Sep 20, 2015 | Food, France 2015, Restaurants, Travel
For Saturday night in Paris, I did a search on the Fork to see what popped up, looking for a gem in case one of the other reservations didn’t happen. Well, as it turns out, all of our reservations panned out, but we were so intrigued by the restaurant I found that we kept the reservation. Sola is a japanese fusion restaurant helmed by Yoshitake Hiroki with two floors, the bottom being a cave where diners eat on the floor without shoes. We didn’t get to eat in the cave, but we had one of the most thoughtful and well-crafted meals we’ve ever been served.
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Sep 10, 2015 | France 2015, Restaurants, Road to Medoc, Travel
Having a couple days to explore before we needed to be in Bordeaux for the race, we decided to visit Versailles. Yes, this is an easy day trip from Paris, but wanting to relax before the marathon, we decided to stay in Versailles, which also gave us a chance to explore more of the grounds without worrying about trains. We chose the Trianon Palace Versailles to rest our heads, which happens to have a two Michelin Starred restaurant–Gordon Ramsay–we couldn’t pass up.
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May 6, 2015 | Food, Restaurants, Thought
Watching “Chef’s Table” on Netflix brought me back a few years to my dinner at Osteria Francescana. It starts by going in depth in how he cooks from his memories (that is a paraphrase of course).
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