Thomas Keller Book Signing at South Coast Plaza
on Nov 11, 2009 in Book Signing Event In case you don't have a reservation at the grand opening of Bouchon in Beverly Hills next Monday, don't fret. The master chef extraordinaire, Thomas Keller will be signing his book "ad hoc at home" tomorrow in the South Coast Plaza Williams-Sonoma.Y...

The Black Goat Extravaganza @ Chin Go Gae (Koreatown)
on Nov 1, 2009 in Korean No English Translation on the sign (just look for the Korean signage)Has anyone ever tried Black Goat? That is until you realized it does not taste or looked like lamb meat. It's a pretty weird concept and worth a Deep End Dining style trip to furthe...

LA's Most Underrated Fine Dining Spot @ Simon LA (Mid-City)
on Oct 26, 2009 in New American Steak Another edition of a dining review that took place during DineLA week where we found ourselves in a predicament that had never seemed to happen before.We actually have to beg people to come to this restaurant.My man Gastronomnom was working hard on t...

New DineLA Visit to @ Campanile (Mid-Wilshire)
on Oct 21, 2009 in New American Earlier this year, I participated in few of the dining spots that were the participants of the seasonal DineLA week. It used to only last a week before expanding it to two weeks, but if it were successful, it get the extended run of 3 weeks.The idea...

5x5 Chef Collaboration Dinner @ Providence (Los Angeles)
on Sep 13, 2009 in Seafood 5x5 Michelin Guide French Dessert One of the interesting topic surrounds sports was that if you can form a great team consists of the greatest players of its generation, would that be an easy domination for that great team? That's why there was a concept of "Dream Team" for Olympic...

The Place That Housed Beer Lovers @ Animal (Los Angeles)
on Sep 8, 2009 in Pork Belly American Foie Gras Steak A month ago, one of my friend Linden confided in me that his two new favorite restaurants of the year were LudoBites and Animal. He and his lovely fiance, Amy had invited a group of us to LudoBites and showed us around on what to order at one his new...

FoodDigger Event @ Church and State (Downtown LA)
on Aug 27, 2009 in French FoodDigger A few months ago, we had another exciting dinner sponsored and provided by the good people of FoodDigger. If you don't remembered them, check out my blog post of Giang Nan which was my invited dinner by these swell fellas.This time around, they wante...

All-Star Meetup @ Hatchi at BreadBar by Michael Voltaggio (Century City)
on Aug 6, 2009 in Asian Fusion French Fusion Last week was a star gazing at its finest. We're not talking about the usual celeb sightings that you routinely get at Century City, but rather we speak of the bloggers sightings! Seriously, how often do you see Bloggers in the middle of Mid-City ot...

A Dream Meal That Lives Up To Reality @ Melisse (Santa Monica)
on Jul 20, 2009 in New American French Fries Once in a while, you always get that pit in the stomach that you hope this would be the best meal you ever had. Maybe you get that intuition all the time because of the price tag you will need to absorb at the end of the meal. Hence, it's better be t...

Our Photo with Top Chef 6 contestant Michael Voltaggio (and the runner up to Top Chef Season 2)
on Jul 10, 2009 in Top Chef TV A few months ago, a group of us decided to make a return trip to The Bazaar by José Andrés for the private room of Saam for their 20-course meal. (well, it's the return trip for everyone of us except for one person). One of these days, I'll have to...