Jae Bu Do: A Muslim, Two Jews and a Christian walk into a Korean Restaurant… Our friends James and Lisa are seekers of the best food for the best money. James is especially qualified since he is a location manager and knows Los Angeles better than most people. Need something that looks like a back alley in Korea? James can find it and tell you where and what to eat while … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime
Downtown Los Angeles is home to some of the most wonderfully creative new chefs the country has to offer. One of my personal favorites is Josef Cenento. We first sampled his creations at Opal many years ago with a four course tasting menu for Nahid's birthday. Then we went to Lazy Ox Canteen before a play and loved his clams. His evolving revolving menu kept pulling us … [Read more...]
DineLA–Ray’s and Stark Bar
DineLA--Sunday, January 22nd We began DineLA at Ray's and Stark Bar at LACMA. We already sampled the bar awhile back when we attended a KCRW/Evan Klienman event. So we were excited to sample the pre fixe menu at Ray's. In our effort to taste as much of the menu as possible we ordered different selections and swapped halfway through each course...or at least allowed the … [Read more...]
Chicken Croquettes a la Seu-Xerea
We rented a car on our trip to Spain. Although this was not the unanimous decision that I thought it was. Our original plan was to take the train, but alas the tickets would have been twice as expensive as the car rental. Nahid approved, yet I soon realized, not entirely whole-heartedly. I soon realized as we made our way out of Madrid that my partner in adventure was none … [Read more...]
