Category: restaurants
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Alan Wong’s (a double helping)
In our latest visit to Honolulu, we were greedy enough to eat at Alan Wong’s twice during our trip. The first meal was very good, but the second meal outdid itself. At the second dinner, Jim and I ordered the classic tasting menu, which we could do without having the entire table required to order…
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Our Hawaii Vacation
We just returned from a fabulous week in Honolulu where the skies were blue, the ocean even bluer, and it was 80 degrees every day. Oahu is our favorite island, mostly because we aren’t sit-on-the-beach kind of people, so there is more to do in Honolulu than anywhere else. That’s not to say we didn’t…
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Guy Savoy (in Paris)
So, we didn’t think our meal at Taillevent could be surpassed or that any restaurant could come close in terms of food and service. We were wrong. Guy Savoy was another culinary marvel that we were lucky enough to experience during our stay in Paris. (The official address is 18 rue Troyon, 75017 Paris; 01-43-80-40-61.)…
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Taillevent in Paris
One of the most spectacular meals we have ever had (and we have had a few!) was at Taillevent in Paris (the exact address is 15 rue Lamennais, 75008 Paris; 01-44-95-15-01). We opted not to do the tasting menu so that we could taste more dishes, and the dishes were universally excellent. We started off…
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Chef’s Table at Blue Duck Tavern
Really, we aren’t into food at all. Why else would we venture into DC on a Sunday evening with 8 of our friends to try out the chef’s table at Blue Duck Tavern? While we had high expectations for the meal, the restaurant surpassed them all. To begin with, the table itself was stunning–a long…
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Victoria & Albert’s, Grand Floridian, Disneyworld
As I mentioned in my previous post, there is just something richly amusing about the fact that the highest rated restaurant in Florida is located in Disneyworld. (Perhaps it’s picturing the reaction of all those folks who turn their noses up at the thought of visiting The Happiest Place on Earth. I once had a…
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The Gastronaut’s Menu at the Inn at Little Washington
We introduced some good friends to one of our favorite restaurants, the Inn at Little Washington on Saturday night. The Inn is located in Washington, Virginia, about an hour and 15 minutes from our house. It was a beautiful afternoon to drive out to the Inn (sunny and in the 50s), and we were warmly…
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Restaurant Eve Tasting Menu
We had dinner with some good friends at Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday night. We chose to do the chef’s choice 9 course tasting menu. Here are the 9+ dishes (there were some additions to the official 9 courses along the way): We started with the sashimi of steelhead trout with caramelized shallot…
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Alan Wong’s in Honolulu
I’ll be describing our lovely Christmas in Hawaii later, once I get some photos uploaded. But I did want to talk about one of the best meals we had while we were there, at Alan Wong’s. He does a lovely East-West Hawaii-style cuisine, and it was one of the best meals we’ve ever had. Thanks…