Sep 27

The Wave Magazine, a local Silicon Valley weekly paper recently put out their 2008 Readers Choice Award. Here are a short list of top restaurants by readers.

  • Best Seafood
    Hawg’s
    150 S Second St.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best American
    Arcadia
    100 W San Carlos St.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Chinese
    Taiwan Restaurant
    1306 Lincoln Ave.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Japanese
    Kyoto Palace
    1875 S Bascom Ave.
    Campbell, CA
  • Best Vietnamese
    Vung Tau
    535 E Santa Clara St.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Korean
    Korean Palace
    2297 Stevens Creek Blvd.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Dim Sum
    Sino
    377 Santana Row
    San Jose
  • Best Mexican
    El Burro
    1875 S Bascom Ave.
    Campbell, CA
  • Best Indian
    Royal Taj
    1350 Camben Ave.
    Campbell, CA
  • Best Ethiopian
    Zeni
    1320 Saratoga Ave
    San Jose, CA
  • Best French
    La Papillion
    410 Saratoga Ave.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Italian
    Original Joe’s
    301 S First St.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Malaysian
    Layang Layang
    1480 S. De Anza Blvd.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Tapas
    Cascal
    400 Castro St.
    Mountain View, CA
  • Best BBQ
    Sam’s BBQ
    1110 S Bascom Ave.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Hawaiian
    Hukilau
    230 Jackson St.
    San Jose, CA
  • Best Fondue
    La Fondue
    14510 Big Basin Way
    Saratoga, CA
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Sep 2

The Silicon Valley is a mecca for business travelers, and tourists. Below is a list of restaurants that are highly recommended by Open Table and favored by locals based on bookings, ambience, cuisine, and taste. All of these restaurants create truly innovative dishes that are worth trying out.

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Aug 24

What is the best restaurant in the world? According to Restaurant magazine, the best restaurant in the world is El Bulli. Located in the Mediterranean coast in Spain, El Bulli has taken the top spot since three consecutive years, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Under chef Ferran Adria, El Bulli has earned three Michelin stars. El Bulli books reservations only once a year, and it is often booked in a single day. The restaurant is only opened for dinner from April to September.

Chef Adria can be described as a mad culinary scientist that deconstructs classic plates down to its core elemental flavors. Instead of elements he deconstructs dishes to their core flavor, temperature, and texture and then reconstructs the dish at the molecular gastronomical level. Chef Adria can certainly be considered the Grand Chef of Haute Cuisine.

Couture Central loves Haute Cusine.

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Aug 4

Here are two classic, cute and chic champagne coolers. They are as much functional as they are elegant. The Dom Perignon II champagne cooler is available via Moss and is listed for $1000. If you want something more upscale and designer friendly take a look at the Globalight by Karim Rashid available from Veuve Clicquot. the Globalight is priced at just $4,500. This definitely beats having wine in a can.

Champagne Coolers

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Jul 1

The benefits of tea are well documented and a health nut city like San Francisco would be home to some great tea rooms in Northern California. If you find yourself in San Francisco on a cold and foggy day, you may want to stop by any of the tea rooms listed below.

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Jun 29

The Los Angeles downtown area has a ton of hot spots. When visiting downtown LA for business or pleasure you need to make a quick stop to some of the trendiest bars in town.

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Jun 21

Los Angeles has a reputation for having great nightlife. Whether you just want to go to cafes, clubs, bars, or movies there are endless possibilities. Los Angeles Magazine published a great list with some of these possibilities that we will share.

  • Club For People Over 40
    • Bordello
  • Cowboy Bar
    • Cowboy Country
  • Drag Show
    • The Plaza
  • Foosball
    • ChaCha Lounge
  • Lounge Act
    • Midnight Madness at the Rialto
  • Midnight Movies
    • Midnight Madness at the Rialto
  • Sea Chanty Sing-Along
    • The Whale and Ale
  • Soccer Cafe
    • Euro Cafe
  • Speakeasy
    • Bedlam
  • Tango Club
    • Culver City Milonga
  • Ultra Lounge
    • Stone Rose Lounge
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Apr 27

We always hear about the wonderful restaurants and shopping in the beautiful city of San Francisco. Within an hour from San Francisco, there are some fantastic restaurants.

South Bay/Peninsula

East Bay

North Bay

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Apr 21

Last year we high lighted the Top Five Restaurants in San Francisco. This year we have a whole new list of our favorite dinning hot spots in the City by the Bay.

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Apr 12

If you’re a local or a tourist in the New York City area, you must try out some bars and restaurants owned by A-list celebs.

    Bars

  • Snitch- Owned by Velvet Revolver band mates Scott Weiland and Duff McKagan and Fuel vocalist Brett Scallions.
  • 40/40-Owned by Jay-Z
  • Cutting Room- Owned by “Mr Big” from “Sex in the City.”

    • Restaurants

  • Southern Hospitality- A restaurant specializing in BBQ, owned by Justin Timberlake.
  • Michael Jordan’s The Steakhouse
  • Nobu- Japanese restaurant owned by actor Robert DeNiro.
  • Tribeca Grill- A Mediterranean restaurant owned by actor Robert DeNiro.
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