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With soaring 40-foot ceilings and surrounded by warm wood, this is a surprisingly warm and airy room. There is a private dining area for 10 enclosed by glass in the middle of the room. In addition, the communal dining table which is a beautiful long wood table right by the fireplace, is a good option [...]

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Save this place for a special occasion since at $275 per person for the tasting menu (vegetarian option available) or $175 for a five-course prix fixe, this is not a cheap experience. But I have to say that it is worth it. Come hungry because this is a 4 hour epic meal enjoyed at a [...]

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Open since 1836, this is still a highly regarded restaurant in Barcelona. On perusing the menu, the house specialty is paella parellada and certain seafood dishes. Of course, we had to try the paella parellada, which came highly recommended by a local person. Paella is so often a tourist trap that it takes a little [...]

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What a gorgeous view of the Burrard Inlet! If you can, reserve a table by one of the windows. This is the kind of elegant place which shows off the beauty of Vancouver while serving great food at a reasonable price. A definite stop if you have visitors from out-of-town. Unfortunately, you need a car [...]

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The restaurant is set in the beautiful central courtyard of the high-end Casa Lalla Riad. Apparently, this place was set up by a Michelin-starred chef who was tired of the grind. The setting and service is excellent. The food was above average but nothing special and disappointing for my expectations of a Michelin-starred chef. In [...]

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Groucho Marx once said something like, “I wouldn’t care to belong to any club that would have me as a member”. So when it’s Thursday, and you find one of the best restaurants in boston has both 9pm and 9:30pm reservations for 5 available for the next evening, you have to ask yourself, “Why?”. My [...]

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Lameloise Hôtel Restaurant Lameloise Relais and Chateaux 36, place d’Armes 71150 CHAGNY-EN-BOURGOGNE (FRANCE) phone: +33 (0)3 85 87 65 65 fax: +33 (0)3 85 87 03 57 E-mail : lameloise@relaischateaux.com Closed: Wednesday all day, Tuesday noon and Thursday noon, January 1st to 24th, from July 8th to 14th and from December 22nd to 31st Cost: [...]

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Paul Bocuse www.bocuse.fr Open daily all year round lunch : noon to 1.30pm dinner : 8.00pm to 9.30pm L’Auberge du Pont de Collonges – 40 Rue de la Plage – 69660 Collonges au Mont d’Or Tél. : (33) 04 72 42 90 90 Fax : (33) 04 72 27 85 8 Cost: Really really expensive [...]

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T: Continuing ‘eat week’ in Chicago, this was a very fine dinner.D had somehow tracked this place down as being one of the best restaurants in Chicago (if not in the US) and so as much as we’ve already had some great food this week, we decided to check it out. Apparently the chef has [...]

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T: This was an epic dinner. D had low expectations, and I really didn’t know what to expect. Long one of LA’s ‘see and be seen’ restaurants, this was probably the one that started it all for Wolfgang Puck. And by ‘all’, I mean his status as restauranteur-to-the-stars. This was the restaurant that has long [...]

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