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TOP TEN MEALS OF 2002
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Kai (NYC, NY)
#4 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#5 L'Astrance (Paris)
#6 Temple Club (Saigon)
#7 Jewel Bako (NYC, NY)
#8 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#9 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#10 Lupa (NYC, NY)
last meal out for 2003 was a 4 top at Honmura An and it was a fun time, the place was packed and we waited 20 minute's to sit, the flavors were great and some very unique, the wine list was week but the sake list was fine (Kai on Saturday had a good wine list), soba's were very delish....try this again one day....
From Art of Eating Issue #62
Kaiseki Ryori
(Classic Japanese haute cuisine)
12th Century Buddhist temple life gave rise to the Japanese tea ceremony. Out of that grew the ritualized eating known as kaiseki, and kaiseki evolved into Japan's haute cuisine. The fixed order of the courses in kaiseki is based loosely on cooking techniques: appetizers (zensai), clear broth (suimono), raw fish (sashimi), grilled food (yakimono), steamed food (mushimonto), simmered food (nimono), fried food (agemono), vinegared food (sunomono), and cooked vegetables or salad (aemono). Many courses consist of a selection of little dishes in which seasonality and artful presentation are paramount - fun is important. The kaiseki style of cooking heavily influenced France's nouvelle cuisine chefs in the 1970's, and more recently gave rise to the wave of experimental cooking championed by Ferran Adria.....