Category: 2 Stars
Two MICHELIN Stars are awarded when the personality and talent of the chef are evident in their expertly crafted dishes; their food is refined and inspired.
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Sons & Daughters
This was my fourth visit here (Andrea’s third). When we last dined here, it was a 1 Michelin star under the new chef, Chef Harrison. They picked up their second star last August. This time, I asked for the table up front right next to the kitchen with a great view of all of the…
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Birdsong – sake maker dinner with IWA 5
We last ate here in June 2019 in between our birthdays. I remember where we sat and having a good time and I also remember the numerous homeless people out in front of the restaurant. They were a Michelin 1-star back then, but picked up a second star in 2021. Andrea had mentioned this place…
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Gymkhana
This was our first meal on our recent trip to London. For better or worse, we were eating out on New Year’s Eve. We did schedule this early since we didn’t really want to be out into the evening. We had cocktails at Gymkhana’s sister cocktail lounge, 42, beforehand. There was a special NYE tasting…
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Saison
This my 4th time dining here (2016, 2021, 2022) and Andrea’s second or third time. The last time we ate here was 2.5 years ago. Since that was before Chef Richard Lee became executive chef at Saison, this would be our first time dining here with his menu. We had an early seating as us…
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Commis
I’ve been wanting to eat here for at least 5 years ever since we ate at the restaurant Wolf next door. I believe this is the last remaining Michelin starred restaurant in the east bay. We don’t eat out in the east bay often and esp. not during our normal Thursday dining because of the…
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Californios
It was Andrea’s birthday so I booked dinner at her favorite restaurant Californios. This is our 5th timing dining here and it 4th time since 2022 (first time we ate at their previous location when they were still in the Mission). We last ate here in November, before it trip to Mexico City and Oaxaca,…
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Sons & Daughters
MI/CDS peeps, look at the fossil I dug up to join me for dinner, John Lee (no he’s not here on FB). He’s here for a conference and was free this evening for dinner so he reached out. We talk regularly on Zoom, but we have not seen each other in person in over 35…
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Californios
It’s only Wednesday, but we were having withdrawal from CDMX and Oaxaca, so I knew it was only a matter of time until we gave in and went back to Californios (we held out almost 10 days, lol). The menu had changed up since we ate here a month ago before our trip so almost…
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Pujol
Tonight’s dinner was at Pujol, probably one of the most internationally recognized restaurants in CDMX. We almost didn’t dine here at all because I missed booking a reservation 2 months in advance because I didn’t initially understand that their web site reservation doesn’t initially show what is and isn’t available until you actually try to…
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Quintonil
Today was our first dinner out here in CDMX. (For the record we did eat a late meall in the hotel yesterday since our flight out was delayed by almost 2 hours and although the food had some nice flavors, at the end of the day, it was hotel restaurant food). I had booked this…