and updated décor at one of the street’s Hong Kong-style seafood pioneers. It had been a year or so since I was last here for dim sum (not the best, but good value for the money and cheaper than other sit-down places) and I...

't make one today") that jcwla reports on. A square aged green plate with flared edges, decorated with rose colored rocks, and a spiny black sea urchin shell in the middle— cavity filled with ice, covered with a green leaf,...

CAMPANILE gets my #1 vote on this. Went for long lunch. Food was decent but thought it was ho-hum and felt like I could have made most of the dishes myself (my barometer for whether a restaurant is worth returning to again and...

) and it was decorated with a wisp of a micro green. It was surrounded by a deep pool of deep brown coriander sauce. There was a half of rabbit kidney, little bigger than a kidney bean and a faint dusting of beet powder on the...

This is Top Chef not Top Caterer! Am I the only one who is seriously bummed that they didn’t do Restaurant Wars this year? It’s the highlight of the season – the concept, the menu planning, the decor, the service...

Brewery ————————— 617 4th Street Eureka, CA 707-445-4480 http://www.lostcoast.com/ Due to a late departure from San Francisco, we found ourselves having a late dinner at a half full...

gravy just kept boiling up when I added it, and stayed thin. I ended up putting like half the canister (you know those decorative tin /hide the ugly box canisters?) into the gravy before it got thickish. Finally I gave up, poured...

Baby Back Blues in Plainfield is pretty good, I must say. The place is a dump, decor-wise, but, hell I WANT my BBQ places to be funky. The ribs are tasty, as are the pork and brisket. The prices are right, and your clothes will...

out of food. And saying that she did not have time to make her own sausage, when she could have—- what did she spend her prep time on? Everything she does makes me mad— ever since she barked "We need to put some stuff...

I hit Pad Thai in SmallPaul after yoga one night last week. We sat at the bar and were asked if we’d like to order by EVERY person that walked past the bar. ;) Service was enthusiastic if unpolished. Loved the decorating...

Great suggestion. I too read all the posts about the Lab dinner with admiration and envy. I did have a memorable meal with friends at Chinoise on Main in Santa Monica on Halloween—in true Hollywood style, the holiday decor...

that has been serving the same mediocre Egg Foo Young for something like a century (with the decor to prove it), ever since it was founded by the son of Chinese railroad laborers. Didn’t seem like genuine Chinese food at...

it also looks like verna’s might be expanding into the space next door that used to be the cake decorating supply place...

a personal deficiency of mine. I cannot understand why the French insist on making cake that basically tastes like sweet air. I can only assume is that the focus of their cakes is the decoration/filling/icing (which are so...

with shrimp (a special) had nice texture, but it was underspiced. The decor and atmosphere is nice (tinkly gamelan music on the stereo) and service was congenial. Vanni’s Innovative Cuisine: An impromptu lunch for five, when...