Remember the wonderful Bistro K which Laurent Quenioux used to be the chef (old entries: 1 and 2)? It was a pity he left and since then he doesn’t have a permanent based. The only way to taste his food is when he guest chef at Vermont restaurant from time to time (see old entry). […]
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November 7, 2008
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Sketch Ice cream (Berkeley: 4th street)
By Joan in 04: SF+Bay AreaWhew! Now that the election is over I feel like I can relax and go back to blogging. This is the last entry on the Bay Area and we’ll be back to LA next. We stopped by the chichi shopping neighbourhood 4th street for some sweet at Sketch Ice-cream. A very cute place, though I […]
Tags: Ice cream
October 30, 2008
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Chez Panisse Cafe (Berkeley: Gourmet Ghetto)
By Joan in 04: SF+Bay Area, Favorite Food EntriesOn the way back to LA from our short getaway to Napa, we stopped by Berkeley to check out Alice Water‘s famous restaurant/cafe Chez Panisse for lunch. As some of you might know, Alice Waters is one of the most influential American chefs in the US in the 70s and Chez Panisse has the reputation […]
October 24, 2008
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Cyrus (Sonoma: Healdsburg)
By Joan in 04: SF+Bay Area, Favorite Food EntriesEven though we missed French Laundry, we wouldn’t want to skip the chance to have an epic gourmet meal at the wine country either. So we booked roughly one month ahead for a table at Cyrus instead. Based on the review I read it’s hailed as the next best thing after French Laundry (some even […]
Tags: Dessert, Duck, Foie Gras, French, Haute Cuisine, Lamb, Prix fixe
October 20, 2008
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Bouchon Bakery (Napa Valley: Yountville)
By Joan in 04: SF+Bay AreaFreda and I went up to Napa Valley for a wedding last weekend. Of course we took the opportunity to have as many amazing food and wine we can given the limited time we had. As soon as we got off the plane we drove for 1 hr and 40 mins to Yountville, the gourmet […]
Tags: Bakery, bread, French, Macaron, Patisserie
