Tasting Menu

by Charles Yu 25 days ago

As an avid gourmand, one of the harshest punishments this protracted Pandemic lock-down managed to inflict on me was the deprivation of sit-down, fine dining experiences at some of my favorite rest...

by Dr. John 3 months ago

We've attended a number of fun wine tastings during the pandemic, so when we saw that Little Sister was offering a Zoom-based rum tasting, we were only too happy to branch out. The kit included ...

Going to be in NYC in September (assuming this mass vaccination thing sticks), staying near Union Square. My partner is allergic to soy and nightshades. She can generally find options in most Ameri...

by Melanie Wong 6 months ago

Millbrae’s Royal Feast is offering a $268 family meal that feeds 3 to 5 people for celebrating the Year of the Ox. The menu includes many auspicious ingredients. The circled items are cold appetize...

We’re taking my parents-in-law to Las Vegas for a no-holds-barred 50th anniversary extravaganza next year (knock on wood) and one thing we want to do is arrange a tasting menu experience for them. ...

by Charles Yu 10 months ago

This tormenting Covid period has so far significantly disrupted normal dine-in restaurant operations here in Ontario. For an avaricious foodie like me, to overcome the occasional ‘good-food depriva...

I wanna make a vegetarian tasting menu for 4 people soon and im wondering if anyone has suggestions. All of us are family and live together so it will definitely be very safe. I think lots of small...

by Charles Yu 11 months ago

Year after year, for the past couple of decades, my foodie brother-in-law and I have been holding an annual ritual around this time….a joint ‘men-only‘ birthday bash. Venues for this event all pos...

I've experienced tasting menus in restaurants but wanted to try it at home with friends and family over the holidays. Has anyone tried doing this? Did you prepare each course individually or did y...

by Charles Yu 1 year ago

These days, when eating out and taking in certain fine-dining experiences, it would be hard pressed NOT to encounter cooking that had been infused with some form of fusion approach. Culinary landsc...

My husband and I are coming up to Manhattan this weekend and would love an excellent, inventive tasting menu in a casual atmosphere. No jackets, no crystal. Perhaps more funky than fancy. Does such...

My wife and I are traveling to Piedmonte in May and plan to check out some of the restaurants highly recommended here (Il Centro, Osteria Veglio, La Ciau, Guido, etc.). We plan to do the tasting me...

Has anyone recently tried the tasting menu at Spago Beverly Hills? I saw the DineLA menu on their website and thought that would be a better choice than the California Tasting Menu which looks huge...

by Charles Yu 2 years ago

In order to secure a table at this ‘super desirable‘ culinary destination on a weekend, one would require a three months advance booking and abiding to a time slot assigned by the restaurant. The l...

by Charles Yu 2 years ago

In a culinary desert that is Thornhill, places that offer slightly more sophisticated fine dining are practically non-existence. As such, when a new kid on the block appeared out of this void, it i...

by Charles Yu 2 years ago

My wife and I will be making a couple of days stop over in Miami before flying on to Cancun to attend a family member's destination wedding. We'll be staying in South Beach. Questions: 1) To us o...