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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
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Koreatown: Family Style Lunch at Fish with You
Fish with You, 3470 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA, USPlease Note: Read all 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 and divide the bill evenly.
- You cannot have any dietary restrictions for this event.
- Estimated cost per person for this event is between $30 to $40 per person, so please bring that amount in CA$H.
- Yelp reviews: FISH WITH YOU KTOWN - Updated July 2026 - 413 Photos & 219 Reviews - 3470 W 6th St, Los Angeles, California - Chinese - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number - Menu - Yelp
Last year, while hosting a lunch at a restaurant, I noticed another one nearby named Fish with You. The menu looked intriguing, It specializes in Taiwanese sauerkraut fish soup, but it also has other options like beef. Today, Eric, a PP member, requested we try it out and I found out they have another location in Koreatown, so I want to try out that location since its closer to my home. SO come join me in Ktown to try Taiwanese sauerkraut fish soup and other items on the menu!
9 attendees
Tustin: Family Style Brunch at Palette Dim Sum
Palette Dim Sum, 3015 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA, USPlease 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 and divide the bill evenly between the group excluding beverages.
- You cannot have any dietary restrictions for this event.
- The estimated cost per person for this event is around $40, so please that amount in CA$H.
- In order to RSVP "Yes' for this event, you must make a $10 deposit. The deposit is non-refundable within 72 hours of the event start. No exceptions. When we receive the bill for our meal, I will deduct $10 from your share of the meal.
- You can send me the $10 deposit via Zelle, PayPal or Venmo. You can pull up my accounts to these services by my email: rjhemedes@gmail.com or my phone number: 714-658-4099. It will list my name as Robert Hemedes
- If you don't pay the deposit, you will be moved to the Wait List.
- Menu and pricing: POC - Menus
Its been quite some time since I hosted a dim sum event and PP member Bertha requested I host one. We both weren't able to attend the other Palette dining event held earlier this year, so I am hosting it later this month. So come join me at Tustin to have dim sum brunch at Palette!
9 attendees
New Mexico: Zozobra, Acoma, Bandelier, Alien Throne, Array & Carlsbad Caverns!
Fort Marcy Park, 490 Bishops Lodge Road, Santa Fe, NM, USPlease Note: Read the information carefully below BEDFOR you RSVP "Yes" for this multi-day event.
- I am only allowing members who have attended several other Pleasure Palate events in the past for this event. If you have never attended events before, you are not permitted to join in on this trip.
- You must be a low maintenance, easy going person. Meaning if things don't turn out exactly as planned due to circumstances beyond our control, you will be fine with it. You are not the type of person who gets easily upset or frustrated when things don't go your way.
- Be physically in shape to hike in 90s degrees weather,
- The planned itinerary is:
Thurs - fly into Albuquerque and go on the Acoma Sky Village Tour and Visit Bandelier National Park and stay overnight in Albuquerque - Fri -hike to the Alien Throne in the Bisti Badlands attend the Zozobra parade and festival in the late afternoon/evening and stay overnight in Santa Fe
Sat - tour the Array and stay overnight in Roswell
Sun - tour the Carlsbad Caverns and stay overnight in El Paso
Mon - Fly back to LAX from El Paso - Zozobra will require advance ticket purchase when they become available: Zozobra 2025 - The Hottest Santa Fe Festival!
- If its possible, we will try to tour the Carlsbad Caverns on Sunday morning and catch a flight back to LAX on Sunday evening. But if there are no flights available on Sunday evening, then we will fly back to LAX from El Paso on Monday morning instead.
- We will be spending between $100 to $150 per day for this trip.
- I will be renting a large SUV for this trip and only allowing up to 6 other people (at my discretion) to join me on this trip.
So I just returned from my extended Labor Day weekend from TX and NM. We got to see almost everything on the planned itinerary except for the Carlsbad Caverns. So I want to try again next Summer, but this time around add in a bunch of other sites and events I have not been able to squeeze in in prior trips to New Mexico. Most notably, I want to finally experience Zozobra, which is a precursor to Burning Man - which I have done about a decade ago. I have also been wanting to tour the Acoma Sky Village, hike to the Alien Throne in the Bisti Badlands, climb the ladders at Bandelier National Park, tour the Array where the movie Contact was filmed, and finally revisit Carlsbad Caverns and marvel at its underworld beauty. So come join me in fantastic and enchantment filled adventure!
6 attendees
Torrance: Daily Drops Burmese Cuisine
Daily Drops Burmese Cuisine, 3527 Artesia Blvd, Torrance, CA, USPlease Note: Read the directions carefully below BEFORE you RSVP "Yes" for this event.
- This is a family style dining event. We will be ordering as a group and dividing the bill evenly, excluding beverages,
- You cannot have any dietary restrictions for this event.
- The estimated cost for this event is about $25 per person, so please bring that amount in CA$H.
- Menu and pricing: Daily Drops Burmese Cuisine 3527 Artesia Blvd Torrance CA 90504 Call or Text:(424) 318-6297
There aren't many Burmese restaurants in SoCal, so when I found out there was one located not far from where I live, I knew I had to try it. So come join me in Torrance to have lunch at Daily Drops Burmese Cuisine!
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