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Mark’s Duck House

While the Dim Sum at Mark’s Duck House always possesses an incredibly high level of quality, at this luncheon, it was even better than usual with the lobster, shrimp, and...

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Mark’s Duck House

A dim sum extravaganza at Mark’s Duck House began with special orders of shrimp dumplings followed by lobster and scallop dumplings. The remaining items were chosen from the menu. As...

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Little Saigon

Little Saigon is one of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants in the United States. On this visit we began with their exquisite rice wraps called Bobille, which are filled with vegetables...

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Veritas

Two meals in two weeks from Veritas’ new chef, Grégory Pugin, who studied under Joël Robuchon, proved once again that as good as the food has been at this restaurant...

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Charleston

This meeting of my Oenarchs group was an exceptional blind tasting hosted by one of our members, Lee Kirby Smith. It was easy to guess that we were dealing with...

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Maison Pic

Jacques Pic, who was one of my favorite chefs in the eighties and early nineties, passed away in 1992, and his restaurant quickly fell from its Michelin three-star status to...

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Bar Boulud

Think of this tunnel that resembles a wine cellar as a huge sushi bar, but instead of sushi, the diner is confronted with a gorgeous selection of terrines, patés, and...

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L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

If one wants to be guaranteed as creative and delicious French cuisine as possible, you can’t go wrong eating at any of Joël Robuchon’s restaurants, whether in Macau, Tokyo, Paris,...

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The Square

I have wanted to eat at this London restaurant since Pierre Rovani told me he had one of the finest meals of his life at The Square. While I would...

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