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This fascinating Chinese restaurant, actually classic Sichuan food, was the favorite restaurant of China’s former leader, Deng Xiao Ping. It is now a club, even though it is open to...

For anyone going to the Summer Olympics, this would be one of my top picks for eating in Beijing. It is located in the Grand Hyatt, the venue is superb,...

One of the great modern-day Cabernet Sauvignons is consistently Shafer’s Hillside Select, and the 2002, a vintage that produced many classic Cabernets, was sensational. Inky blue/purple-colored, it offered up notes of pain grillé, crème...

I am still not a fan of abalone, which I was served numerous times in Asia, and I feel it is an overrated shellfish. Nevertheless, I was pleased by how...

The service was impeccable and the wines simple, from a straightforward, waxy, honeysuckle-infused 2006 Caymus Conundrum, to Jadot’s pleasant cherry-scented and -flavored 20005 Beaujolais from the appellation of Brouilly. This is another restaurant that I...

Lastly, having the 2001 Yquemseveral times during my Asian trip is a reminder of just what a legendary and mythical vintage this has already become. It is everything that Yquem should...