Taste on Melrose
Next to seafood, my favorite food would be pork. And more specifically, pork chops. My memory of my grandfather’s simple grilled pork chops with green onion gravy is probably my favorite pork chop… Continue reading
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Tommy Bahama Opens in Laguna Beach
Tommy Bahama will open its 13th restaurant on Friday. I had a chance to preview the new restaurant and retail store last weekend. We started lunch by making our own cocktails. I opted… Continue reading
Test Kitchen: Neal Fraser
After going to six different Test Kitchen nights in September, almost the entire month of October flew by and I realized I hadn’t gone in yet. Oh sure, I’ve been busy eating everywhere… Continue reading
Dim Sum at Lunasia
I have been systematically eating at all the “fancy” non-cart dim sum houses in the SGV. My favorites are Elite and Sea Harbour with a slight edge to Elite. I didn’t manage to… Continue reading
New Chef at Nick & Stef’s
Chef Megan Logan recently became Nick & Stef’s new executive chef. While attending the Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Pasadena, she completed an externship with Nick & Stef’s and worked her… Continue reading
Dining at Moto
No room at Alinea? No room at Schwa? What about Moto? What about Moto? Like any good foodie, I researched Moto and found reviews to be fairly positive. I was very excited.… Continue reading
Dining at Graham Elliot
(we totally think you’re awesome) The above was written on our “experience” menu which is the 10-course tasting at Graham Elliot. While I was researching restaurants in Chicago I wanted to try, I… Continue reading
Little Next Door
“I want seafood. But no sushi. And not too expensive, either.” This is what the Gay Boyfriend told me one Sunday evening. After going back and forth, we ended up at Little Next… Continue reading
BoHo Desserts
Sometimes I question my own sanity after a food crawl. After the sweet potato fries crawl, I found myself at BoHo in Hollywood. They call themselves Hollywood’s first gastropub. I wanted a drink… Continue reading
The Taste of Mexico at Guelaguetza
I was invited to check out the Taste of Mexico at Guelaguetza a couple of weeks ago. The event included cooking from not just the restaurant Guelaguetza but several notable Mexican restaurants in… Continue reading