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Gourmet dining in San Diego area?
Excellent recommendations (I'm checking their websites).
I had not spotted many of those on my online searches .
Thank you!
Gourmet dining in San Diego area?
Are there serious gourmet restaurants in the San Diego area? Particularly those with French chefs, or trained-in-France chefs? Yes, those you would take your company's CEO, knowing he will pick the bill?
Never mind the view - please focus on food and service.
Thanks!
San Carlos de Bariloche and Cerro Catedral, Argentina Restaurant Reviews and Other Food and Wine Tips by ALEDM
Thank you for the excellent review. An update as of April 2010: Yuco is closed for good, although they haven't shut down their website. Our best meal was at Cassis, followed by Naan and a very pleasant all-inclusive lunch at Llao Llao's "Jardin de Invierno". We also had a good dinner at Charming Luxury Lodge. Il Gabbiano offers good trattoria food in a lovely house with a burning fireplace. Don Molino Asador was too plain. We looked at the menu in Los Cesares (Llao Llao) and were unimpressed with the choices and impressed with the prices. Ice cream at Jauja didn't meet our expectations, just as the chocolates sold all over Bariloche, definitely not worth the calories. The only worthwhile spot missing from the comprehensive review above is Butterfly, but it was closed for vacations in the low season.
Best lunch for under 100 euros in Paris
We did it. It was Carnival week, and appropriately so. We did drop two places from the list, Sensing and Taillevent. You were right in warning that it was too much for 10 days. And yet, it was perfectly doable, with no sickness and no decrease in our enjoyment as days went by. However, we were having just an espresso and croissant in the morning, and almost nothing for dinner.
I can't go into great detail about the food, because English is not my first language and many things we had were so elaborate that I couldn’t describe them in my language either. Also, to be frank, it’s hard to remember it all, fortunately my wife wrote down a small diary.
First stop was Carré des Feuillants. We went for the “toutes boissons incluses”. As we sat down, they brought champagne and three amuses in quick succession, one warm – a shrimp in a lovely crust – two cold, one of which was a small plate with fromage de tête de veau with lardon, rillette d’oie and a biscuit of foie gras mousse. Bread and butter were first class. For entrées, there was a wonderful lobster soup with mushrooms and a light feuilleté, and a trio of foie gras in three different ways, along with a light and good smelling white wine. Then came the deer (filet de biche) with foie gras, splendid, and the “veal nuts” with green asparagus and a truffled purée, all moistened with a beautiful Corbières and sparkling water. For closing we shared a plate of five excellent fromages and an elaborate chocolate/ice cream/black cherries desert, plus two espressos each and mignardises – small chocolates, etc. Service was warm and personal. The check was precisely as informed, 85 per capita, period. We left in a wonderful mood, singing I love Paris and wondering if this wasn’t the best deal ever.
Best lunch for under 100 euros in Paris
Thanks for the advice, one can certainly have too much of a good thing. However, when you have only 10 days/year in France, I guess you have to go for it.
We're not first-time sailors, and we can take copious lunches much better than dinners. By the way, doesn't everyone? And we'll have dinner and breakfast just as fanoffrance said.
We'll pace ourselves, and watch for the overload factor.
Best lunch for under 100 euros in Paris
First I thank all the contributors to Chow/France, I've learned a lot. My wife and I will be in Paris for 10 days, and we decided to take a good sample of the the best lunches available - and a couple of dinners - for under 100 per person.
So here is our schedule, beginning Feb 15:
Monday Carré des Feuillants 85 with beverages (water, wine, coffee)
Tuesday Pré-Catalan 85 (120 with beverages)
Thursday Sensing - dinner 65
Friday Ledoyen 88
Saturday Violon D'Ingres - dinner 50
Sunday Le Cinq 85
Monday Taillevent 80
Tuesday Rostang 95 with beverages
Would you like to place your bets? We'll keep you posted as we go along, with more or less details depending on your interest.
Cheers.
