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Hand-crafted bento boxes by James Sugishita.

So we first met James on the inaugural dinner at the famed Hayato kaiseki restaurant 2 years ago at the ROW DTLA complex where the American Apparel factory used to be. This is the closest thing you can get in CA to a Kyoto kaiseki restaurant. This was the same month Jonathan Gold died, and […]Read Post ›

Mina, Bilbao…a 1 Michelin Star that acts like a 2 Michelin Star

So upon landing at the Bilbao airport, we ran the chance of missing this amazing dinner in case our flight was delayed, but we miraculously landed on time at 530p, unloaded our luggage, parked our van at the train station in the center of town, which was less than a block from our Airbnb, got […]Read Post ›

Somni…2 Michelin Stars, deserves 3 IMHO

I am happy there is finally a fancy molecular, super elegant 2 star dinner in LA besides Providence that is not a gastropub style restaurant with dish rag napkins. We were lucky to book this for my 41st B-day for June back in May, the week before the first time Michelin guide was released in […]Read Post ›

Kato..Los Angeles, 1 Michelin star

Besides Yamakase, this is my only other blog post about an LA restaurant. I am a native Angelino, grew up here, went to high school and college here, moved away for med school and came right back to live here for good. I have been to Providence more times than I can count, but could […]Read Post ›

Guy Savoy…3 Michelin Stars, Paris

Before I start, these are the things I remember about this place. The Austrian waiter who just spoke way too fucking fast like he was at an auction. Secondly, a table with 4 anorexic models with these douche-bag manager types that were asking how many calories were in each dish. Lastly, overall just being sad […]Read Post ›

Yannick Alléno at Pavillon Ledoyen… 3 Michelin Star lunch, Paris

The Ledoyen is one of the oldest restaurants in Paris. Alléno at Pavillon Ledoyen, in addition to being a 3 Michelin star restaurant, is also ranked #31 in the world this year on the Pellegrino top 50 restaurants in the world list. Apparently, Degas was a regular here, and supposedly Napoleon met Josephine here. Since […]Read Post ›

Paris Opera House

So we had to leave at least one night for something cultural instead of just food. We still ended up going home and changing on this night before going out to have a late night Kurdish sandwich at Urfa Durum in La Marais, which we don’t have any pics of, unfortunately. Here we are leaving […]Read Post ›

Le Dôme… Michelin/Bourdain- recommended seafood, Paris

So sad that Anthony Bourdain is gone. We really came here as a tribute to him. I remember seeing his episode on this place many years ago, and he was like an apostle preaching the Gospel on the beauty of simplicity and freshness, done right, no bullshit, the no non-sense French seafood tower. Here is […]Read Post ›

Le Chateaubriand…1 Michelin Star, Paris

Interesting story behind this place. When we initially trying coming here, five years ago, they were still newly opened and ranked #13 in the world on the San Pellegrino list, but now it’s #74 on the list. We ended up taking the metro from the CDG airport in Paris to the neighborhood of Saint Denis […]Read Post ›

La Truffiére…1 Michelin Star, Paris, Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence winner

Before I get started with this place, let me just say that it was the best wine experience we had on our entire trip. There is a very important distinction between the Michelin Star system and the Wine Spectator Award system. With Wine Spectator, there are three levels, Award of Excellence, which is like a […]Read Post ›

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