Rivera Loup de Mer a la Plancha [CLOSED]
In the new movie, “Chef,” Jon Favreau plays Carl Casper. This Los Angeles chef agrees with his restaurant’s owner to “play the hits” for an influential critic. Playing it safe results in a horrible...
Seafood Village Snow Fish with Garlic Sauce [CLOSED]
Meals don’t get more enjoyable than Sunday dinners in the San Gabriel Valley. Restaurant options are nearly unlimited, traffic is lightest, and friends are normally happy to make the trek to feast at Chinese...
Song Long Cha Ca Thanh Long
Sizzling fish has proliferated in Little Saigon, America’s best developed bastion for Vietnamese cuisine. The inspiration for this dish, which often goes by Cha Ca Thanh Long in the Orange County enclave, was Cha...
2013 Top 10 San Francisco Bay Area Dishes
San Francisco is one of my favorite cities on the planet, and I was lucky enough to make six trips there in 2013. Learn about my 2013 Top 10 San Francisco Bay Area dishes,...
Mui Kee Congee with Fish
We’d already enjoyed congee three days out of four, which would more than fulfill my yearly quota for rice porridge in Los Angeles, when when in Hong Kong, congee is king for breakfast, and...
Ronin Triggerfish
If there’s one fish you shouldn’t feel bad about eating, maybe it should be triggerfish. According to National Geographic, the colorful, bottom dwelling species is known to wreak havoc on reefs. Males also keep...
