Dining Best

As I've now gone on a fair number of dining adventures, eventually I began to think of what were the best meals I've ever had, as well as the best dishes.  Here's my random list of top tens / fives.

Top Ten Meals
  1. Atelier Crenn
  2. Benu
  3. Narisawa
  4. VEA
  5. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
  6. Chez Panisse
  7. Californios
  8. French Laundry
  9. Oriole
  10. Mingles 

Top Ten Savory Dishes
  1. French Laundry - Oysters & Pearls - Sabayon of Pearl Tapioca w/ Island Creek Oysters and White Sturgeon Caviar 
  2. Atelier Crenn - Abalone, Roasted Garlic, Oyster Cream
  3. Saison - beef grilled in a bed of hay
  4. Oriole - SEA URCHIN - emulsion with bay scallop, cauliflower and anise hyssop 
  5. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal - spiced pigeon - ale & artichoke
  6. Benu - oyster, pork belly, kimchi 
  7. VEA -  Roasted Sea Cucumber - spanish red prawn, asparagus
  8. Chez Panisse - borage agnelotti with North Coast mushrooms
  9. Atelier Crenn - A-5 Wagyu, Foraged Spring Herbs, Carrot Veil
  10. Commis - smoked trout roe with herbal yogurt, malt vinegar with warm jerusalem artichoke

Top Ten Desserts
  1. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal - spring tart - gariguette strawberries, rose, lovage and basil yogurt, goats milk ice cream 
  2. Mingles - Jang Trio - Doen-Jang creme brulee, gan-jang pecan, gochu-jang blackrice, vanilla ice cream, whisky foam
  3. VEA -  Bean Curd Sheet - gingko nut, puff pastry, barley 
  4. Oriole - PISTACHIO - gelato with pineapple curd, elderflower, and puffed rice  
  5. Michael Mina - AMBROSIA MELON, SHISO, MATCHA
  6. Chez Panisse - Wild blackberry and lemon verbena meringata
  7. Sons & Daughters - alpine strawberry, mint and salad burnet
  8. Lord Stanley -  mandarin pavlova with citrus gastrique 
  9. Atelier Crenn - Vanilla Bean Guanabana Fruit, Crystallized Tobacco Leaf 
  10. Benu - sake lees sherbet, persimmon, yuzu

Top Five Breads
  1. Narisawa - “Bread of the Forest 2010” Kinome and Kabosu
  2. Benu - mantou w/ truffle spread
  3. Narisawa - Onion Bread
  4. Aster - SOURDOUGH, house cultured butter
  5. Sons & Daughters - pretzel bread roll

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