Lao Tao is not just another race-to-the-bottom Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. In fact, it doesn’t even serve Cantonese food or ethnic Vietnamese-Chinese food, the two staples of Chinatown. Lao Tao is different. Lao Tao focuses on experimental, low-priced but quality Taiwanese street food. In Taiwanese “Lao Tao” translates to “foodies” which coincidentally is the name of this eponymous blog which…
Los Angeles Auto Show & Nissan Media & Influencer Dinner
The Los Angeles Auto Show is wonderland and early Christmas for kid and adult auto enthusiasts alike. And auto friends it’s that time of year again. The auto show opens tomorrow (11/18) at the Los Angeles Convention center. Nissan invited me to a pre-party to kick off this auto extravaganza. The party was hosted for…
My photo of Walt Disney Concert Hall shared by ABC7
ABC7 kindly shared my photo of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The @laphil and @theacademy have joined forces to celebrate the music of three Hollywood classics! Thursday see “Rebel Without a Cause,” Friday “On the Waterfront,” and Sunday “Casablanca”! They’ll be presenting the classic films at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, each live-to-picture with a…
THE BLOCK The Urban Gastronomy Experience!
Today I was lucky to be apart of the inaugural The Block Urban Gastronomy foodie festival held in Inglewood, CA. The Block food festival highlights emerging tastes and cuisines influenced by LA’s inner-city youth culture from Inglewood, Gardena, Compton, East LA, and Carson. This event was made possible by tireless organizer, ReeCee. So a big shout-out to her and also a…
Limerick’s Tavern
“A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill can hold more than his beli-can. He can take in his beak Food enough for a week But I’m damned if I see how the heli-can.” – Ogden Nash The name Limerick’s Tavern reminds me of 12th grade English where we had to write our own bawdy…
Back on ABC7!
Foodies.ai blog contributor Calvin Lee is back on ABC 7 news today! Short post. Just screenshots of him and his photography on TV. Because really that’s all that matters for this post. Oh, and the food, prism-esque selfie, and a zooming roller coaster! Zoom zoom. First the food picture because this is a food blog! …
Sunset Featured on ABC7 Morning News
Calvin Lee’s latest post on this blog covering Santa Monica Seafood restaurant included some spectacular sunset views. But those photos were secondary and tucked below the amazing food photos and accompanying restaurant review. I wanted to re-highlight those photos here in this post because they went on to become famous and featured on TV! Way to go, Calvin! The Balboa Island sunset as…
Santa Monica Seafood
Santa Monica Seafood is known for their incredibly fresh seafood. They have two restaurants fifty miles apart in Southern California: one in Santa Monica and the other in Costa Mesa, Orange County. On this slow, summery Saturday afternoon I wanted to go on a fun little drive and visited their Santa Monica Seafood restaurant in Costa Mesa. After the…
Dinner at Cafe del Rey
Medium-rare, mouth-watering pork chops at Cafe del Rey in Marina Del Rey. I had the rare pleasure of having dinner with Calvin Lee. He’s a big LA foodie who was most recently seen on the TV show Make Me A Millionaire Inventor on CNBC last Thursday (10/13). You can catch the episode online on CNBC here. Cafe del…