레드 홀릭 – Red Holic

매운맛을 찾고 싶다면 한번 가보게 될것 같은 맛집 이지만 엄청난 매운맛을 찾을 수는 없습니다.  하긴 너무 매우면 어느 누가 오겠는가. 주인장의 끝임없는 음식에 대한 연구결과 보통 분식점과 같은 메뉴 이지만 맛은 다르다. 메뉴를 보면 몇가지의 메뉴를 합쳐

The Blind Rabbit Bar at The Packing House

When it comes to cocktail bars in Orange County, I think the general consensus is pretty much that Blind Rabbit is the best of the bunch, known for its drinks as well as its concealed “speakeasy” entrance and strict rules/dress code. I’d been here a couple times before, but I figured I should probably give the place a proper go

Hip Hot Restaurant

There’s no denying that Sichuan food is hot these days, and tonight we visited one of the slightly lesser known contenders in the SGV. Hip Hot is the work of Chef/Owner “Tiana” Tiantian Qiu, and stands out from the rest for its emphasis on seafood (which generally isn’t super well represented in the cuisine). About the Ch

Tamaen Japanese BBQ Restaurant

My latest yakiniku craving brought me to Tamaen, which had been on my “to-eat” list for a while now. The place was opened circa 2003 by Chef/Owner Masafumi Higashiyama, who’d actually worked at the original Tamaen in Osaka. Sometime around 2016, the restaurant was purchased by Kengo Kuba’s K&K International, a wholes

Partido Bar + Kitchen Restaurant

If you recall, Highland Park’s longstanding El Arco Iris shuttered back in April after being purchased by Coda Equities, a local real estate investment firm. Since then, the Coda team has partnered with Chef Lynne Tolentino to bring us Partido (“party”), a transient, “French-influenced, Filipino-inspired” eatery tha

OUR CHICAGO KITCHEN SNEAK PEEK

Situated in the heart of Silver Lake, LA’s newest Mexican contender soft-opened at the start of August (the grand opening was September 1st). Named after a Mexican horror film starring a shark, Tintorera is a modern, seafood-focused joint from Mexico City chef Maycoll Calderón, who’s best known for his grill-heavy eatery Huset in th

Restauration Farm Dinner

The last time I caught up with Philip Pretty, he had just taken over the kitchen at Long Beach’s Restauration. Since then, the Chef has really put down roots in the community, a process that has included the establishment of a working relationship with a local urban farm. Located in North Long Beach, the farm was formerly known as Top of t

Plate by Plate 2017 at the California Science Center

At the start of August, Project by Project hosted its 15th annual Plate by Plate charity tasting benefit at the California Science Center’s Wallis Annenberg Building, which, coincidentally, was where the first Plate by Plate that I attended back in 2010 was held. If you’re not familiar with the organization, Project by Project is a 5