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First Taste: Chop Suey
Nobody is going to go to Chop Suey for the food. But in a city woefully short on spectacle restaurants, everyone will want to go to Chop Suey for the view.
02.07.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- asian,
- zak pelaccio
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First Taste: Takashi
I’m just one more voice in the chorus singing Takashi’s praises, because the flavors here are among the most intricate Chicago currently has to offer.
01.30.08
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- first taste,
- japanese,
- chicago,
- david tamarkin
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First Taste: Bar Blanc
Given its name, it's not surprising that just about everything in this long, luxe lozenge of a room—from chairs to banquettes to candles—is white.
01.15.08
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- chefs,
- restaurants,
- john willoughby,
- first taste
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First Taste: Nick and Eddie
Do great restaurants ever really die? It's a good question to ask when at Nick and Eddie, Minneapolis’s newest big-buzz restaurant.
01.15.08
- Keywords
- dara moskowitz grumdahl,
- first taste,
- minneapolis
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First Taste: Txori
Really, the only problem with Txori, a new tapas bar in downtown Seattle, is that the floor is too clean.
01.08.08
- Keywords
- matthew amster-burton,
- first taste,
- tapas,
- seattle
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First Taste: Bastide
Bastide's meal was unfolding like a delicious dream. An oyster shooter—the essence of the sea—followed by a ceviche of bay scallops, laid out on the plate like an opening orchid.
12.05.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- restaurants,
- los angeles,
- ruth reichl
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First Taste: Rockpool (fish)
High-profile ponytailed chef Neil Perry closed his Sydney restaurant Rockpool, which had existed since 1989, did a breakneck two-week makeover and reopened as Rockpool (fish).
12.03.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- australia,
- sydney,
- travel,
- seafood
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First Taste: Si Bon, Singapore
Kyoto, a town known for its gardens and temples, also has a lively, if refined, food scene. Restaurants typically specialize in one type of food.
11.01.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- travel,
- asia,
- karen coates
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First Taste: Back Forty
Peter Hoffman (chef/owner of Savoy and a pioneer in the eat-local movement) has given the casual Back Forty a cowboy gloss.
10.18.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- new york,
- produce,
- farm-to-table,
- john willoughby
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First Taste: TABLE fifty-two
(CHICAGO) - I’ve eaten a lot of terrific food in the past few days
in Chicago. But the one thing I find myself dreaming about are those
heart-stoppingly delicious biscuits at Table Fifty-Two.
10.15.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- chicago,
- ruth reichl,
- art smith,
- baking
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