Restaurants
Gourmet

Veritas

There may not be a better restaurant for extraordinarily pure and creative French cuisine than what the young, 29-year-old Grégory Pugin serves at Veritas. His food is outrageously superb. Moreover,...

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Masa

A remarkable and mind-bogging array of creative sashimi and sushi from perhaps the world’s greatest master of sashimi and sushi, Masa Takayama oversees a sushi bar that probably sits no...

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Oregon Grille

This was a super night at my favorite local restaurant outside Baltimore City, in the horse country of Hunt Valley, the Oregon Grille. It is basically a steak and seafood...

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Mark’s Duck House

A Dim Sum extravaganza and wine blow out at Mark’s Duck House is about as much fun as one can possibly have. It’s like the advertisement for the Outback Steakhouse...

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Mystery Restaurant

I apologize, but the proprietors of this high-end restaurant in Seoul asked me not to mention its name. However, I enjoyed another exquisite Korean meal that showed brilliant finesse, elegance,...

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Le Normandie

Marc Hébrard flew in from France to work with the French staff at this restaurant situated at the top of the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok that many consider to be the...

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La Tupina

My favorite restaurant in Bordeaux (and one of my two or three favorite bistros in the world), La Tupina’s cruncy, deep-fried tripe may not be for everybody, but I adore...

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Dinner with Friends, St.-Emilion, France

Very good food and an intriguing group of wines enjoyed with good friends resulted in an enjoyable evening. Perhaps the most shocking wine (an inexpensive Bordeaux I have consistently recommended...

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Le Repaire de Cartouche

Another one of my favorite Paris bistros, the tall, young chef, Randolph Paquin, runs this tiny venue with exceptional attention to the quality of the food. Moreover, for its size,...

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