Andy Gavin's Blog, page 79
October 15, 2018
Quick Eats – Maradentro
Restaurant: Maradentro
Location: 1168 S. Barrington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049. (424) 273-1377
Date: July 20, 2018
Cuisine: Mexican (seafood focus)
Rating: Very similar to Mercado
_My never-ending quest to try all the new restaurants brings us to…
Maradentro, which I only realized on arrival is owned by the same group as fellow Mexican Mercado.
The menu is short and basically similar to the Mercado menu, but with a slight seafood shift.
Passionfruit Margarita. Inexplicably blue. Tasted o...
October 12, 2018
Eating Shanghai – Jade Mansion
Restaurant: Jade Mansion
Location: No.8 Century Ave, IFC, 4/F, Room L4-13, near YIncheng Zhong Lu / 世纪大道8号国金中心4楼L4-13，近银城中路
Date: August 11, 2018
Cuisine: Chinese
Rating: Solid slightly modern Chinese
_After another great day trip to Hangzhou, famous capital of the Southern Song Dynasty…
With its glorious Westlake and…
famous Lingyin temple we return to Pudong for our final dinner in China. Sigh.
Back by the hotel is Jade Mansion, a medium/high-end chain with several different branch styl...
October 10, 2018
Eating Shanghai – Xie Wang Fu
Restaurant: Cheng Long Xing Xie WangFu
Location: Pudong
Date: August 10, 2018
Cuisine: Hairy Crab
Rating: Amazing crab
_We spent a hot day but fun day in Suzhou.
A city often called the “Venice of China” before returning to Shanghai and Pudong.
Our friend in Shanghai again offered to take us out, this time for some of the famed Shanghai Hairy Crab from Yangcheng Lake.
This lead us into the huge side lobby of an even huger Pudong tower.
And up to Cheng Long Xing Xie WangFu and…
It grandio...
October 8, 2018
Eating Shanghai – Xinrongji
Restaurant: Xinrongji
Location: Location near the Bund
Date: August 9, 2018
Cuisine: Shanghai Chinese
Rating: Excellent High end Chinese
_Our Shanghai friend really spoiled us today, first with a lunch at Shanghai Tang and then heading (after lots of stops) to…
The Shanghai Bund with its classic older European buildings.
And it’s new hypermodern skyline across the river in Pudong.
Then upstairs to Xingrongji for a second epic meal of the day.
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The space is extensive and beautiful.
With...
October 5, 2018
Eating Shanghai – Shanghai Tang
Restaurant: Shanghai Tang
Location: 373 Huangpi S Rd, XinTianDi, Huangpu Qu, Shanghai Shi, China, 200000. +86 21 6377 3333
Date: August 9, 2018
Cuisine: Shanghai Chinese
Rating: Really fabulous and complex flavors
_In Shanghai we met up with a friend who lives in the city and she took us around to all sorts of fabulous places — really showing us the best of the best in the city.
This included the trendy XinTianDi area and a stunning lunch at:
Shanghai Tang.
Which, while we didn’t drink at...
October 3, 2018
Eating Shanghai – Paradise Dynasty
Restaurant: Paradise Dynasty
Location: 3/F, 8 Shiji Dadao, near Lujiazui Huan Lu 世纪大道8号3楼, 近陆家嘴环路
Date: August 8, 2018
Cuisine: Shanghai Chinese
Rating: Great XLB, everything else is just ok
_We got in late to Shanghai and so we just popped over from our hotel into the IFC mall…
Which is like a giant high end Beverly Center, in search of dumplings!
Fortunately for us, the mall’s many restaurants include Paradise Dynasty, which is like Din Tai Fung’s more colorful cousin.
See what I mean?
...October 1, 2018
Eating Yangshuo – Amys on the Li
Restaurant: Amys on the Li
Location: 1 Shuangtan Village, Guilin, Guangxi, China, 541900
Date: August 7 & 8, 2018
Cuisine: Mostly Chinese
Rating: Excellent neighborhood Italian
_Our stay in the Guilin area took us down the Li River to Yangshuo and the…
Li River Resort.
Which has this terrible view.
It’s restaurant is Amys on the Li and we had dinner and breakfast there. The owner is Australian and it hybridizes east and west.
Western style interior.
The menu.
Some Belgian beer tha...
September 28, 2018
Eating Guilin – Chunji
Restaurant: Chunji Roasted Goose Restaurant
Location: No. 12, Jiangan Road, Qixing District, Guilin, China / No. 21, Qixing Road, Qixing District, Guilin, China / 1/F, Nanxi Square, Chongxin Road, Xiangshan District, Guilin, China / 2/F, Jinshuiwan International Restaurant, Jinshui Road, Lingui County, Guilin, China / No.2 Middle Zhongshan Road, Xiufeng District, Guilin, China / No.1, North Zhongshan Road, Diecai District, Guilin, China
Date: August 6 & 8, 2018
Cuisine: Guangzhou Chinese
Rati...
September 26, 2018
Eating Chengdu – Szechuan
Restaurant: ? in Chengdu
Location: ? in Chengdu
Date: August 5, 2018
Cuisine: Szechuan Chinese
Rating: Solid Szechuan, but not the best we had
_After our day baking in the 100deg heat at Leshan it was late enough that we didn’t have time to go back to the hotel before dinner — Chinese restaurants all closing quite early.
So instead we headed to another of Chengdu’s many lovely restored alley streets for more crowds and dinner.
Again, if any of my Chinese reading friends can translate this...
September 24, 2018
Eating Leshan – Noodle Shack
Restaurant: Noodle Shack
Location: ? Leshan China
Date: August 5, 2018
Cuisine: Szechuan Noodles
Rating: Solid
_We drove t the small city (1 million, a Chinese small) from Chengdu to check out the world’s largest premodern statue:
The Great Buddha of Leshan, carved into the cliffside of the river 1200-1300 years ago!
And so we caught a quick lunch between tourist stops.
At this anonymous (unless you read Chinese) noodle shop our guide took us to. He has a penchant (apparently) for hole-in...
