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Eat, Drink + Be Merry. Food, Travel, Photography, Design + Music in Los Angeles and Other Parts of the Earth.
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Nong La Cafe, West LA. The Home-style Vietnamese Food of Mama Phuong.

About a year and a half ago, I wrote about the Echo Park Noodle Mama – a kind Vietnamese woman that generously fed her family, friends and even strangers tasty noodles for absolutely no charge. The n...

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Pescadores de Ensenada, Los Angeles. Pedro Montes, the Atwater Village Fish Taco Man.

On the eastside of Los Angeles, it really isn’t difficult finding good latino food. There you’ll find Mexican tacos vendors and marisco restaurants (seafood), Salvadorean restaurants and ...

09 may 12

I Heart SGV: New Tasty Restaurant. Juicy Potstickers and “Korean-style” Lamb Menudo.

*I’ve started a new section on this site called I Heart SGV not only to celebrate my obvious love for one of the best Asian enclaves for food in Southern California, but to keep you guys informed wit...

07 may 12

The Aviary, Chicago. The Libation Laboratory of Craig Schoettler and Grant Achatz.

October 2011 I can’t remember the last time I had a drink that made me, unregrettably, say “That was amazing. May I have please another glass?” We’ve all had good and bad time...

27 apr 12

WonderTune Paris II. April in Paris.

Finally, we are going to Paris. We were supposed to go two years ago but due to the severe snowstorms in Europe, we flew to Spain instead. Versus staying in a hotel, we’re going to try and pret...

30 mar 12 1 person likes this

I Heart SGV: Lucky Noodle King, San Gabriel. A Heavy Hand of Red Chiles and Red Peppercorns.

*I’ve started a new section on this site called I Heart SGV not only to celebrate my obvious love for one of the best Asian enclaves for food in Southern California, but to keep you guys informed wit...

27 mar 12

Vancouver, British Columbia. Super Weekend Eating Guide.

For my birthday this year, Jeni surprised me with yet another weekend birthday trip. Last year she took me to Austin to traverse the smokey Texas BBQ Trail and it was amazing. But this time she decid...

23 mar 12

I Heart SGV: Flavor Garden, Alhambra. Sichuan Beef Noodle Soup and “Three Flavor” Potstickers.

*I’ve started a new section on this site called I Heart SGV not only to celebrate my obvious love for one of the best Asian enclaves for food in Southern California, but to keep you guys inform...

12 mar 12

Japan Series Two: Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto. A Guide to Japan’s Ultimate Hot Springs Resort Town.

This series is a collection of postings from our trips to Japan from 2010 – 2011. Bare with me – these are long postings with the intention of making it easier for your future reference. Enjoy. Jeni ...

07 mar 12

WonderTune XXX. The Mysterious Birthday Getaway.

For those that are reading this site for the first time, I usually post a music compilation every time my wife and I travel. Usually, I know where we’re going, but not this time. Jeni is being ...

02 mar 12

Sunday Picnic. Silver Lake Meadows, Silver Lake.

Living in Silver Lake for nearly five years, I still haven’t really immersed myself into the community as much as I wanted to or taken advantage of everything it has to offer. For a somewhat sm...

15 feb 12

Cheesy & Sleazy Volume 3: On the Chicken Wings of Love.

It’s that time of the year again where we are all forced to show the one we love, that we actually love them or face a long night on the cold floors of the doghouse. You’ve got your reser...

14 feb 12

Nana Rokusha. The Coolest Japanese Kid.

I was recently at a bookstore in Japan and was stopped in my tracks when I saw this photo on the cover of a book. I bought it immediately. Her name is Nana Rokusha (ナナロク社) and her pictorial biography...

27 jan 12

Japan Series One: Kagoshima. The Land of Kurobuta Pork, Black Cows, Hot Springs and an Active Volca...

It wasn’t a very difficult decision to spend our winter break in Japan. Just the summer before, we rocked it out at the Fuji Rock Festival – undergoing some of the worst weather conditions for ...

24 jan 12

Santa Barbara Sea Urchin. Meet Harry Urchin the Uni Diver.

Up until a few years ago, my early images of Santa Barbara were rather narrow-minded and quite collegiate. I remember walking around UC Santa Barbara’s Isla Vista party zone with red solo cups ...

11 jan 12

WonderTune Japan II

Hello. As I’m writing this and packing for our flight to Southern Japan tonight, I’m thinking about the wonderful year Jeni and I had. We met some great people this year, started doing mo...

23 dec 11

Shaan Xi Gourmet, Rosemead. Introducing Central Chinese Cuisine in SGV.

For the last few years, I’ve sort of created my own routine whenever I was in Little China – to you that’s San Gabriel Valley, California. I started frequenting those $15-an-hour foot mas...

19 dec 11

Bienvenidos a Panamá. Scenes From Panamá.

For our third year anniversary, Jeni and I again decided to head down to Central America. We just love the food, the warmness of the people and short flights from Los Angeles. Within three and a half...

03 dec 11

Sunday Supper. Split Pea Soup with Shrimp Toast & Korean Laver.

Driving in the Santa Barbara area, you’ve probably passed through Buellton, which most of the movie Sideways was shot in. Aside from that, Buellton has its purported claim to fame with their sp...

29 nov 11

Introducing Spenser Magazine, a New Food Publication.

In September, J and I were approached by Spenser Magazine, a new digital/print publication focusing on more refined home cooking. For their debut issue, they asked us to photograph one of their main ...

28 nov 11

WonderTune Panama

This Thanksgiving, we’ve decided our turkey and gravy would come in the form of raw fish “cooked” in citrus juices with onions, cilantros and chiles. Otherwise known as ceviche, th...

23 nov 11

La Cevicheria, Los Angeles – A Guatemalan-Style Seafood Paradise

Ceviche is one of the most popular dishes in all of Latin America. In its most basic form, is raw seafood and lime juice and aided by the magical denaturation powers of citric acid on proteins. A sea...

22 nov 11

San Francisco Super Weekend Eating Guide. Bar Crudo, NOPA, Hog Island Oyster Company, Bar Agricole,...

One of my best experiences working in advertising happened a few years ago when I was sent off to San Francisco to work as an art director on a project for nearly three months. Our sister office need...

15 nov 11

Tsujita Ramen LA, West Los Angeles. And Along Comes Another Solid Ramen Shop.

By now, you’re used to seeing this style of ramen. A bowl of what appears to be a milky, unctuous liquid topped with braised pork, a hard-boiled egg with a soft yolk, seaweed, bamboo/fungus and...

03 nov 11

Hong Kong-Style Wontons in Los Angeles

If you ask any immigrant in America what they miss the most from their homeland, you’re likely to hear: family, city life, monuments and of course food. But if you ask any Chinese person from H...

28 oct 11

Lambapalooza. A Lamb Roast in Silver Lake.

As I was enjoying my wonderful 5.3° angle recline in my United coach seat, a constant back-aching reminder that the people sitting in the first eight rows are more important and more hardworking than...

11 oct 11

WonderTune Guadalajara

Last week was a busy week, so I was unable to post the latest WonderTune compilation for our trip to Guadalajara, Mexico. It was to say the least, very sudden, but in a good way. For those that have ...

27 sep 11

Seattle, Washington. A Seafood Wonderland.

For the third year in a row, my wife and I found ourselves booking yet another flight to Portland for a weekend of indulgence. We had befriended epicureans alike and have even dubbed it our second ho...

15 sep 11

Sunday Supper. Wild-Striped Bass with Heirloom Tomatoes, Pea Sprouts and Yuzu Kosho Dashi.

I was in San Francisco this weekend when I got a call from J who was at the Hollywood farmer’s market. In the previous 48 hours, I had gotten a taste of a delicious pork chop from NOPA, slurped...

12 sep 11

WonderTune Seattle

I’m very excited about this month’s trip to Seattle, as it will be my first time in Washington. I love seafood and the Pacific Northwest is a breeding ground for some of the freshest oyst...

23 aug 11

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