L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon Bellavita Mall 5F No. 28, Song Ren Rd, Xinyi District Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/9/14 I’m not sure how it really originated, but I’ve made it a point to dine at Joel Robuchon’s L’Atelier wherever there is one where I’ve traveled. My first visit was to the original Paris location seven…
The Factory Kitchen 1300 Factory Pl Ste 101 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 2/25/14 The Factory Kitchen, opened four months ago, is one of the newer entrants to the still-hot downtown food scene, particularly the Arts District. It joins Drago Centro, Bestia and Maccheroni Republic as Italian restaurants to open up in the area in the last…
Raohe Night Market Shilin Night Market Tonghua/Linjiang Night Market Taipei, Taiwan Dining dates: 2/6/14, 2/10/14, and 2/11/14 Like a lot of cities in Asia, Taipei is famous for its street food. Everywhere I went, there were plentiful restaurants and street vendors selling whatever their specialty was. Seriously, food was almost everywhere, indicative of Taiwan’s dining…
Shin Yeh Taipei 101 85F-1 No. 7, Sec. 5, Xinyi Rd. Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/9/14 Shin Yeh is a restaurant that I came across a lot in preparation for my visit to Taipei from friends, bloggers and various news articles. It offers an upscale take on Taiwanese food and the restaurant group has a…
Fu Hang Dou Jiang 阜杭豆漿 Hua Shan Market, 2F No. 108, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Sec. 1 Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/8/14 I’ve only had Taiwanese-style breakfast a few times in Los Angeles. It’s a heavy carb-laden meal centered around various iterations of fried and baked dough with soymilk (presumably power-packed with enough calories to get through…
Salon de The de Joel Robuchon Bellavita Mall 3F No. 28 Song Ren Road Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/6/14 For my first meal in Taipei (which happened to be solo), I figured I’d ease into it by dining somewhere sort of familiar and possibly more Western-friendly (turns out Taipei has been one of the more…
Melisse 1104 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90401 Dining date: 1/24/14 Melisse, like the restaurant of my last post Providence, is oft-considered one of the best restaurants in the city for its French-Californian cuisine. It’s truly one of the few refined fine dining destinations that has survived through all the food trends Los Angeles has…
Providence 5955 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 Dining date: 1/16/14 I’ve generally considered Providence one of my favorite restaurants in Los Angeles since it opened in 2005. I first had chef Michael Cimarusti’s food at downtown’s Water Grill in college and followed him here. This was my fifth visit overall, but my first in…