Category: Michelin
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SPQR
I’ve been meaning to eat here for awhile and so I made a reservation for after watching Star Wars (my third viewing) at the Kabuki. We had, what I would say, were the best seats (for us) in the restaurant at the chefs counter. It was great to see the cooks and chefs in action.
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Acquerello
(repeat restaurant) We definitely spent the day doing our bit to prop up the economy with our consumer spending on Black Friday. Started the day with shopping at Barney’s (going bankrupt closing sales) and Bloomingdales (I never imagined one could spend so much on sweat pants…Paul Smith, so they are pretty darn awesome). Chillaxing a
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Spruce
#33 old folks early dinner booked last minute. a very enjoyable meal overall. There wasn’t a tasting menu and wine pairing (we couldn’t remember the last time we ate at a Michelin Star restaurant that didn’t have a tasting menu) but it worked out great where they accommodate us and just shared all of our
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Bar Crenn
#32 random Thursday dinner. Fantastic presentation and meticulous presentation with great ingredients, mostly local. Nice lounge atmosphere. The epoisse flambé for dessert was interesting but honestly I’d rather just have straight epoisse. The canele though was actually better than the ones we had in Bordeaux. Heitz was promoting a flight of wines which included their
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Guy Savoy
Our last evening in Paris, so we decided to indulge ourselves (ha, as though we weren’t doing that the last 2+ weeks already…). The restaurant is basically located in a space with a museum and is across the Seine from the Louvre. We took the earliest seating at 7pm which is early by European standards
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Château Cordeillan-Bages
Had to collect some Michelin stars while we’re here. Fantastic meal. We both ordered two different menus so we could try nine different dishes plus wine pairings (champagne for an apertif, two whites from Pauillac, a red from St. Estephe, a Margaux, and a sauterne). Everything I expect… Food, wine, service, location… from a Michelin
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Nico
Thursday dinner at Nico. There are 62 Michelin starred restaurants in the Bay area and this was our halfway point… Number 31 on our current list. I’d actually call this a bargain relative to many of the places at which we’ve dined this year. Food was tasty and very well executed. Wine pairings were interesting
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Californios
For our anniversary we decided to eat at Olive Garden. No, just kidding (sorry Amanda! Maybe next time). A very enjoyable meal with 25 different dishes. We always prefer variety over a simple 3 course meal because that’s the way we roll. Wine pairings were a bit hit and miss, but admittedly very tricky since
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Omakase
This week’s meal was Omakase at Omakase (I guess that makes it Omakase^2). It was mildly amusing that all the white folks (Andrea and a couple next to us) got seated together (everyone else was Asian. I’m the banana buffer) with the newbie sushi chef (3 months at the restaurant compared to 21 years and
