Month: January 2015

  • VINU Wine Bar’s $25 Foie Gras Tasting

    VINU Wine Bar’s $25 Foie Gras Tasting

    If you’ve been living under a rock, you may have missed that the ban on selling foie gras in California has been lifted, though producing it in-state is still illegal.  My feelings on foie gras are not as clear cut as you may think, but suffice it to say I do eat it, and I’ll […]

  • Tar & Roses in Santa Monica

    Tar & Roses in Santa Monica

    Surprisingly, it has been more than a year since I last dined at Tar & Roses.  Wanting to remedy that sooner rather than later, I tried Reserve, a new concierge reservation app, to find a table.  The service was able to get us a reservation for early evening on a Sunday,  with just a day’s […]

  • Qin West Chinese Cuisine on Westwood

    Qin West Chinese Cuisine on Westwood

    Noodle soups are some of my favorite food, whether it’s Japanese ramen, Vietnamese pho, Thai boat noodles.  Unfortunately, with the exception of ramen, it is relatively difficult to get authentic noodle soups on the Westside, particularly Chinese noodle soups.  However, one restaurant, opened just a few months ago, has been a game changer on that […]