Andy Gavin's Blog, page 55
January 29, 2021
New Year’s To Go
Restaurant: Melisse [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (Citrin), 14]
Location: 1104 Wilshire Blvd.Santa Monica, CA 90401. (310) 395-0881
Date: December 31, 2020
Cuisine: California French
Rating: Awesome takeout
_To end the dreadful 2020 and “celebrate” the start of yet another pandemic year I ordered from one of my favorites, Melisse.
This is the 3rd time during the pandemic I’ve done Melisse takeout and they always do a good job. Tonight’s meal was a New Year’s special plus I supplem...
December 18, 2020
Vespertine does Alinea
Restaurant: Vespertine [1, 2, 3, 4]
Location: 3599 Hayden Ave, Culver City, CA 90232. (323) 320-4023
Date: November 11, 2020
Cuisine: Jordan gets back to his roots
Rating: Top flight takeout
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Boy it’s been a long time since I made a food post. Sigh, quarantine life. I still haven’t been in a restaurant since March 11, 2020. Total record for my life as I’m sure that from my birth 4-5 weeks was the record (during summer camp in the early 80s!). Now, that being said I have been cooking up a storm ...
September 22, 2020
Vespertine at Home
Restaurant: Vespertine [1, 2, 3]
Location: 3599 Hayden Ave, Culver City, CA 90232. (323) 320-4023
Date: September 11, 2020
Cuisine: Modern chef’s take on Japanese
Rating: Top flight takeout
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Boy it’s been a long time since I made a food post. Sigh, quarantine life. I still haven’t been in a restaurant since March 11, 2020. Total record for my life as I’m sure that from my birth 4-5 weeks was the record (during summer camp in the early 80s!). Now, that being said I have been cooking up a storm b...
August 31, 2020
After the Con
Hi all. Here is a link to a streaming “round table” I participated in on 8/30/20. Just four of us fantasy authors and video game fans gabbing for an hour — but lots of fun — so check it out.
Much thanks to Brian D. Anderson for organizing. If you are interested in learning more about any of the participants, here they are:
Andy Gavin https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/ (haha, here)
Kimberly Unger http://www.ungerink.com/
Rob Hayes http://www.robjhayes.co.uk/
Brian D. Anderson on Amazon https://...
April 27, 2020
Sauvages AOC
Restaurant: A. O. C.
Location: 8700 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048. (310) 859-9859
Date: March 13, 2020
Cuisine: New American Wine Bar
Rating: Great lunch
_Sauvages lunch is always a great time and I hopped on the opportunity to return to A.O.C. (its been years) with the group. One of our regulars, Albert, is an investor, and set up this awesome event. Plus it had a Bordeaux theme which always makes for a great Friday.
The interior is clubby. It used to be (at the old location) far more...
April 22, 2020
Yasu = Yummy
Restaurant: Yasu
Location: 265 S Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. (424) 355-0257
Date: March 5, 2020
Cuisine: Japanese Sushi
Rating: Awesome ingredients and technique. One of the best sushi places weve found in a while
_With Foodie Club co-founder Erick back from several months in Asia, we decided to hit up a new place.
After some debate we ended up at a new sushi bar we found on one of our news feeds. This time around, new Foodie Club member Jeffrey joined us as well. Yasu is...
April 20, 2020
Far SGV – Hunan Restaurant
Restaurant: Hunan Restaurant [1, 2]
Location: 1015 S Nogales St, Rowland Heights, CA 91748. (626) 964-8458
Date: August 3, 2019 & March 1, 2020
Cuisine: Hunan Chinese
Rating: check: Solid
_We visited this Hunan place both during or Mandarin Plaza Crawl and as part of a 2 part dinner (after Spicy Moment V2.0).
Located in between the Mandarin Bay and Spicy Moment.
Hunan has a vast menu with pictures and funny translations:
Vast menu.
Peanuts.
Shredded minced pork with corn...
April 17, 2020
Spicy Moment V2.0
Restaurant: Spicy Moment V2.0
Location: 1015 S Nogales St, Rowland Heights, CA 91748. (626) 581-4966
Date: March 1, 2020
Cuisine: Szechuan Chinese
Rating: check: Terrible menu, surprisingly good home-style food
_Back in August we did a 6 restaurant crawl in and around the Mandarin Plaza. One of the places we visited was Spicy Moment and we agreed to come back for a full dinner, or maybe a 2-fer combined with Hunan next door.
In the meantime Spicy Moment rebooted with a new owner, new menu,...
April 15, 2020
Kang Ho-dong Baekjeong
Restaurant: Kang Ho-dong Baekjeong
Location: 3465 W 6th St. Los Angeles, CA 90020, Wilshire Center, Koreatown
Date: February 27, 2020
Cuisine: Korean BBQ
Rating: Very solid KBBQ
_This dinner was several months in the planning mostly because it got moved around once or twice.
But in any case I always like to try new KBBQ places. This one is in busy Wilshire Center which is a cool bustling courtyard in the heart of Koreatown. Theres also a Quarters here, which people also say is good.
The...
April 13, 2020
Too Tony at Chef Tony
Restaurant: Chef Tony
Location: 2 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105. (626) 803-0028
Date: February 26, 2020
Cuisine: Cantonese Dim Sum
Rating: Dumplings good, but portions tiny
_The Lunch Quest gang is always keen to try a new Chinese spot.
So we trekked out to Pasadena once we heard that the original chef from Sea Harbor was opening up a new fancy dim sum spot in Pasadena.
This is in the old 800 degrees space and nicely built out up stairs at least.
There is an attractive bar.
But our...
