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Thai Tour – Spicy BBQ

June 3, 2019 | 0 Comments

My second stop on our extensive tour of highly recommended LA Thai places…

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Double Eagle is Pretty Standard

May 13, 2019 | 3 Comments

Del Frisco’s has opened a new “high end” mega steakhouse in Century City — a mere 15,000 square feet!

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Szechuan Impression Tustin

May 10, 2019 | 0 Comments

The hedonists slog down deep behind the Orange Curtain to visit the Sichuan Impression flagship branch…

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Black Goat at Mirak

May 6, 2019 | 0 Comments

Discover yet another exotic corner of authentic Korea town with Mirak’s famous Black Goat dishes…

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Phoenicia – Hookah Time

May 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

Late night patio dining, and (for some) aping the caterpillar, at downtown Glendale’s Phoenicia…

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On Fire at Charcoal

April 5, 2019 | 0 Comments

Super wines and super food at one of the west side’s best grills…

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Thai Tour – Sri Siam

March 11, 2019 | 1 Comments

Exploring one of the valley’s most authentic tiny strip mall Thai joints…

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OOToro Five O

February 25, 2019 | 0 Comments

OOToro may be far but it’s amazingly good sushi — some of the LA area’s best…

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8 (Million) Ways to BBQ in LA

February 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

An awesome Christmas Eve where we explore 9 flavors of pork belly BBQ — year it’s named after 8 but actually they have 9…

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Molto Miro

January 25, 2019 | 0 Comments

We venture Downtown to open up a whole mess of great wine over pizza, pasta, and meats at our friend Sandi’s place, Miro…

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Nothing Boring about Bavel

January 21, 2019 | 0 Comments

Bavel is a new Modern Middle Eastern place from the Bestia people — and like that place it’s hip and crowded…

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So Many Palaces, So Few Sundays

December 24, 2018 | 2 Comments

Tony Lau usually does another great Cantonese banquet in November and this year is no exception…

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Capital Dim Sum

December 3, 2018 | 4 Comments

Solid traditional, made to order Cantonese dimsum in Beverly Hills…

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Szechuan Impression West

December 1, 2018 | 2 Comments

Real top notch modern (home-style) Szechuan cuisine opens up in West LA!

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Derek moved to China Red

November 20, 2018 | 1 Comments

Supporting our friend Derek at China Red by gobbling up lots and lots of great Cantonese food…

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Driving to Daw Yee

November 14, 2018 | 0 Comments

I venture all the way across town in rush hour to experience a variety of flavors from Myanmar…

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No Drama at Dama

November 12, 2018 | 0 Comments

Totally awesome night downtown with just six of us, crazy good wines, and tremendous quantities of good food from Dama…

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Aleppo Style

November 7, 2018 | 0 Comments

My third Hedonist trip to Esso for an epic Syrian feast…

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NBC Seafood – Best Ever?

October 22, 2018 | 0 Comments

Another amazing Cantonese banquet meal in the SGV with Tony Lau including King Crab, Suckling Pig, etc…

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Back in the USA – Dha Rae Oak

October 17, 2018 | 0 Comments

We venture into the depths of k-town to sample 3 kinds of duck, including the famous clay pot stuffed duck…

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