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Location:

Los Angeles

Best meal I ever ate:

Fugu liver at Ginza Sushi-Ko the month it closed. Also, the ricotta cheesecake with strawberries at Del Posto in NYC, washed down with Bastianich vineyard "Vespa Rosso" was perfection squared.

My current drink of choice:

Sencha, alternated with Black Himalaya SFTGFOP1 from Mariage Freres. Chinon and, when I'm feeling flush, an old Bordeaux.

I really wish I could:

Drink Cheval Blanc every night (or at least every month).

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Hummus from Sunnin

My favorite comfort food:

My latest comfort food is Époisses de Bourgogne. I certainly never ate it as a child. I guess our comfort foods can change!

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Ginza Sushi-Ko (before it closed); TORIEI (Ikenohata, Tokyo - as much for the ambience as the food); Kai (NYC - unfortunately now closed, an apparent victim of the economy); Kondo (Ginza, Tokyo)