Andy Gavin's Blog, page 15
September 24, 2024
Sáu Can Fail
Restaurant: [, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Location: 8450 Garvey Ave #103, Rosemead, CA 91770. (626) 307-8868
Date: January 21, 2024
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Rating: Excellent (and so full)!
_Every November/December my Hedonist club goes to this awesome SGV Vietnamese place — which used to be named Phong Dinh and is now Sáu Can Tho. Many previous meals have been “helluva epic” but not so much this time.
The new logo.
Shrimp chicken salad. decent.
Catfish. Less dry than usua...
September 22, 2024
Bovon Holbox v1
Restaurant: Holbox [1, 2]
Location: 3655 S Grand Ave c9, Los Angeles, CA 90007. (213) 986-9972
Date: January 20, 2024
Cuisine: Mexican Seafood
Rating: Private room shenagigans
_I’ve been meaning to try Holbox for a while — years even. Recently (summer 2024) they earning a Michelin Star!
One of just eight restaurants inside Historic South Central L.A.’s Mercado La Paloma, Holbox (from the Mayan-named island of Holbox – pronounced “hole-bosh” – off Mexico’s northern Yucatán Peninsula) is a Mexic...
September 19, 2024
Steak 48 is Great
Restaurant: Steak 48
Location: 9680 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310) 388-0048
Date: January 19, 2024
Cuisine: Steak house
Rating: Top notch steak house
_Steak 48 is the new super chi-chi giant Beverly Hills epic steakhouse by the people who originally brought us Mastros (before it sold out).
The creators of Steak 48 wanted a space with a warm, contemporary atmosphere and luxurious personal service. To complete this total dining experience, Steak 48 offers only the best in steak an...
September 17, 2024
Eating San Fran – State Bird
Restaurant: State Bird Provisions
Location: 1529 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94115. (415) 795-1272
Date: January 17, 2024
Cuisine: New American Tapas
Rating: Excellent neighborhood Italian
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…..state bird provisions started as a recipe for serving quail, it has slowly evolved into a restaurant without any programmed elements…..
The menu. Plus they brought around a lot of stuff on carts like at dim sum.
smoked trout-allium chip’n’dip. Really good with a ncie smoky flavor.
Oysters with s...
September 15, 2024
Eating San Fran – Delfina
Restaurant: Delfina SF
Location: 3621 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110. (415) 437-6800
Date: January 16, 2024
Cuisine: Italian
Rating: Modern Rustic Italian
_Second work dinner of this January SF trip.
Delfina, San Francisco’s beloved James Beard Award-winning trattoria, has been pioneering Cal-Italian cuisine for over 20 years. Owners Craig and Annie Stoll opened the classic eatery in 1998 to immediate success, with Food & Wine naming Craig Stoll Best New Chef in 2001. Over the years, Delfina ...
September 13, 2024
Eating San Fran – Lily
Restaurant: Lily
Location: 225 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118. (415) 742-5285
Date: January 15, 2024
Cuisine: Vietnamese Fusion
Rating: Tasty!
_One of the quick meals I hit on my recent SF trips.
This was some very tasty 70/30 Vietnamese/modern fusion food.
The fusion menu.
Jackfruit “Pizza” BANH TRANG NUONG MIT– gf/v. Banana Rice Paper, Rodriquez Farms Onions and Peppers, Vietnamese Herbs Pesto, Sambal, Shallot Aioli. Very bright sweet and sour flavors — delicous!
Market Vegetable Sti...
September 11, 2024
A Different Duck House
Restaurant: Duck House [1, 2, 3, 4]
Location: 501 S Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754. (626) 284-3227
Date: January 7, 2024
Cuisine: Chinese
Rating: Good duck
_Duck House is a staple SGV restaurant for my gang. The food is good, it’s on the closer side, and the owner is incredibly nice. I’ve even housed a birthday dinner here. But this is my personal first return after the pandemic.
This was a slightly different Duck House crew, a bit more open to exotic ordering.
Gift from the house – ch...
September 9, 2024
Short at Shirubē
Restaurant: Shirubē
Location: 424 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401. (310) 393-2533
Date: January 4, 2024
Cuisine: Japanese Izakaya
Rating: Close and solid
_I’ve wanted to try this place for a while — and theoretically it’s close.
This photo was taken after we ate, fairly late. For most of our dinner the place was jammed. Weird hard to find location on Wilshire and 4th too, a block from the old PF Changs etc.
The menu.
Sashimi Mori. Chefs select assorted sashimi. Fresh and very good.
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September 7, 2024
Rayas Roccos
Restaurant: Dinner at the Borgese’s [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
Location: Santa Monica
Date: December 20, 2023
Cuisine: Italian influenced gourmet home cooking
Rating: Awesome
_Dinner at the Borgese’s is a special house dinner in Santa Monica cooked by the stunning pro-level home chef Borgese couple. Tonight’s dinner was another Hedonist dinner but this time with a Chateau Rayas wine theme.
Lovely night out on the patio.
The menu.
Bistecca chilling out.
Rocco in the kitchen....
September 5, 2024
Specials at Sands
Restaurant: Sands Chinese Restaurant 金沙中餐館
Location: 15706 Arrow Hwy, Irwindale, CA 91706. (626) 338-6686
Date: December 30, 2023
Cuisine: Southern Chinese
Rating: Very good and lots of interesting dishes
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Sands is a a newish Hong Kong / Cantonese place that Keong and Sklar really enjoy. Keong setup a very extensive custom banquet here on the second to last day of the year. Only problem is that it’s so far east — but at least there wasn’t much traffic.
This is a smallish mom & pop place, but...
