Couture Central » Dinning http://www.couturecentral.com Couture lifestyle at your finger tips Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:31:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Best of Silicon Valley 2008 http://www.couturecentral.com/2008/09/27/the-best-of-silicon-valley-2008/ http://www.couturecentral.com/2008/09/27/the-best-of-silicon-valley-2008/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:50:53 +0000 CoutureCentral http://www.couturecentral.com/?p=500 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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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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Champagne Coolers

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  • 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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South Bay/Peninsula

East Bay

North Bay

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    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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