Charles Yu

Best meal I ever ate:

Tasting menu at Boyer's Les Crayeres and Robuchon's Jamin - a toss up '

My current drink of choice:

Gunderloch late harvest Riesling, Weinbach Gewurztraminer and D'Yquem of all vintages

I really wish I could:

have a meal cooked by Keller, Robuchon, Ducasse and Adria

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Braised oxtail and root vegetables with Port wine

My favorite comfort food:

Hong Kong's authentic Won-Ton Noodles

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Caprice, Hong Kong; Les Crayeres, Reims; Masa, San Francisco; La Rochelle, Tokyo; Splendido, Toronto; Cafe Boulud, NYC. Special mention to George and Sushi Kaji of Toronto, Tamarind of London, Grand Vefour, Paris, Sushi Yasuda, NYC and Yung Kee ( club level ), Hong Kong

My most tattered cookbooks:

Why bother with cookbook when there is epicurious.com