The 2002 edition of the SF Chronicle's annual survery of the top 100 local restaurants is now on the web. Only seven are south of SF. The other 93 are in SF, Berkeley, Oakland, and points northward. Yet another disadvantage of living in the "South Bay".
your a lot closer than me, i think the Slanted Door is one of the tastiest meals i ever had and its a great wine list, we ate also at Elizabeth Daniel--not for us at those prices, what do you like??
The best meal I've ever had was at the French Laundry. Although I eaten at a small sampling of the places on the Chronicle's list, and I've had some mighty fine meals elsewhere in California, the French Laundry is in a different league. The level of attention to each of the courses was simply amazing. I had the nine course tasting menu, which also has a few little extra "in-between" courses. And being with a large group, I was able to check out other stuff. All told I think I had at least one bite of 21 different courses. We also had the opportunity to share many different bottles of wine, so we could put together lots of nice pairings.
What I really wanted to do was to slip into the kitchen so I could witness the alchemy in action.
i have not eaten my partner and chief has eaten at least 5 times, all awesome, he's the best chef in america most say
lots of eating on the coast, portland is on fire i hear!!!
In the past couple of years my cookbook collection has grown from one, a vintage copy of Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, to about 14 books on various cuisines and techniques. One of these is the French Laundry Cookbook. I haven't even opened it yet, because I'm not sure I'm worthy -- yet.
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- mark 2-17-2002 8:38 pm
your a lot closer than me, i think the Slanted Door is one of the tastiest meals i ever had and its a great wine list, we ate also at Elizabeth Daniel--not for us at those prices, what do you like??
- Skinny 2-18-2002 1:16 pm [add a comment]
The best meal I've ever had was at the French Laundry. Although I eaten at a small sampling of the places on the Chronicle's list, and I've had some mighty fine meals elsewhere in California, the French Laundry is in a different league. The level of attention to each of the courses was simply amazing. I had the nine course tasting menu, which also has a few little extra "in-between" courses. And being with a large group, I was able to check out other stuff. All told I think I had at least one bite of 21 different courses. We also had the opportunity to share many different bottles of wine, so we could put together lots of nice pairings. What I really wanted to do was to slip into the kitchen so I could witness the alchemy in action.
- Mark 2-20-2002 3:33 am [add a comment]
i have not eaten my partner and chief has eaten at least 5 times, all awesome, he's the best chef in america most say
lots of eating on the coast, portland is on fire i hear!!!
- Skinny 2-20-2002 4:01 pm [add a comment]
In the past couple of years my cookbook collection has grown from one, a vintage copy of Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, to about 14 books on various cuisines and techniques. One of these is the French Laundry Cookbook. I haven't even opened it yet, because I'm not sure I'm worthy -- yet.
- mark 2-25-2002 1:39 am [add a comment]
charlie trotters(sp?) are great books too
- Skinny 2-25-2002 5:55 am [add a comment]