Restaurants
Gourmet
Beggar’s chicken or jiaohuh chicken (chicken stuffed with fried pork, wrapped in lotus leaves and soaked in shaoxing wine and coated with a layer of mud). It was delicious –...
Read MoreOne of the brilliant restaurants of Shanghai (and there are many of them), this venue also boasts a spectacular view of the city from its 36th floor windows. It has...
Read MoreThis was a fabulous find for classic Cantonese cuisine. We spent several days in the countryside 5 to 6 hours west of Shanghai visiting the so-called river towns that Marco...
Read MorePrepared by the great French chef, Frédéric Chabbert, with head sommelier, Nicolas Pieron, this meal accompanied a look at some of my 100-point wines. While some may accuse me of...
Read MoreA breathtaking beautiful restaurant with a stunning view of Hong Kong Harbor, this is the highest rated Michelin rated Chinese restaurant (3 stars) in Hong Kong, no easy achievement. The...
Read MoreDaniel Boulud’s noisy, open-kitchen, open-air restaurant was good, but for me it ranked behind his extraordinary Bar Boulud, which offers a remarkable selection of charcuterie and terrines as well as...
Read MoreTo celebrate Bert Basignani’s (one of Maryland’s finest winemakers as well as a friend of over 25 years) 66th birthday, he pulled some of the gems from his wine collection...
Read MoreThis restaurant is located on the penthouse level of a building in which every floor is packed with restaurants. We enjoyed a sensational, classic Cantonese meal with my favorite dishes...
Read MoreDinner at a friend’s house was a simple meal accompanied by some exquisite wines, all from magnum. Michel Genet is a reliable as well as outstanding Champagne that sells at a realistic...
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