Category: Vietnamese

  • Luckyrice Feast Los Angeles 2015

    Luckyrice Feast Los Angeles 2015

    Last Thursday, I attended my first Luckyrice Feast at the Create Nightclub in Hollywood.  This year’s Los Angeles host was Andy Ricker of Pok Pok fame, the non-profit partner was the Center for Asian American Media, and the presenting sponsor was Bombay Sapphire East. Having never been to a Luckyrice event before, I wasn’t sure […]

  • Cassia by Bryant Ng (Opening Night)

    Cassia by Bryant Ng (Opening Night)

    Cassia*, the highly anticipated Singaporean/Vietnamese/Southeast Asian brasserie from acclaimed chef Bryant Ng, his wife Kim Luu-Ng, and partners Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan of Rustic Canyon, Huckleberry, Milo & Olive, and Sweet Rose Creamery fame, finally opened this weekend!  To recap, Ng’s The Spice Table closed at the end of 2013 due to the MTA’s […]

  • L.A. Weekly The Essentials 2015

    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.  This was just the second “Essentials” events, with the inaugural one just last year after a break in 2013, coming off of four years […]

  • Hà Nam Ninh, Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous, Boccalone (San Francisco: Day Six) and Wrap-up!

    Hà Nam Ninh, Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous, Boccalone (San Francisco: Day Six) and Wrap-up!

    I was 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 that I’m here, I plan on posting a report as quickly as possible for each day, to […]

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

    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 that I’m here, I plan on posting a report as quickly as possible for each day, to […]