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Chicken Crawl – Side Chick

December 6, 2017 | 6 Comments

Part 1 of our epic Hainan Chicken crawl…

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Dirty Dumplings

November 13, 2017 | 0 Comments

Epic dim sum brunch at the best in town coupled with a mega blind tasting of great non-Burgundy French white wines.

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Hatchet Hall Hedonism

November 8, 2017 | 0 Comments

The good times keep on rolling at Hatchet Hall with some of the core members of the “gang”…

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Shaanxi Garden

November 6, 2017 | 2 Comments

Exploring the knife-cut noodles of the western Shaanxi district…

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Chance Meating

November 3, 2017 | 1 Comments

An amazing night of meat paired with giant rare Australian wines like Chris Ringland(s) and the Laird!

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SGV Nights – Seafood Palace

October 27, 2017 | 1 Comments

After a long hiatus for an invisible remodel Seafood Village has “transformed” itself into Seafood Palace — fortunately the food is still great…

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Anhui Whoey?

October 13, 2017 | 2 Comments

We explore the exotic cuisine of Anhui including eggplant with 1,000 year-old egg and the spiciest bowl of cream colored soup I’ve ever had…

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Dirty Dozen Cabernet

October 2, 2017 | 0 Comments

Back to Doma BH for what might be its last gasp and for more pretty good Italian oddly paired with Cabernet…

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Pasta makes me Felix

September 22, 2017 | 2 Comments

Probably the most Italian pasta I’ve had in LA, maybe in the states…

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Dinner at the Palace

September 13, 2017 | 1 Comments

Brentwood actually has a fairly decent Cantonese place!

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Yunnan Garden

June 23, 2017 | 0 Comments

Who knew one of American’s only Yunnan restaurants is just a hop skip and a jump away?

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Grand times at Grand Harbor

June 21, 2017 | 3 Comments

Very good dim sum and White Burgundy meal at a new and over-the-top-decorated

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Dirty Dozen at Doma

June 9, 2017 | 2 Comments

The “soothing white table cloth” Doma is the location for this Bordeaux themed Dirty Dozen blind dinner…

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Duck House – Crawl part 4

June 5, 2017 | 1 Comments

The last stop in our epic Chinese crawl had to be for some Peking Duck…

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Broiling Pit is the Pits – Crawl part 3

June 2, 2017 | 1 Comments

Stop three on our crawl was just not particularly good in an area with so many good places…

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Yay for Yaha – Crawl part 2

May 31, 2017 | 1 Comments

Ultra bargain good Chinese in the far eastern way out…

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Seconds at Chi Spacca

May 29, 2017 | 6 Comments

A special elite dinner of great wines and serious meats…

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Best BBQ Ever?

March 13, 2017 | 2 Comments

Some of the best roast poultry you’re likely to find anywhere!

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Top Island Seafood

January 6, 2017 | 1 Comments

Everyone was craving Peking Duck!

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Phong Dinh Fun

January 2, 2017 | 3 Comments

Everything from snails to boar Yarom shot at our annual Phong Dinh dinner…

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