Category Archive: restaurant reviews

From the Mouths of Wolves

scallop. broccoli. kumquat. chervil. I first ran across Craig Thornton of  Wolvesmouth when I read his post sometime in February about reflective cooking. I remember thinking how beautiful the post was. Not a… Continue reading

Ludobites 5.0

Ludobites, we meet again. For Ludobites 5.0, I didn’t have a meal until the last week. In fact, today is the last night of Ludobites 5.0. As a testament to Chef Ludo’s success,… Continue reading

The Tropical Truck: Taste of the Island

There’s a reason why I never chase food trucks, they’re everywhere! On Tuesday, I was going to try a truck that a friend said was really good. No, not just really good, really,… Continue reading

Pico KOSHER Crawl Recap

On Sunday, I co-hosted a Kosher crawl along Pico with Food Marathon. We met recently and exchanged ideas about the kinds of crawls and marathons we wanted to do in the future. When… Continue reading

Back to Waterloo & City

About a month ago, I tried out more items from Waterloo & City. Although I thought my first meal there was fine, I left feeling vaguely unsatisfied. Where was the pizazz everyone’s been… Continue reading

Jitlada Update- Stay Southern

By now, most people know to go to Jitlada for the Southern Thai dishes on the back two pages of the menu. There you’ll find flavor country. I was at Jitlada a couple… Continue reading

Test Kitchen: Cebiche Night

My second time at Test Kitchen this past Monday featured ceviche or “cebiche” from Ricardo Zarate as listed on the website. Chef Ricardo is the chef at both Wabi Sabi and Mo-Chica. He… Continue reading

Casita del Campo

There’s been a lot of buzz about Mexican fine dining options in L.A. Mostly the buzz started talks of where NOT to go and options to replicate a certain restaurant’s menu. I know… Continue reading

The Foundry on Melrose

Last month I used my Blackboard Eats discount at the Foundry on Melrose. Perhaps having 30% off made me go crazy ordering up a storm but there didn’t seem to be an end… Continue reading

Word on the Street

Last month, I ran into Susan Feniger (and the Mayor) and said I needed to try her new restaurant, Street. I’ve been hearing good things but I wanted to check it out myself.… Continue reading