Mid-City: Asian Bestsellers at Pingtung
What if there was a restaurant that had almost all your favorite foods? And what if they specialized in Asian favorites? That would be Pingtung where a local fan described it as “Asian… Continue reading
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Venice: Going Southern at Willie Jane
Willie Jane, a newish Southern food restaurant on Abbott Kinney in Venice has unique access to a garden right next door. With farm to table and garden to glass trends, Willie Jane is… Continue reading
Monterey Park: Lunar New Year Dinner at LYL Garden
Happy Year of the Horse! For this year’s Lunar New Year meal, I found myself in the San Gabriel Valley. My family and I decided to go to LYL Garden in Monterey Park.… Continue reading
DTLA: Mini Bar Hop within ACE DTLA; Rooftop & LA Chapter Bars
The highly-anticipated Ace Hotel has opened in downtown Los Angeles. There are two bars to enjoy at this hotel including the Upstairs, the rooftop bar and LA Chapter’s Mezzanine bar. I’m looking forward… Continue reading
Encino: Get All the Appetizers at Itzik Hagadol
I’ve been meaning to check out Itzik Hagadol in Encino for a couple of years now. Ever since I heard about the tremendous appetizer spread, served a little like Korean banchan style where… Continue reading
Little Tokyo: Japanese Curry at Ebisu
While walking around Little Tokyo, we decided on Ebisu for dinner. The Japanese izakaya or small plates restaurant was a little quiet when we first walked in. I have gone much later at… Continue reading
Monterey Park: Hot Pot Hot Pot aka Little Fat Sheep
One night we headed to Monterey Park for fried chicken. Sadly, the Tokyo Fried Chicken Company was closed that evening (as it’s apparently closed every Monday and Tuesday, oops). So we headed to… Continue reading
DTLA: Lunch at Eggslut
The food truck Eggslut has opened a brick and mortar counter at Grand Central Market. With their cute neon sign, the breakfast and lunch counter faces the Broadway side of GCM. Eggslut offers… Continue reading
Chinatown: Chinese Dinner at Golden City
In my continued quest to eat at every restaurant in Chinatown, I hit up Golden City a couple of weeks ago. Although not a chilly night, we got seafood and tofu soup. We… Continue reading
Bay Area Booze Odds and Ends: Bar 355, St. George Spirits Distillery Tour & Bitters and Bottles
“Where should we go? It’s Christmas night. Are bars open?” And I replied that most definitely there would be bars open on Christmas night. People have to get away from all that jolly… Continue reading