City Reviews/Flavors on the Go

San Francisco:
Slanted Door (lunch is an easier reservation time and fun to walk through the bustling Embarcadero Center)
Tartine (expect a wait!)
Delfina
 Sushi Cebo (clean unique fish, NOT about mayo/fried stuff!)
Beretta (drinks, pizza)
Fritz
Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack (out of the way but great small local spot)
Embarcadero Center
Muir Woods
Dolores Park
Golden Gate Park
SF MOMA

Sonoma:
Healdsburg Bar & Grill  (burgers on the patio)
Lambert Bridge Winery

Austin:
Sol y Luna (migas)
Kerbey Lane (Kerbey queso)
South Congress Café
Stubbs BBQ
San Jose Hotel

Miami:
Piola
Café a la Folie
La Carreta
Versailles
The News Lounge and Bar
World Resource Café
Michael’s Genuine Food

New York:
Blue Ribbon Sushi
August
Café Habana
Butter
Crispo Italian

Los Angeles:
Pho
Malo Mexican
Bazaar
Urth Cafe

Buenos Aires:
Osaka (ask for seat on rooftop)
Bar 6
Olsen (particularly brunch)
Sagardi (San Telmo, after Antique Market)
Piola
Sanjuanino (empanadas!)
Home Hotel

Tokyo:
Higashiyama
Rakusho Kusho Maru

Hong Kong:
Aqua
Maxim’s Dim Sum
Yee Shum Milk Company


Flavors to Come (fingers crossed)
New Orleans, good old USA
San Diego, good old USA
Portland, good old USA
Nashville, good old USA
Toronto, Canada
Montreal, Canada
London, England
Paris, France
Barcelona, Spain
Cartajena, Colombia
Quito, Peru

Most Memorable Meals (in chronological order):

1. Grilled seafood sitting on a Carribean beach with my family in Cayo Sombrero, Venezuela

2. A bag of Spanish olives on a 45 minute walk through the city, Madrid

3. A Couscous dinner on hostal rooftop in Sahara Desert, Morroco

4. Cheap wine, cheese, and bread sitting on a park bench in front of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

5. Empanadas at 4AM from Charlotte Bakery after hitting the bars, South Beach, Miami

5. Tasting menu at Aqua (a surprise dinner with what would turn out to be my future husband, celebrating the a year since the first night we went out dancing together), San Francisco

6. Traditional Japanese dinner and breakfast in kimonos in our room at Hakone Riokan, Japan

7. Grilled seafood on the beach looking out to Jimboree Bay, Bali

8. Bowl of Ramen noodles for lunch at Takashi on a cold winter Sunday to remind us of our summer trip to Japan, Chicago

9. Lunch at Slanted Door with 3 of our closest friends, inviting them to our small family wedding, San Francisco

10. Chipirinas (grilled baby octopus) & Clerico (sangria) laying on beach on honeymoon, Uruguay