Category Archive: food

Silver Lake: Naya Indian Restaurant

    A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to check out the sleek new Naya Sunset restaurant and Naya Lounge. The Indian restaurant replaced Tantra, another Indian restaurant. With new owners… Continue reading

Fried Chicken Crawl Recap

  The Fried Chicken Crawl on Sunday started off at Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles. I love that my co-host Hungry Hungry Hanh showed the ultimate spirit by wearing a What’s Up,… Continue reading

SGV: Green Island

After a quickie trip to Vegas, I find myself invariably eating a restorative meal in the San Gabriel Valley. I wanted noodles to erase the terribly expensive memory of the duck soup noodles… Continue reading

Silver Lake: New Cocktails at Cliff’s Edge

The Bar at Cliff’s Edge recently introduced their new Winter cocktails. I was invited a couple of weeks ago for a tasting.     The Bitter Pill (Zaya rum, Fernet Branca, lime juice,… Continue reading

Pasadena: Korean BBQ at Gaon

  Following a concert, we wanted to stay local but I really wanted Korean food. I had wanted to try Gaon for a while, hoping it would be a good spot since I… Continue reading

West LA: Back at Sotto

  A couple of weeks ago, the Dapper Diner was in town and we went back and forth on where to go for dinner. We decided on Sotto where I talked up the… Continue reading

DTLA: The Gorbals

It’s been a little while since I’ve talked about the Gorbals. After the grand pig’s head dinner last December (I can’t believe it’s been a year!), my extreme foodie ways had me sampling… Continue reading

Culver City: New Cocktails at City Tavern

  City Tavern may be generally known as a gastropub with many fine craft beers but they have been working on their cocktail list and I was invited to try the new late… Continue reading

Eating Live Seafood at Wassada with the Gastronauts

A few months ago, I joined the Gastronauts, an adventurous eating club. I hadn’t been able to go to any of the suppers until a few weeks ago. I had always wanted to… Continue reading

Arcadia: Din Tai Fung

Oddly, I thought I had written about Din Tai Fung ages ago but it appears I’ve been remiss and only referred to it in other juicy dumplings posts.  Heck, I might even have… Continue reading