Global Food Adventuring, one dish at a time. Favorite cuisines: New American, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Chinese. Based in Los Angeles.

Author: Zeke

Dinner Party: Crossing the social streams

Dinner Party: Crossing the social streams

The idea is simple: start by getting a few friends from different circles together, start with a few cocktails, eat some good home cooking, enjoy crossing the streams. Hopefully our dinner party series works as well as we hope. Our first dinner party successfully brought together three different […]

Summer Rolls: Nem Nuong (Vietnamese/SGV)

Summer Rolls: Nem Nuong (Vietnamese/SGV)

For lunch today we dined at the newly renamed Summer Rolls for Mother’s day. We had the combo platter, the soup, and the steamed rice cups (they all have pictures on the menu thankfully). This is a roll your own spring roll specialty shop. Dunk […]

Plan Check

Plan Check

Today we went out to Culver City to make use of the community shred day (got rid of 4 bankers boxes of paperwork that needed shredding!). Since we were in the neighborhood and hungry, we decided to give Plan Check a try. Anna had been […]

Xiao Long Bao: Epic Dumpling Crawl (SGV)

Xiao Long Bao: Epic Dumpling Crawl (SGV)

For Anna’s birthday, she requested that we organize a Xiao Long Bao crawl of the San Gabriel Valley. Ten hours and eleven stops later, this is a summary of our journey through the San Gabriel Valley. Fortune Dumpling Gathered the beginning of the crowd. Got […]

Pork Tenderloin in Hog Heaven

Pork Tenderloin in Hog Heaven

Tonight’s dinner was nice little pork tenderloin seasoned with Hog Heaven Spice mix Anna bought off Amazon.  Hog Heaven is a mix of fennel pollen and complementary herbs chosen by Pollen Ranch to highlight the sweet flavor of pork. Recipe: Preheat over to 350F, convection […]