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Time to tempt your palate with all the pleasurable flavors that LA, and beyond, has to offer!
Join Pleasure Palate as we do culinary adventures exploring of restaurants (both high-end & holes-in-the-wall), food & beverage tastings, and more. From savory to sweet, spicy to tangy, ethnic to All-American, we'll taste it all! Come along and let us take your taste buds on the ride of their life!
Because we want to burn off some of the calories that we eat, many of our events will have both a dining and physical activity paired together. We do many day trips and weekend adventures that combine the best of both dining and experiencing what LA, SoCal and beyond has to offer in terms of dining options and points of interests.
Pleasure Palate has been around for over 13 years now and in that time we have had over 2,000 events. We offer at least 8 events per month for our members to choose from. This is a very active MeetUp group.
We will focus on various aspects of urban, suburban and rural life, ranging from architectural to cultural, historical to quirky and/or a combination of any of the above to help give you a better appreciation of where we live. Oh, and bring your camera because we encourage all our members to take photos and share their experiences with us on the event pages.
MeetUp charges over $200 each year to maintain the Pleasure Palate site. In addition, it costs a lot of money to maintain memberships to historical societies, newspaper and magazine subscriptions - all to get ideas for future events. So we ask for a voluntary $12.00 annual donation to help defray the costs that MeetUp charges. Members who donate $12 per year get Plus Member status which allows them to bump off a Regular member for a event which is already full. Plus Members can't bump off other Plus members.
To learn more about Pleasure Palate, check out the links below:
Membership and Guidelines
Attendance Policies & 3 Strikes Rule
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Tustin: Family Style Lunch at Seven Grams & Dessert at Francium ChocolateSeven Grams, Tustin, CA
Please Note: Read the directions carefully below BEFORE you RSVP "Yes" for this event.
- This is a family style dining event - meaning we will order as a group at Seven Grams and share dishes and divide the bill evenly excluding beverages. The dessert portion of this event at Francium Chocolates is individual order.
- You cannot have any dietary restrictions for this event.
- Yelp reviews for Seven Grams: SEVEN GRAMS - Updated April 2025 - 2666 Photos & 947 Reviews - 1086 Irvine Blvd, Tustin, California - Chinese - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number - Menu - Yelp
- Francium Chocolate website: Signature Collections – Francium Chocolate™
- I estimate the cost of lunch per person at Seven Grams will be about $40, so please bring that amount in CASH.
- Bonus Round: After visiting Francium Chocolate, I plan to head over to the Crystal Court of South Coast Plaza to check out the Spring Garden Show.
- If you sign up for this event and then No Show, I will remove you from the group.
I'm craving dumplings in The OC area. At first, I was going to return to Paradise Dynasty in Costa Mesa where I have hosted a couple of events, but then I read about Seven Grams. The menu at Seven Grams looks promising, so I want to give it a try. Nearby Seven Grams is Francium Chocolates and I have been wanted to try their Dubai style chocolate bars for some time now. So we will definitely have a decadent chocolate dessert at Francium after having lunch at Seven Grams. Finally, the annual Spring Garden show at South Coast Plaza is taking place that same weekend, so I will check it out right after dessert at Francium, so that I can walk off some of those calories. So come join me for a few hours tin Tustin for dumplings and chocolate!
- Arcadia & Pasadena: Lunch at Ramen Nagi & Showcase House TourRamen Nagi, Arcadia, CA
Please Note: read the directions carefully below BEFORE you RSVP "Yes" for this event.
- This is a two-part event. We will first have lunch at Ramen Nagi at Noon and then at 1:45 PM we will board our shuttle to for the 2:30 PM admission to the Pasadena Showcase House.
- Estimated cost for lunch at Ramen Nagi is around $25 to $30, so please bring that amount in CA$H.
- To purchase your early bird discounted ticket to the Pasadena Showcase House, go here: 2025 Pasadena Showcase House of Design — Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
Make sure to enter in “EARLYBIRD” for the discount code to get $10 off the ticket, so that it only costs $38. The discount code is only good until March 2nd. - Make sure your ticket admission is for Sunday, April 27th at 2:30 PM.
It's been several years since I've hosted a visit to the Pasadena Showcase House. This being their 60th anniversary, the home featured looks very grand and promising. Plus, with the early bird discount code knocking the price of admission to $38, I just couldn't resist. We will first have lunch at Ramen Nagi which is located inside the Shops at the Santa Anita Mall. Then at 1:45 PM, we will board the shuttle bus that will take us to the Showcase House.
- Koreatown: Premium AYCE at Moohan Korean BBQMoohan Korean BBQ, Los Angeles, CA
Please Note: read the directions carefully below BEFORE you RSVP "Yes" for this event.
- We will be choosing the Premium All You Can Eat menu at Moohan, which is about $78 per person - tax and tip included.
- This is a limited seating dining event, so if you sign up, I fully expect you to show up. If you cancel (or No Show) for any reason within 72 hours of when the event starts, I will remove you from the group. I do not tolerate flakes.
- You can check out Moohan's menu here: MOOHAN_MENU_041025
I'm craving Korean BBQ and I recently read about Moohan, which supposedly serves premium cuts or meat AYCE style. Normally, I avoid AYCE because I prefer quality over quantity, but from what I read, people are saying they really do serve quality cuts of meat here. So come join me in Koreatown to stuff our belly with premium cuts of meat!
- Day Trip to Idyllwild: Alpenglow Lilac Gardens & MoreAlpenglow Lilac Gardens, Idyllwild, CA
Please Note: Read the directions carefully BEFORE you RSVP "Yes" for this event.
- This is a day trip to Idyllwild with multiple stops for breakfast, scenic sites, points of interest, and lunch.
- If I get 3 or more people to join me on this day trip, I will rent a vehicle we can carpool from. We will split the cost of the rental and gas evenly. If we do carpool, we will meet from my home in Carson at 7 AM.
- Estimated cost for this event is between $100 to $150, which includes meals, and vehicle rental and gas.
- Alpenglow Lilac Gardens LA Times article: How to visit the hidden Idyllwild Lilac Garden - Los Angeles Times
- There will be some hiking involved in this trip since we will go on a scenic trail(s).
- The event is now full. For those of you on the Wait List, you either need to provide your own transportation, or form your own carpool so that I can add you into the event.
Over the years, I have led day trips to Idyllwild, which is my favorite mountain town in SoCal. Well, its been several years since I have last hosted a visit and I found out that a site I have been wanting to visit but haven't yet done so will be closing permanently at the end of May. That site is the Alpenglow Lilac Gardens. The owner is now too old to maintain the garden so he is retiring and making this the last Spring we can admire the lilac flower garden he has created over the course of many years. So I want to head back up there to check out the garden, but also enjoy their wonderful bakery, some scenic points of interest, and do a hiking trail or two. So come join me for a full day of fun and adventure in Idyllwild!
