Mousey's Root Beer and Salami Palace (Fargo, ND) - The French Laundry (Yountville) - Mr. Chang's (Taipei) - Cafe Paradiso (Cork, Ireland) - Yung Kee (Hongkong)
My most tattered cookbooks:
Fuchsia Dunlop's "Land Of Plenty" (Sichuanese) and "Revolutionary Chinese" (Hunan) Cookbooks; Roswell Hinkey's "Principal Hot Dishes of Minnesota by County;" Rick Curry's "The Secret of Jesuit Soupmaking" and Madame Chin Hau's "Highlight Chinese Cuisine."