The MaiTai Tom Dining Guide:
In Search Of Excellence In Restaurants
MAITAI’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
If there’s anything that Tracy and I like, it’s a good meal. We will share our restaurant experiences as we discover new restaurants and revisit some of our old favorites. Whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner, we’ll give you some ideas to chew on.
August 1, 2017
Worthy Of An Encore Maestro – Pasadena, CA Visited: July 2017 • Cuisine: Modern Mexican Tracy and I realized we had been on an Italian restaurant kick lately, so it was time to head south of the border (well, it is south of our house in Pasadena) and investigate a […]
May 27, 2017
Afternoon Tea For Four With Peacocks, Bagpipes & A Wedding Prestonfield House – Edinburgh, Scotland Afternoon Tea – Visited: May 2017 After a morning and early afternoon of walking in the steady drizzle through Edinburgh (including this priceless view from Princes Street Gardens up to Edinburgh Castle) … … Tracy, […]
May 10, 2017
In The Nick’s Of Time Nick’s on Second – Long Beach, CA Nick’s Laguna Beach – Laguna Beach, CA Visited: March & April 2017 Restaurant Type: California Comfort Food…with a flair Well, you know what they say, “Two Nick’s is better than one!” In the past couple of months we […]
January 6, 2017
Travels With Mai Tai Tom 2016 Vacation Restaurant Of The Year L’Ange 20 – Paris, France There were lots of great choices this year for the first ever Travels With Mai Tai Tom Vacation Restaurant Of The Year, but L’Ange 20 in Paris brought home the award with two impeccable […]
September 30, 2016
Dinner In The Cave L’Arôme – Bonnieux, France Continental – Visited: September 2016 Situated on a stunningly picturesque Provence plateau high in the Luberon hills, beautiful Bonnieux became our home for four nights in the autumn of 2016 on our three-week trip to France. The owner at our fantastic B&B, […]
September 29, 2016
Beaune Appétit Le Bacchus – Beaune, France Visited: September 2016 While I’m busily writing the France 2016 Trip Report (which should be slightly shorter than War and Peace), I thought I’d include a couple of France restaurant reviews to (for lack of a better phrase) whet your appetite. This trip […]
September 7, 2016
Wheel Of Fortune Forma – Santa Monica, CA Visited: September 2016 • Restaurant Type: Italian When Tracy and I learned that a highly rated Italian restaurant in Santa Monica served pasta in giant wheels of cheese, we decided Forma was a place we had to try! While in NYC […]
July 23, 2016
Brunch At The Presidio Arguello – San Francisco, CA Visited: May 2016 (Permanently Closed) After our tour of the Walt Disney Family Museum (click link on the left to take you to the story in California Dreaming), Kim, Mary, Tracy and I had worked up quite an appetite. Filing past […]
June 21, 2016
A Michelin One Star Experience…In Beautiful Bodega Bay Terrapin Creek Cafe Restaurant – Bodega Bay, CA Visited: May 29, 2016 If you drive by Terrapin Creek Cafe Restaurant in the pretty, coastal town of Bodega Bay, you’d be hard-pressed to guess that you were passing an establishment that has been […]
May 3, 2016
Holy Mole! Guelaguetza – Los Angeles (Koreatown) Visited: April 30, 2016 Proof positive that Los Angeles is a melting pot of cultures: Last weekend Tracy and I dined at a James Beard award-winning Mexican restaurant…located in Koreatown…which had been recommended recently by our waiter at an Indian restaurant. If only […]
May 30, 2015
Great View … Marvelous Meal Carmen de Aben Humeya – Granada, Spain Visited: May 2015 In 2015, we spent three weeks in Spain. Carmen de Aben Humeya in the Granada’s Albayzin district turned out to be easily our favorite meal of the 20-day trip. Tracy and I, along with friends […]