Collaborative Staff, Creative Combinations By Bob & Sue Chef Michael Carlson and his team double as the waiters in this super casual, music centric tribute to creative combinations of tastes and textures. We enjoyed a baked potato soup with cheddar cheese stretched across the bowl and crispy potato skins and scallion puree, diver scallop with… Read More →
Collaborative Staff, Creative Combinations By Bob & Sue Chef Michael Carlson and his team double as the waiters in this super casual, music centric tribute to creative combinations of tastes and textures. We enjoyed a baked potato soup with cheddar cheese stretched across the bowl and crispy potato skins and scallion puree, diver scallop with… Read More →
Authentic Korean BBQ This simply marked (but stylish) Korean barbecue joint is authentic enough to appease those who grew up eating their mom’s version of these dishes. Chef-owner Jenee Kim keeps it simple, focusing mostly on traditional Korean grilled meats and sides. The best part? You get to help. Items such as bulgogi (Kobe beef that’s… Read More →
Authentic Korean BBQ This simply marked (but stylish) Korean barbecue joint is authentic enough to appease those who grew up eating their mom’s version of these dishes. Chef-owner Jenee Kim keeps it simple, focusing mostly on traditional Korean grilled meats and sides. The best part? You get to help. Items such as bulgogi (Kobe beef that’s… Read More →
Creme of Carmel By Bob & Sue The best restaurant in the greater Pebble Beach area may be Aubergine in the L’Auberge Carmel. Charlie Trotter trained chef Justin Cogley delivers highly creative dishes ranging from a Kumamoto oyster amuse with cucumber jelly and yuzu foam to Monterey Bay abalone paired with pickled sea lettuce, alba… Read More →
Creme of Carmel By Bob & Sue The best restaurant in the greater Pebble Beach area may be Aubergine in the L’Auberge Carmel. Charlie Trotter trained chef Justin Cogley delivers highly creative dishes ranging from a Kumamoto oyster amuse with cucumber jelly and yuzu foam to Monterey Bay abalone paired with pickled sea lettuce, alba… Read More →
Fresh. Simple. Pure. A neighborhood bistro in Miami’s design district where chef/owner Michael Schwartz showcases fresh, local and often rare ingredients in his simple, refined American cuisine. From the open kitchen and wood-burning oven come masterpieces like roasted whole snapper, spear-caught local grouper, slow roasted beef short ribs and chargrilled octopus. The menu changes daily… Read More →
Fresh. Simple. Pure. A neighborhood bistro in Miami’s design district where chef/owner Michael Schwartz showcases fresh, local and often rare ingredients in his simple, refined American cuisine. From the open kitchen and wood-burning oven come masterpieces like roasted whole snapper, spear-caught local grouper, slow roasted beef short ribs and chargrilled octopus. The menu changes daily… Read More →
Georgia On My Mind By Bob & Sue James Beard award winner Linton Hopkins served a special seven-course tasting menu including she-crab soup with crab fritter, lobster and toasted corn risotto, a foie gras presentation including tourchon and a whipped foie preserved in Armenac for six years, and pheasant breast with Savannah heritage red beans… Read More →
Georgia On My Mind By Bob & Sue James Beard award winner Linton Hopkins served a special seven-course tasting menu including she-crab soup with crab fritter, lobster and toasted corn risotto, a foie gras presentation including tourchon and a whipped foie preserved in Armenac for six years, and pheasant breast with Savannah heritage red beans… Read More →
Upper East Side Bistro By Bob & Sue James-Beard-winning Rising-Star Chef Gavin Kaysen (native Minnesotan) cooked a special seven-course meal for us (fellow Minnesotans) that included 1) cauliflower veloute with osetra caviar, 2) lobster with Thai flavors, mango, and lemongrass in a coconut broth, 3) black squid ink spaghetti with rock shrimp, razor clams, and… Read More →
Upper East Side Bistro By Bob & Sue James-Beard-winning Rising-Star Chef Gavin Kaysen (native Minnesotan) cooked a special seven-course meal for us (fellow Minnesotans) that included 1) cauliflower veloute with osetra caviar, 2) lobster with Thai flavors, mango, and lemongrass in a coconut broth, 3) black squid ink spaghetti with rock shrimp, razor clams, and… Read More →
A Fine Dining Institution Family owned and operated since 1950, Canlis is a fine dining institution with unbeatable views over Lake Union. At the helm of the kitchen, chef Jason Franey is combining modernist Northwest fare (think kampachi with geoduck, radish and green tea dashi) with the restaurant’s tried-and-true classics such as Peter Canlis prawns.… Read More →
A Fine Dining Institution Family owned and operated since 1950, Canlis is a fine dining institution with unbeatable views over Lake Union. At the helm of the kitchen, chef Jason Franey is combining modernist Northwest fare (think kampachi with geoduck, radish and green tea dashi) with the restaurant’s tried-and-true classics such as Peter Canlis prawns.… Read More →
Cutting-Edge Comfort Food By Bob & Sue Portland’s Gabriel Rucker (James Beard Rising Star Chef for 2011) pushes the envelope with pigeon crudo, artichoke and Parmesan soup with lardo, beef cheek Bourgogne, and a deep-fried braised lamb shoulder with green garlic risotto. Comfort food at its best in a funky setting so typical of little… Read More →
Cutting-Edge Comfort Food By Bob & Sue Portland’s Gabriel Rucker (James Beard Rising Star Chef for 2011) pushes the envelope with pigeon crudo, artichoke and Parmesan soup with lardo, beef cheek Bourgogne, and a deep-fried braised lamb shoulder with green garlic risotto. Comfort food at its best in a funky setting so typical of little… Read More →
Progressive American Cuisine By Bob & Sue We enjoyed a dinner at this gem of a restaurant with our friends, Lee and Terry. The Chef, Colby Garrelts, has been nominated several times for Best Chef Midwest by the James Beard Foundation. He offers an eclectic menu which includes a lavish Caviar presentation, a fresh Spring… Read More →
Progressive American Cuisine By Bob & Sue We enjoyed a dinner at this gem of a restaurant with our friends, Lee and Terry. The Chef, Colby Garrelts, has been nominated several times for Best Chef Midwest by the James Beard Foundation. He offers an eclectic menu which includes a lavish Caviar presentation, a fresh Spring… Read More →
Montreal’s Best Bistro Joe Beef is one of Montreal’s flagship restaurants (and one of my favorites in the entire world). Located in the heart of Little Burgundy, this pint-size bistro & oyster bar is named after Charles “Joe-Beef” McKiernan, a famous 19th-century innkeeper and Montreal hero. The chalkboard menu changes daily and while the cuisine is… Read More →
Montreal’s Best Bistro Joe Beef is one of Montreal’s flagship restaurants (and one of my favorites in the entire world). Located in the heart of Little Burgundy, this pint-size bistro & oyster bar is named after Charles “Joe-Beef” McKiernan, a famous 19th-century innkeeper and Montreal hero. The chalkboard menu changes daily and while the cuisine is… Read More →
Southern Cooking at its Best By Bob & Sue Located on 9,200 acres outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, and in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, this unique gourmet destination offers the bold flavors of Southern cooking at its best. In addition to hearty breakfasts and lunches with plenty of grits, delicious thick-cut Benton bacon,… Read More →
Southern Cooking at its Best By Bob & Sue Located on 9,200 acres outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, and in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, this unique gourmet destination offers the bold flavors of Southern cooking at its best. In addition to hearty breakfasts and lunches with plenty of grits, delicious thick-cut Benton bacon,… Read More →
One of Boston’s Finest By Bob & Sue Ken Oringer has for years been one of Boston’s finest chefs offering creative specialties such as cold foie gras with candied rhubarb, soft-shell crab tempura with avocado emulsion, warm nettle soup with pea powder and cod cheeks, sea urchin and lobster in parsnip emulsion, and braised sassafras… Read More →
One of Boston’s Finest By Bob & Sue Ken Oringer has for years been one of Boston’s finest chefs offering creative specialties such as cold foie gras with candied rhubarb, soft-shell crab tempura with avocado emulsion, warm nettle soup with pea powder and cod cheeks, sea urchin and lobster in parsnip emulsion, and braised sassafras… Read More →
Food to be taken seriously By Bob & Sue We dined at Chef Graham Elliott Bowles’ restaurant where his revamped 19-course tasting menu revisits his successful run at Avenues. Among the special offerings were a delicious lobster risotto with sea urchin, pig jowl with date and Iranian pistachios, a perfectly cooked guinea hen with matsutake… Read More →
Food to be taken seriously By Bob & Sue We dined at Chef Graham Elliott Bowles’ restaurant where his revamped 19-course tasting menu revisits his successful run at Avenues. Among the special offerings were a delicious lobster risotto with sea urchin, pig jowl with date and Iranian pistachios, a perfectly cooked guinea hen with matsutake… Read More →
Cajun Cuisine By Bob & Sue Chef Donald Link has several successful restaurants and an adjacent sandwich shop (Butcher) and features Cajun specialties at this modern, high ceiling restaurant. We shared most of the extensive appetizer menu including deviled crab, fried alligator with chili garlic aioli, boudin sausage with pickled peppers, smoked pork ribs with… Read More →
Cajun Cuisine By Bob & Sue Chef Donald Link has several successful restaurants and an adjacent sandwich shop (Butcher) and features Cajun specialties at this modern, high ceiling restaurant. We shared most of the extensive appetizer menu including deviled crab, fried alligator with chili garlic aioli, boudin sausage with pickled peppers, smoked pork ribs with… Read More →
Complex Palette By Bob & Sue The 26-course Tour from one of America’s greatest chefs includes several courses of amazing complexity: 1) Japanese icefish with horseradish custard and dehydrated parsley, cornichons, and potato, 2) an amazing navy bean puree covered with a pancetta chip and served with a bean sprout risotto and bay leaf gelee… Read More →
Complex Palette By Bob & Sue The 26-course Tour from one of America’s greatest chefs includes several courses of amazing complexity: 1) Japanese icefish with horseradish custard and dehydrated parsley, cornichons, and potato, 2) an amazing navy bean puree covered with a pancetta chip and served with a bean sprout risotto and bay leaf gelee… Read More →
