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Winter Omakase at Shunji

[This is the first review in my “Three Winter Omakase” series. Winter Omakase Counter at Sushi Taro is the second. Winter Lunch Omakase at Kiriko will be the third.] Last month I returned to Shunji...

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Tacos Punta Cabras: Ricky’s on the Westside?

A few days ago, Ciao Bob on Chowhound posted about a new hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Santa Monica selling authentic tacos de pescado.  Having enjoyed the heck out of the fish and shrimp tacos from...

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Supper Liberation Front’s Kurmalliance Benefit Dinner

Supper Liberation Front is run by chefs Josh Gil and Daniel Snukal of Tacos Punta Cabras fame. On Monday night, Chris Hei and I attended S.L.F.’s pop-up dinner in support of Kurmalliance, “a 501c3...

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Littlefork

Seafood restaurants are hot in L.A. these days, particularly New England-inspired ones.  Littlefork, which opened earlier this year, is doing this trend justice by executing a signature New England...

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Kin Khao (San Francisco: Day One, Part Two)

I am in San Francisco this week for WWDC (Apple‘s Worldwide Developers Conference).  I found out a few months ago I’d be able to attend, so of course, I made a list and asked for advice beforehand....

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Turtle Tower, Lers Ros, Mitchell’s, La Ciccia (San Francisco: Day Three)

I am in San Francisco this week for WWDC (Apple‘s Worldwide Developers Conference). I found out a few months ago I’d be able to attend, so of course, I made a list and asked for advice beforehand. Now...

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Guerrilla Tacos Revisited

Having my sister visit in October gave me a chance to introduce her to Night+Market Song.  It also gave me a chance to explore Grand Central Market.  One other “place” that she wanted to try while she...

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L.A. Weekly The Essentials 2015

L.A. Weekly‘s “The Essentials” event took place this past weekend at the California Market Center in Downtown Los Angeles, the same week that their 99 Essential Restaurants 2015 list was released....

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Michael’s Santa Monica

One of the mainstays of fine dining in Los Angeles, Michael’s in Santa Monica is a 36-year-old institution.  Through the years, its kitchen has been the training ground for some of the best chefs in...

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Sweetfin Poké

Poke is “having a moment” in Los Angeles, with no less than five restaurants specializing in the popular Hawaiian dish opening recently.  Of this new wave, the closest to me is Sweetfin Poké in Santa...

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Roy Choi’s POT at The Line Hotel

POT at The Line Hotel is the most Korean of Korean-American chef, pioneer, and entrepreneur Roy Choi‘s restaurants.  I’ve been a few times when they first opened, and I loved how bold yet accessible...

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Maré at Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese

In the back of chef Eric Greenspan‘s eponymous Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese shop, through a freezer door—complete with a horizontal latch handle on one side, and an inside release button on the other—is...

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Ceviche Project at Skybar

Last month, I experienced one of those “only in L.A.” moments that I’ve encountered just a handful of times since moving to the left coast over a decade ago.  I found myself at Skybar in the Mondrian...

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Santa Monica Yacht Club

My family and I are big fans of chef-owner Andrew Kirschner’s highly acclaimed restaurant Tar & Roses—I’ve reviewed it twice on this blog.  Last month, when my parents were in town, we had to find...

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Off The Hook Santa Monica Seafood Festival 2015

The inaugural Off The Hook seafood festival took place at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, October 17, 2015.  Benefiting Seafood for the Future, the Aquarium of the Pacific’s nonprofit seafood...

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Off the Hook Seafood Festival 2016

If there was a theme to this year’s Off The Hook Seafood Festival, it was raw tuna and grilled oysters!  At least three restaurants were serving some variant of raw tuna, be it in hand roll, taco,...

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