Zo 334 S Main St Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 3/7/14 I’ve only visited Cheviot Hills’ Sushi Zo a couple of times, but both times I’ve concluded that it was a top-tier sushi place in Los Angeles. So, I was very excited to hear chef Keizo Seki was opening up a downtown location in…
Din Tai Fung (Xinyi) No. 194, Section 2, Xinyi Road, Daan District Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/10/14 Din Tai Fung (Zhongxiao) No. 218, Section 4, Zhōngxiào East Road, Daan District Taipei, Taiwan Dining date: 2/6/14 A visit to Din Tai Fung was an absolute must for me while in Taiwan. In fact, I think it’s…
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…