’s Kitchen – Traktir

September 11, 2019 | 0 Comments

Herring, salmon, perogies, stuffed cabbage, oh my!

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Thai Tour – Jitlada

June 23, 2019 | 3 Comments

Our Thai Tour concludes at longtime Hedonist favorite and all-around amazing Jitlada…

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Thai Tour – Night+Market Song

June 19, 2019 | 0 Comments

Our Thai Tour had to include this most authentic of the hipster Thai chain…

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Shanghailander Arcadia

June 14, 2019 | 1 Comments

More insanely great Shanghai cuisine in Arcadia…

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Thai Tour – Pailin Thai

June 12, 2019 | 0 Comments

The Thai Tour continues with Pailin Thai — one of the best and most interesting Northern Thai places I’ve tried of late…

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Dirty Dozen at Water Grill

June 10, 2019 | 0 Comments

The latest Dirty Dozen White dinner is Young White Burgundy themed…

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Kings at Crustacean

June 9, 2019 | 11 Comments

Amazing blockbuster meal at Crustacean after over a decade…

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