One of the last restaurants I visited was Gilt at the Palace Hotel. Originally, the plan was to visit with a reader (and chef!) but our schedules never worked out because our work schedules were so different. I ended up visiting with my mom right before Christmas – the courtyard is already really beautiful and […]
I hate to admit it, but I’ve seen an entire season of Hell’s Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay’s reality show on Fox where cooks from across the US compete on teams (and eventually as individuals) to run dinner service at a restaurant. I love the way Gordon Ramsay is so tough on the cooks and he’s such […]
I was quite excited to visit Adour at the St. Regis hotel because it seemed like the restaurant was on the higher end of the one-star Michelin restaurants. A lot of critics of the Michelin review guides say that the reviewers just don’t know what they’re talking about when it comes to anything but French […]
On the last day of my Michelin adventures, I celebrated with a brunch at River Cafe in Brooklyn. It’s supposed to be one of the most romantic restaurants in New York because it’s right on the water with great views of Manhattan’s skyline. Whenever I mentioned that River Cafe was on my list of restaurants […]
To tell you the truth, I really didn’t want to visit Jewel Bako again during my Michelin adventure. I’d visited in the past with Joe (it was one of those last minute meals we had when I helped him move into his first apartment) and neither of us were really impressed with the fish or […]
