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Dining Adventures

Here's are lists & a map of my dining adventures on this blog.  Expand the map out to see destinations outside of California and the US.

I don't pretend to be a food expert.  What you see in these posts is just my pictures and whatever is on my mind when I ate the food or me Googling trying to understand and explain the food.  Most of my reviews of the food will be "Delicious" or "Meh" as I don't have the ability to really judge food beyond that.  I mostly blog about my fancier-ish dining adventures to help others get an idea about what a restaurant is about.

Sometimes, all I want to know is "how big are the portions", "how many courses are there on the tasting menu", and "what does X on the menu actually mean".  This is sometimes impossible to find on the restaurant's website, and sometimes difficult to find on Yelp with the exception of a few reviewers who write insanely detailed reviews.  So here are my blog entrees, I hope they help anyone who wanders onto them. If you're curious about what I consider to be my top dining experiences, see Dining Best.

Dining Adventures Map



List by Region

Listed By Year & Order of Visiting & Extra Notes

- Asterisks - Michelin stars
- TOP50 - Worlds Top 50 Restaurants
- OAD - Opionated About Dining
- Info below was at time of dining

  • 2014
    1. Saison - **, #1 OAD, no pics :-(
    2. Alexander's Steakhouse
    3. Chez Panisse, #128 OAD
    4. French Laundry - ***, #44 TOP50, #8 OAD
    5. Commis - *, #40 OAD
    6. All Spice - *
    7. Cotogna
    8. Blackbird - *, #144 OAD
    9. Benu - ***, #27 OAD
  • 2015
    1. Kusakabe - *
    2. The Progress
    3. Chez Panisse, #132 OAD
    4. State Bird Provisions - *
    5. Sons and Daughters - *, #83 OAD
    6. La Folie - *
    7. Ad Hoc, #134 OAD
    8. The Pineapple Room
    9. Sushi Sasabune
    10. Cotogna
    11. Commonwealth - *, #75 OAD
    12. Kin Khao - *
  • 2016
    1. Al's Place - *
    2. Keiko a Nob Hill - *
    3. Uncle Yu's
    4. Aster - *
    5. Mourad - *, #51 OAD
    6. Gary Danko - *
    7. Din Tai Fung
    8. Al's Place - *
    9. Delage
    10. Rasa - *
    11. Trestle
    12. Narisawa - **, #8 TOP50, #2 TOP50-ASIA, #26 OAD-ASIA
    13. Nagamegawa Pontcho Hana
    14. Hirobun
    15. Arashiyama Benkei
    16. Aster - * 
    17. Oriole - **
  • 2017
    1. Californios - *, #93 OAD
    2. Solbar - *
    3. Atelier Crenn - **, #83 TOP50, #46 OAD
    4. Dinner By Heston Blumenthal - **, #36 TOP50, #90 OAD-EUROPE
    5. Solbar - * 
    6. Bouchon Bistro - * 
    7. Michael Mina - * - #122 OAD
    8. Robin
  • 2018
    1. Lord Stanley - * 
    2. Shang Palace - **
    3. Kam's Roast  Goose - *
    4. VEA - *, #113 OAD-ASIA
    5. MUME - *, #18 TOP50-ASIA, #31 OAD-ASIA
    6. Mingles -  *, #89 TOP50, #11 TOP50-ASIA, #49 OAD-ASIA
    7. Trestle
  • 2019
    1. Rich Table - * 
    2. Mourad - *, #60 OAD
    3. The Progress - * 
    4. Roister - *
    5. Sons and Daughters - *, #115 OAD

Misc Dining Posts

As an aside, here are some other people's blogs that I found that I found useful for info on restaurants from time to time.
KevinEats  Cyneats  Julie's Dining Club  Followmefoodie
Thejoyfulfoodie

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