DUE SOUTH
Reviewing Due South: Southern charm and Southern cooking in Washington DC. Due South is serving up helpings of classic southern cooking and charm in Washington DC’s lively Navy Yard neighborhood. This restaurant is a great spot for dinner or weekend brunch! I went recently with friends, and we had such a good meal in a […]
FOUNTAIN COFFEE ROOM
Reviewing Fountain Coffee Room: Serving Hollywood stars since 1949, grab a coffee and a celebrity sighting only at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Fountain Coffee Room is an iconic spot that has been on my bucket list for quite some time, and let me tell you, I was not let down! Fountain Coffee Room is a […]
STASIO’S ITALIAN DELI & MARKET
Stasio’s Italian Deli & Market: A breakfast trifecta in Orlando. Stasio’s Italian Deli & Market is one of those places that’s been on my list for years. One step inside this Italian deli and I wished I had come sooner. Stasio’s changed my Saturday morning from ordinary to extraordinary. Walking in, the cashier greeted me with […]
BLUE PLATE TACO
Reviewing Blue Plate Taco: Clean, coastal, Mexican cuisine in Los Angeles. After researching where to go for taco Tuesday with the girls, we all agreed that Blue Plate Taco was the perfect place! The restaurant is located on Ocean Avenue, which you can always count on being busy any night of the week. We made […]
L’ARTISANE BAKERY AND BISTRO
Reviewing L’artisane Bakery and Bistro: Vegan, french-style pastries, sandwiches, and more in Coral Gables. When you hear that a vegan restaurant has the number one croissant of the year, you visit it…ASAP. So that is exactly what I did! A trip to L’artisane Bakery and Bistro took me to the heart of Coral Gables on […]
HUNAN GOURMET
Reviewing Hunan Gourmet: Authentic Chinese food in the heart of Boston’s Chinatown. Boston’s Chinatown may be small, but the neighborhood has an impressive variety of Asian restaurants. You’ll find everything from ramen to dim sum to dumpling shops. Formerly known as Bubor Cha Cha, Hunan Gourmet is an exceptional Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood’s center. […]
CAFFE 817
Caffe 817 is your neighborhood European-style cafe in Old Oakland. Caffe 817 is located in Old Oakland and is inspired by European sidewalk cafes with their Euro-centric fare. As soon as I arrived, I fell in love with the ambiance. There is both indoor and outdoor seating; some customers were inside on their laptops getting […]
CHINCHIKURIN
Reviewing Chinchikurin: Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki in Los Angeles. Sawtelle Blvd is a Little Tokyo annex that only some are fortunate to know about. Since it was my high school hot spot for dining and hanging out, I am lucky to be familiar with most restaurants on the street. However, I never had the chance to try […]
GIANNI’S
Reviewing Gianni’s: Upscale Italian Mediterranean food at the former Versace mansion in Miami Beach. Gianni’s is a special occasion bucket list kind of place, so it attracts all kinds of people. This was my fourth visit, and I have seen everything from the casual-to-the-smartly dressed, to “mamas shouldn’t let their daughters out of the house […]
INDIA’S MOST WANTED
Reviewing India’s Most Wanted: Bringing the best of India to Langley Township. While growing up in the Lower Mainland, my family would celebrate Mother’s Day by going to dinner at an Indian restaurant. It sounds simple enough, but at the time, it meant driving 45 minutes (a lifetime for a child) to Vancouver’s Main Street […]
TUTTO
Reviewing Tutto: Bringing traditional Italian flavors to life for the modern palate in Vancouver. Tutto, meaning “a little bit of everything” in Italian, truly does live up to its name. Tutto’s charm as a fine-dining Italian establishment starts with the fact that it is housed in a historic red brick building constructed in the early […]
DI BEPPE
Reviewing Di Beppe: Classic Italian fare in Vancouver. In Vancouver, there are few things as pleasant as going out for evening dinner reservations while it is still beautiful and bright outside. On an evening in May, this was exactly the case for me and my friend who had reservations for Di Beppe. Any form of […]