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Belated Birthday Dinner at Eleven Madison Park (2012)

Exterior and interiors of Eleven Madison Park and my (belated) birthday card

I’ve been trying to keep with tradition to celebrate my birthday at Eleven Madison Park (as I have last year and in 2010; I’ll shorten Eleven Madison Park as EMP), albeit a bit late since November was fully booked by [...]

Seasonal Tasting Menu Dinner at Manresa, Los Gatos, CA for My Dad’s Birthday

Outside of Manresa

I have heard about Manresa and its Chef-Proprietor David Kinch for the past several years from the food media and it’s been placed on my list of restaurants I must eat since then. (Within the past 6 months, Manresa was earned a 2* Michelin rating and a spot within [...]

Black Périgord truffle tasting dinner at Ai Fiori

Ai Fiori, my Périgord truffles from Gourmet Attitude on Ai Fiori’s beautiful bowl, and Mare e Monte

If you recall my post on Gourmet Attitude’s Périgord truffles, I proposed that I would take these heavenly scented black fungus to a restaurant to cook something creative with them for my mother’s birthday.

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Tasting Menu Dinner at 10 Downing – Hearty & Delicious

Interior, Floral centerpiece & Tasting Menu

I recently went to 10 Downing for their dinner tasting menu of four courses for $49. With Chef Jonnatan Leiva, a San Francisco expat who specializes on farm-to-table cuisine, it sounds like it’s worth trying and made reservations.

This place felt like a spacious, downtown restaurant [...]

The Modern Dining Room – Tasting Menu

Taken place on September 15, 2009.

Interior

I felt compelled for a few years to try The Modern‘s tasting menu, after seeing Ulterior Epicure’s gorgeous photos of his experience and hearing it from a friend who did enjoy his dinner thoroughly for week before I went, I thought it’s about time to [...]

Tasting Lunch at Gramercy Tavern

Eaten back on September 2nd, 2009. (I’m working on it…)

Dining Room Interior

I have to admit, if I haven’t said it yet, I love Gramercy Tavern. It has the casual, down-home earthiness yet it’s innovative of what one would expect from fancy pants fare. The service is great, as expected from [...]

My (Early) Birthday Lunch at Eleven Madison Park

They personalized it

Back last Wednesday (my actual birthday was yesterday, Sunday), I splurged my own lunch early for my birthday at Eleven Madison Park. I remembered liking this place a lot when I visited here over a year ago (for their tasting menu, not counting Restaurant Week) and I’m still hearing [...]