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B.A.D*: Drago Centro – Instantly the best Happy Hour in Downtown LA
Awhile back, DTLA happy hours were covered on this site. After the final entry in July (covering Chaya and Magnola), drought seemed to hit the DTLA happy hour scene. While Corkbar and Bottlerock both featured early evening happy hours, the food comin...
Hungover Thursday news: Blue Velvet Happy Hour, Eagle Rock gets Froyo
Blue Velvet, the restaurant cum lounge cum pool at The Flat, announces new summer Happy Hour specials, as well as a new chef: 3 things you have to remember here: 1) FREE VALET. This is important because parking in Westlake can be quite a hassle. 2) ...
B.A.D. is back. 2 More DTLA Happy Hours: Chaya vs. Magnolia
Just thinking back on Chaya makes me wanna hurl some sushi rolls at the full length glass panes surrounding the entire restaurant. I, too, love the miso black cod. It’s black cod, it’s miso. In Adam Fleishman speak, this would be umami o...
An explanation of why negative reviews need to exist.
From Blog Down Town’s comment box regarding the closing of Siptea, a downtown tea house that didn’t make it to the 1 year mark: It’s almost as if they forgot, “build it in whatever way, shape or form and with whatever cheapes...
Someone tell Morton’s Chicago there’s a recession
Let us think about every restaurant available for dinner at less than $54.50 per person. No, never mind that. Just read the “Recession Buster” category listed by LA Time’s Daily Dish, or the recent LA.com Weekly Dining Deal article....
Bottega Louie: A Glorious Soft Opening Party, DTLA
Above was to be pix of myself + executive chef Chris Goossen but… we didn’t work out. Per Angelenic’s twitter last nite, the place was bumpin’. Angelenic has tracked Bottega’s build out extensively and whatever ca...
Self luvin’ on Valentine’s Day (Groundworks, Blu Cafe, Culinary Historians, Sa Rit Gol)
Yes, this post is a wee bit delayed. Then again, which blogger isn’t a “wee bit delayed”. A certain someone has asked: “what is the foodie lifestyle”. Being the complete misanthrope, something like: “wtf is a...
Mother Road shows no love for “bloggers”: DTLA
me and my DSLR were chased out of a South Park district burger bar early Friday evening. Mr. Manager, Juanenito, didn’t like the way I did things. Mind you, I was just waiting for my medium rare cheeseburger to come… Yours truly to...
In “The Must” We Trust, DTLA
While skylarking around town for that ultimate meal, it is very easy to strike out. This is not a metaphor, but an actual 0 for 3 in restaurant selection, in 1 single nite. First stop of the night was Indian Restaurant in San Gabriel. Y’...
Downtown Burger Assery: D-Town Burger Bar
This is just crap. It’s crap cuz there are equally priced burgers in Compton that tastes 200% better. It’s crap because they turned such a meaningful space into such a soulless restaurant. It’s crap cuz they only give 3 sticks...
When a man hungers for some deep sausage love: Wurstkuche, DTLA
In Chicago, there was a man loved for his sausage. Doug was his name, Hot Doug was his stand. In LA, Wurstkuche is Doug’s doppelganger with an edge: Belgians on draft. Damn, how much can one love St. Bernardus 12? A lot. Wurstkuche was h...
Superstah living on a Wednesday: O Bar + Restaurant, DTLA
First stop, The Association Pisco Sour & a sugary Pear Martini. this place is indeed the bomb. focused on old time booze, serving martinis up in proper 2-martini lunch sized stemware. dig it. far superior to the clustereff that is the Cr...
DineLA round 1: Tiara Cafe, DTLA.
Brunching at Tiara Cafe makes me want to grow a pair. Of boobs. Also, I would like to trade in my wee wee for a vagina after whoring the entire blueberry cobbler. $16 was all it took to convince me being a woman is the right way to roar through...
Pitfire Pizza: We’re still Broke Ass, Part VI. DTLA, etc.
Happy New Years Eve, and unfortunately, we’re all still pretty broke. Pitfire is the only edible chained chain-let pizza joint in LA. Don’t agree? Post your suggestion in the comments. They serve beer, no tip required, and they sti...
Broke-Ass Dining (BAD) Part IV: Morton’s, DTLA
Yes, Morton’s is a chain. So is McCormick’s. But they’re PREMIUM chains. Further justification: I’ve been to the original Morton’s in Chicago. Hence now all Morton’s are allowed. Yes, cognitive dissonance wor...
