Tag: restaurants
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Paris!! (September 2018)
We were in Paris for a week to celebrate the Inn at Little Washington’s 40th anniversary (and its 3rd Michelin star). The weather was lovely—sunny and crisp. In total, we ate at 5 restaurants (if you count the Inn) with a total of 12 Michelin stars (yes, we are gluttonous pigs). But it was a…
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A “Picnic” by Kinship (DC)
Kinship is one of our favorite restaurants in Washington, DC, so when an invitation arrived stating that there was going to be a dinner at the farm of one of its suppliers, we didn’t hesitate! Neither did our 19 year old daughter (who is home for the summer—yay!) and two of her friends. Eric Ziebold…
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The Inn at Little Washington’s 40th birthday at Mount Vernon
The Inn at Little Washington is celebrating its 40th birthday in grand style this year. Mount Vernon (George Washington’s home for those of you who never learned/have forgotten your U.S. history) was the site of its most recent celebration. And what better place to celebrate one’s birthday than at the home of the man who…
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NoMad Hotel and NoMad Restaurant
We were fortunate enough to win a charity auction item for a bespoke dinner at the New York City restaurant, NoMad, and decided to stay at the NoMad hotel. This is not our usual haunt when we visit New York City—the Upper East Side is more the style to which we’d like to become accustomed,…
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A Long-Time Favorite: Chef Mavro (Honolulu)
It has been a while since I last posted photos of a dinner at Chef Mavro, one of our favorite restaurants. The restaurant has redone its menu a bit, allowing guests to choose from a selection of small plates or to embark on a 9 course Bataan death march of a tasting menu. We’ve done…
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Restaurant review: Dolan Uyghur
Uyghur (pronounced wee-gur) cuisine comes from one of the ethnic minorities mostly located in Xinjiang, China. We have been to a Uyghur restaurant in Beijing many years ago and were thrilled to learn that there was now a Uyghur restaurant in Washington, DC. Off we went to try it with some friends who had made…
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Inn at Little Washington weekend (aka I want to come back in my next life as one of my kids)
As you may have noticed from my blog posts, the Inn at Little Washington is a favorite restaurant of ours, with a combination of stunning food and warm hospitality. (We always feel treated like family when we go.). This past weekend will be remembered in the family chronicles as the Inn at Little Washington weekend.…
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Chef Mavro (Honolulu)
Chef Mavro is the one restaurant through the years that we always ensure we visit when we are in Honolulu. February is the tail end of black truffle season, and we were fortunate enough to ride the coattails of one of our favorite ingredients. The restaurant is currently offering a four course chicken dinner option,…
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Restaurant review: Bazaar Miami
Our food highlight from this past weekend in Miami was dinner at Bazaar, located in the SLS hotel. We’ve been to the Bazaar in Los Angeles and while the Bazaar in Miami has many of the same dishes, there are also Miami specific dishes. As with many of Jose Andres’s restaurants, the restaurant serves small…
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Restaurant review: Chinatown Express (Washington, DC)
We were looking for a quick bite to eat before the Adele concert at the Verizon Center. Daikaya (known for its ramen) was a 40 minute wait. But then we happened upon this hole-in-the-wall that advertised fresh hand-cut noodles (called 手拉麵 in Chinese). The noodles can be either put in soup or stir-fried, and you…