Category Archive: restaurant reviews

Northern Chinese Beef Roll Crawl with the Uncouth Gourmands

When the Uncouth Gourmands asked me to organize a food crawl for them, I simply told them, “Yes. March.” This past Sunday, over 15 arrived ready to tackle on the Shandong beef roll.… Continue reading

Latin American Sweets Crawl

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! StreetGourmetLA led a group of ladies on a genteel desserts crawl around L.A. We tried Colombian, Guatamalan, Chilean and Cuban desserts. We nicknamed it the Girls Just Wanna… Continue reading

Pasadena Thai Food: Daisy Mint VS Cafe Linda

Daisy Mint is one of my favorite restaurants. It’s unusual since I am not overly fond of Thai food. But there’s something about Daisy Mint that I love. So much so that I… Continue reading

Happy Hour: Chaya Downtown

I’ve been to Chaya DTLA several times including for lunch and happy hour. Last week, I checked it out again because I heard they were doing a beer garden but it turns out… Continue reading

Celebrating National Noodles Month

The other day I discovered March is National Noodles Month. I am a self-proclaimed noodles whore and immediately I wanted noodles. I had plans in Westwood on Wednesday and initially I was going… Continue reading

Revisiting the Must Bar

It’s been a few months since I last had the Must Bar‘s chicken pot pie. I suddenly had to have it again. I went over last night ostensibly for happy hour but the… Continue reading

March Madness: Jane Fonda Loves Sonja & Shawna

The founders of the LA Street Food Fest, Sonja and Shawna share a birthday and this past Sunday, they threw a huge party at the Echoplex with three food trucks (natch), good music… Continue reading

I Want Mo-Mo-Mo-Chica

One of my favorite spots is Natalie Peruvian. However, I’m always down to try something new. And I heard Mo-Chica was serving up “gourmet” Peruvian. Oh really, let’s go! I visited on Friday… Continue reading

Sexy Singles Supper Club Kickoff!

Last night, an intimate group of us gathered for the first Sexy Singles Supper Club of 2010. We had fun at Ebisu, a fishing boat themed Japanese restaurant in Little Tokyo. Almost everyone… Continue reading

Sushi-Gen: Omakase Orgasm

I don’t generally invite myself to things but when I saw the Noodles Partner and another friend were going to Sushi Gen, a spot I’ve always wanted to try, I asked if I… Continue reading