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Food
We are huge foodies and winos, join us on our adventure exploring the fascinating art and creativity of chefs around the world. This section will have notable restaurants locally and when we travel.
Badger
Mar 20, 20195 min read
Hytra
With an evening to try something new, I figured it'd be interesting to see what the fine dining scene in Greece would be like. After...
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Badger
Mar 20, 20192 min read
Thessaloniki
With a few hours to kill, I made my way out of the terminal and got a taxi into Thessaloniki. The SKG airport is tiny with a few coffee...
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Badger
Mar 16, 20195 min read
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon Paris
For our final dinner in Paris, we had to go to L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon in the St Germain district. This was my first Robuchon...
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Badger
Mar 15, 20194 min read
Paris Food and Restaurants
With so much amazing food, I wanted to separate the great food and restaurants we visited (besides Michelin level restaurants which get...
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Badger
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Swiss First Lounge E - Tasting Menu
After wrapping up my business trip in Switzerland, it was time to rendezvous with MrsFlamingo and head to Paris for a few days. She was...
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Badger
Mar 8, 20193 min read
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon Hong Kong 3
After managing to get myself to Orange Theory from the plane, I had a meeting and then a gap until my afternoon meeting, so took the...
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Badger
Jan 1, 20197 min read
The French Laundry for NYE
New Year's Eve is always more special for our family because Jan 1st is our mother's birthday. This year it was a particularly memorable...
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Badger
Nov 28, 20186 min read
Alinea Kitchen Table
I have a few chef friends and one of them called me saying he had booked the Kitchen Table at Alinea and they needed one more person to...
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Badger
Nov 20, 20184 min read
James Suckling Wine Central
I've been a fan of James Suckling since I started getting into wine over the past couple of years. He has a fantastic website and YouTube...
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Badger
Nov 20, 20182 min read
Bostonian at The Langham in Hong Kong
I had a meeting and luckily my fellow attendee was a foodie who recommended we meet at the Bostonian restaurant in the Langham hotel. For...
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Badger
Nov 19, 20184 min read
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon Hong Kong
After getting freshened up at my hotel, I took the MTR to Central and headed upstairs through the mall to the Robuchon level. Right up...
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Badger
Sep 23, 20187 min read
Singlethread
As MsFlamingo's main birthday gift, she wanted to try Singlethread or TFL and we decided whichever we could get tickets/reservations to...
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Badger
Sep 12, 20184 min read
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - Hong Kong
On my final night in Hong Kong, I had to visit L'Atelier, especially with the recent passing of Chef Robuchon, I figured it'd be fitting...
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Badger
Sep 1, 20187 min read
Enrico Bartolini
To kick off our first full day in Milan and the F1 weekend, two of our good friends I went to college with (one of them now works in...
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Badger
Aug 26, 20182 min read
Dorsia
Several people had told us to checkout the Dorsia Hotel and try the restaurant. It's a really fun vibe, almost burlesque in style. We...
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Badger
Aug 25, 20182 min read
The Project
In Gothenburg on Friday, a group of MsFlamingo's foodie colleagues wanted to organize a group dinner and we ended up going to Project, a...
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Badger
Aug 24, 20183 min read
Gothenburg Restaurants
The first night we arrived, MsFlamingo had a work dinner and I met up with a friend who was also traveling on business. He heard from a...
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Badger
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Anantara Peace Haven Restaurants
I put all the dining from Anantara Peace Haven in a single post. For my first evening, I went to their Italian restaurant Il Mare. It's a...
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Badger
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Spice Spoons cooking class
After going to the local fish and produce markets with the chef in the morning (check out this post for that experience), at noon I came...
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Badger
May 9, 20185 min read
é by José Andrés
After trying for years to get a "ticket" to é by José Andrés, just by luck, I was able to score one for a Tuesday night! I'll warn you...
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Badger
May 8, 20185 min read
Joel Robuchon Las Vegas
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon is one of my favorite restaurant groups in the world. Pretty much any city I go to that has one, I try to...
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Badger
May 5, 20181 min read
Michael Mina - Vegas
To continue the celebration of MsFlamingo's birthday, we went to Michael Mina in the Bellagio since we were seeing O by Cirque du Soleil...
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Badger
May 4, 20181 min read
CUT by Wolfgang Puck
We landed as LAS and headed straight to check in at the Aria. After getting ready we headed over to the Palazzo for dinner at CUT by...
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Badger
Apr 23, 20186 min read
A.O.C.
Copenhagen has risen to prominence in the culinary world, of course with Noma being the biggest name. We were very excited to score a...
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Badger
Apr 21, 20183 min read
Barcelona's Casual Food
I created a separate post to highlight the amazing food and markets we visited that were not Michelin (or should be) rated. For...
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Badger
Apr 19, 20183 min read
Lasarte
We were able to score reservations at 3-star Lasarte in Barcelona. It was exciting to see how the 3-star experience would be in Spain....
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Badger
Apr 18, 20183 min read
Xerta
We wanted to try a more modern Barcelona dining experience and chose Xerta out of the 1-star class since we'd be going to Lasarte later...
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Badger
Apr 17, 20183 min read
Passadis del Pep
At the recommendation of a family friend in Zurich, they suggested for great and fresh seafood to try Passadis del Pep in the Born...
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Badger
Apr 17, 20182 min read
Escriba
Also at the recommendation of our family friends in Zurich for best paella was Escriba on the waterfront. Note when you search for it,...
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Badger
Apr 16, 20182 min read
Lomo Alto
Ever since watching the Netflix documentary called Steak (R)evolution which chronicles beef from around the world, I'd been wanting to...
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Badger
Apr 16, 20182 min read
Dux
I had to create a special post for Dux, a fantastic cocktail bar in the Born district of Barcelona. MsFlamingo found the place via Yelp...
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Badger
Apr 9, 20184 min read
Onyx
For our last night in Budapest, we went to Onyx. I dined here in December and at the time was a 1-star Michelin restaurant, but I felt...
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Badger
Apr 9, 20182 min read
Borkonyha
One of my favorite restaurants anywhere is Borkonyha in Budapest. It's a 1-star Michelin restaurant born out of a wine bar with...
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Badger
Apr 7, 20182 min read
Costes
Unfortunately MsFlamingo was hit hard with motion sickness from our flights and wanted to rest. While she napped, I went downstairs to...
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Badger
Feb 25, 20182 min read
Aina
To celebrate MsFlamingo's new job, we wanted to try something new in SF. We'd heard from several friends about Aina and their modern...
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Badger
Dec 13, 20173 min read
Onyx
For my final evening in Budapest, I was able to get a reservation at Onyx which looked like a more classic upscale fine dining restaurant....
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Badger
Dec 12, 20171 min read
Borkonyha for dinner
For dinner I had to return to my new favorite place Borkonyha. The staff recognized me after the fun time we had a few weeks ago and...
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Badger
Dec 12, 20171 min read
Costes Downtown
After sleeping in, I decided to have an early lunch at the restaurant in the hotel. Luckily Costes Downtown has a Michelin star and...
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Badger
Dec 8, 20171 min read
Ristorante da Pasticcino
After the Ferrari factory tour, it was lunchtime and we were hungry. My friend took us to a great place in the Modena countryside called...
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Badger
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Borkonyha for lunch
With an evening flight to Zurich, I didn't have much time to explore and try different restaurants. I wanted to have a good lunch since...
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Badger
Nov 17, 20172 min read
Restaurant at Hotel Wailea 2
Since we had such a great time at the Restaurant at Hotel Wailea a couple days earlier, we wanted to come back to sample more dishes as...
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Badger
Nov 12, 20172 min read
Restaurant at Hotel Wailea
After having sampled all the restaurants at the Four Seasons in Wailea, we started venturing out and decided on the Restaurant at Hotel...
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Badger
Nov 5, 20171 min read
Spago at FS Wailea
At the Four Seasons in Wailea, one of the restaurants is Spago by Wolfgang Puck. It's the more formal of the restaurants and a bit more...
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Badger
Oct 8, 20172 min read
Chez TJ
To celebrate our anniversary, we decided to go to Chez TJ in Mountain View. Located in a house in the middle of tech-central, it's been...
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Badger
Oct 1, 20172 min read
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - Shanghai 2
"If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing" CKX. Being ridiculous, I ended up back at Robuchon on my last night in Shanghai. I...
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Badger
Sep 30, 20172 min read
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - Shanghai
I'm a huge fan of Joel Robuchon and his L'Atelier restaurants around the world. After a week of business in Shanghai in the High Tech...
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Badger
May 26, 20173 min read
Alinea
Alinea is world famous with Chef Grant Achatz at the helm moving gastronomy forward with very creative and forward thinking experiences. ...
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Badger
Apr 16, 20172 min read
Nomica
Having beef fans of Chef Hiroo for several years and attending several of his pop ups, we were excited to get a group together and try...
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Badger
Nov 27, 20163 min read
Per Se
I was on business in NY and flying out the next morning, while the rest of the team had flown home that afternoon, so I had an evening...
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Badger
Feb 1, 20163 min read
L'Espalier
At the end of a business trip, the rest of the team flew home and my flight was the next morning allowing me to visit one of my favorite...
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