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So where are you going to eat in 2004?

Suzi Edwards

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MobyP

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Tarka -

can I sign on for your Fat Duck/Waterside Inn voyage?

I thought I had dreams of my own - turns out they were yours. :raz:

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Note French Laundry is closing before Xmas and moving to New York - not sure precisely in what form in will be.

It will only be closed for four months, while they get Per Se up and running in NYC.

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:smile:

Depending on the relative size of my next income tax refund, I'm looking to come to NYC again in May 2004, this time for a full week if I can. The list this time begins with:

Le Bernardin

Aquavit

Veritas (my experience there last year was so wonderful, I want a rematch!)

Suvir's new place (I blush: I forgot the name)

...and I'm thinking about some others.

:biggrin:

Me, I vote for the joyride every time.

-- 2/19/2004

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GordonCooks

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Blue Hill - first time

Bouley

Hearth - first time

Le Bernardin

Oceana - first time

WD50 - first time

Vetri

Le Bec Fin

Morimoto's

Charlie Trotter's

Trio - first time

Carlos

Arun's

Seeger's

The Wild Boar

The Highlands - first time

The Federalist - first time

Olives

Susur

Avalon

Eignesinn Farm

Canoe

ByMark - first time

North 44

If I can get west

FL - first time

Masa's - first time

Fifth Floor - first time

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At home in DC (places I haven't been yet):

Maestro

Laboratorio

Jose Andres' MiniBar

Obelisk

Out of town:

Chicago

Trotter's and/or Trio - I want to do the culinary tour of Chicago trip this year, so add three or four more good places to this.

New York

Babbo (I went this year and want to go back)

One of the four star places - Daniel or ADNY

Per Se

Peter Luger's (thanks for the reminder Tommy)

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Chicago

Trotter's and/or Trio - I want to do the culinary tour of Chicago trip this year, so add three or four more good places to this. 

Spring. I don't think too many people would argue with that. I personally really liked Arun's but some other people don't seem too keen on it. Ixcapuzalco.

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I would love to eat again at Lotus Of Siam in Vegas. The depth of the menu has ruined me from most Thai places.

I have heard so many great things about Lola Tasting room in Dallas that I have to get there. It's $65 for 15 courses and the menu changes monthly. What a deal! And I think you can add wine tasting for a smallish fee.

In Chicago I would like to hit Trio. I would also like to catch a dinner and Gennaro's for the old chitown ambiance, if you know what I mean.

I also plan on eating more Indian/Pakistani food. I love the stuff but its hard to get people to hit these ghee indulgent pungent spice joints during lunch time.

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Chicago

Trotter's and/or Trio - I want to do the culinary tour of Chicago trip this year, so add three or four more good places to this.  

Spring. I don't think too many people would argue with that. I personally really liked Arun's but some other people don't seem too keen on it. Ixcapuzalco.

I'd suggest Heat for Japanese.

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Possible:

Zaytinya

Jose Andres MiniBar

Fresh lobster somewhere in Maine

In my dreams:

Michelle Richard's Citronelle

French Laundry

Trio

In my wildest dreams:

anywhere in Japan

anywhere in Italy

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It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost,

but the urge to serve others at whatever cost. -Arthur Ashe

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Pan

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I really hadn't thought about this. If I don't get to Amma before 2004, I will go then.

Craftbar intrigues me after lxt's review, but I don't know how expensive it is.

If I get back to Santa Barbara this winter, I'll look forward to returning to La Super-Rica.

Otherwise, I figure to eat in some new places in the East Village, Chinatown, Little Korea, probably Flushing and Jackson Heights, and perhaps Downtown Brooklyn. The only travel I have vaguely planned is a winter trip to LA, SB, and SF, and possibly a brief visit to Boston at some point. My brother and other relatives and friends will take me places in California, and the trip to Boston is (1) to visit a couple of friends; and (2) to visit the city (walk around, see museums). I haven't given any thought to where I'd eat while in Boston, because the trip is just a possibility at this point.

Michael aka "Pan"

 

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Suzi Edwards

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Tarka -

can I sign on for your Fat Duck/Waterside Inn voyage?

you can come with one proviso....we take suzanne f to st john when she's in london. maybe we should have another suckling pig feast.

suzanne is that ok?

Suzi Edwards aka "Tarka"

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docsconz

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Cool thread! How'd I miss it before now?

Likely first timers:

Per Se

WD50

Mix

Alain Ducasse

the new Toque

Blue Hill Stone Barn

Top Returns:

Amma

Blue Hill

Les Chevres

Rosalie

Friends Lake Inn

Chez Sophie

Springwater Bistro

Wish List:

Trio

El Bulli

Citronelle

John Sconzo, M.D. aka "docsconz"

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- Ferran Adria on eGullet 12/16/2004.

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El Bulli (still working on it)

Per Se (when it opens)

Alain Ducasse in New York

Ducasse's restaurant in Monaco

French Laundry (again)

Fat Duck (odd that this is on so many lists)

Trio ("Tour de Force" tasting menu)

I've gotten my El Bulli and Alain Ducasse reservations already.

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Planned NYC first visits:

Blue Hill

Amma

Nebraska

Definite returns:

La Galoche D'Aurillac (Paris)

Peter Luger's

The Beverly (Staunton, VA)

Roberto's

Parker Meridien Burger...um...Place :laugh:

In my dreams:

French Laundry/Per Se

El Bulli

:smile:

Jamie

See! Antony, that revels long o' nights,

Is notwithstanding up.

Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene ii

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...Susur

Avalon

Eignesinn Farm

Canoe

ByMark - first time

North 44

If I can get west

FL - first time

Masa's - first time

Fifth Floor - first time

Highly recommend trying Bymark -- haven't had a bad meal yet and service has seriously improved in the last year. North 44 hasn't really been up to it's usual standards in the last 6 - 8 months....might leave it for now.

Barbara Laidlaw aka "Jake"

Good friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies.

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jschyun

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Probable:

Peter Luger

Katz's (to see how it compares with Langer's)

Totonno's (to see how far downhill it's gone. haven't been there in a while)

Patsy's

Russ & Daughters

Maison du chocolat

All or most of the Monterey Park/Rosemead dim sum.

Din Tae Fung

Maybe

An okinomiyaki restaurant.

I wish:

Tre Scalini for the tartufo (I didn't go there last time, kicking myself)

Per Se

Alain Ducasse

Almost any Paris chocolate shop

Chocolats Rohr in Geneva (return for fabulous work of art praline)

Brennan's or Commander's Palace

lobster roll shack in Maine

clambake anywhere

--edit also oh-toro in japan and hong kong dim sum

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picaman

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Totonno's (to see how far downhill it's gone. haven't been there in a while)

I went to the Coney Island location several times last year before Brooklyn Cyclones games, and if it's gone downhill, I would love to have eaten there in its prime. I thought their pizza was awfully good.

Or did you mean the Manhattan location? I've heard it's not as good as the original, though I've never eaten there.

:smile:

Jamie

See! Antony, that revels long o' nights,

Is notwithstanding up.

Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene ii

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That's reassuring! No I had heard that the kids were ruining the business and Totonno's in general has gone downhill. But yeah, I also heard the Manhattan location was pretty bad.

I love cold Dinty Moore beef stew. It is like dog food! And I am like a dog.

--NeroW

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picaman

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I talked with his son for a while--it's still the same coal-fired oven and of course he's using the recipes. The main difference seems to be that they don't just lock the door when the dough runs out.

Again, though, I don't have a long-term basis for comparison.

:smile:

Jamie

See! Antony, that revels long o' nights,

Is notwithstanding up.

Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene ii

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