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La Table de Joël Robuchon

A brilliant meal at one of Joël Robuchon's restaurants in Paris, the food was exquisite, ranging from the extraordinary potato dish with foie gras and black truffles, to the wonderfully...

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L'Ami Louis

This is my favorite restaurant in the world when you simply need to eat ... superbly. As the late, great A. J. Liebling said, this is a restaurant for "feeders."...

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La Tupina - Bordeaux, France

My favorite bistro for serious eating in Bordeaux is La Tupina, located in the old part of the city, not far from the river. The chef, Jean-Pierre Xiradakis, prepares the...

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Rochat - Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville, Crissier, Switzerland

The brilliant Philippe Rochat turned out another superb meal that continued to persuade me that this guy is one of Europe's great three-star chefs. All of his dishes possess extraordinarily...

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Mark's Duck House, Falls Church, VA

An assortment of varied wines were enjoyed with the multiple delicacies from the battery of Hong Kong chefs who inhabit the kitchens of Mark's Duck House. It's always dim sum,...

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Brasserie Bodu

I had not been to Lucerne since 1972, and it was wonderful to get back to this beautiful Swiss town with its medieval atmosphere and gorgeous lakeside views. It was...

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Dinner in the Countryside Near Mt. Fuji at Yashima

Chef Toshiji Yuki is considered the greatest modern day chef in Japan, and the Kitcho restaurant in the upscale Hotel Seiyo Ginza is one of Japan's finest restaurants. Chef Yuki's...

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Oenarch Dinner

With the sumptuous food of Baltimore's top chef, Cindy Wolf, we did a blind tasting of 2000 Piedmontese wines. This is a very ripe, concentrated, somewhat atypical vintage. I suspected...

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Hedonist Dinner Two, Hotel Seiyo Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

I suppose it's unfair for one person to have two meals of a lifetime within three days, but hey ... someone's gotta do it. The menu was exactly the same...

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