Category: RECOMMENDED
-
Bazaar Mar by José Andrés
This was our first meal together which I booked early evening the day we all arrived here in Vegas. The restaurant is located in a bougie shopping mall (we did see Lisa Vanderpump and her husband walking their perfectly groomed Pomeranian around the mall) adjacent to the Aria Hotel. We had an early seating right
-
Nari
We were already in the Hotel Kabuki for Sake Day, I had planned for us to eat at Nari which is also in the hotel and also one of Andrea’s favorite restaurants. This was our 5th time here and we usually get the chef’s pick menu, but this time we decided to go a la
-
Coolinary and the Parched Pig
I wanted to spend a little more time with Trisha before she dropped me off at my hotel for my conference. I looked for some places for dinner on Eater and on the Michelin guide and we both thought Coolinary looked good. They didn’t have a reservation available indoors on Resy, so I called them
-
Verjus
This was my third, Andrea’s second time dining here. Last time we were here, it was a wine maker dinner which was pretty mid in part because they essentially served all 20 of us banquet style, although the first time I ate here we had just ordered a la carte and it was fantastic which
-
Sun Moon Studio
Sun Moon Studio is located in Oakland just a couple blocks from Den Sake (we enjoyed their sake maker dinner at Nisei) and less the 0.5 mile from Hyphy Burger and an industrial area. It’s only the second active Michelin starred restaurant in the east bay having just received theirs in the June update to
-
Sorrel
Dinner event hosted by one of our VARs at Sorrel. We attended this same event 2 years ago and had definitely enjoyed both the food, the discussion by the panel, and talking to our fellow diners at the event. This time though, Andrea was sick so I ended up going solo. My account manager, reminded
-
Copra
This was our fourth time here at Copra. We ate here when they first opened and our last visit was last year for a champagne maker dinner. This time we came for Onam Sadya. My understanding is that sadya is a celebratory lunch, typically vegetarian, from the Kerala region of India and onam is the
-
‘Ulu
This was our last night here so I had reserved what I guessed was the nicest restaurant in the area. This property is quite immaculate. Walking to the restaurant, you cross a little bridge to get there. Since we had a reservation for right when they opened, we were seated at one of the tables
-
Brown’s Beach House
This was our penultimate night here on the big island. I booked us at the nicest of the dining options at the Fairmont resort. It was clearly a much nicer resort than any of the Hilton Waikoloa properties. Since we had an early seating (5:45 and the restaurant opened at 5:30), we were seated in
-
Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company
Andrea wanted to go here, so we stopped by on our way back from Hilo. We’ve been in this area of the island before, Kawaihae, but not exactly on this street which was all seemed industrial until you went up the driveway to get here. The shop offered samples of their various nuts. I did try