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Puesto serves upscale Mexican street food with an emphasis on freshness. The open air space (La Jolla location) is colorful and lively with views of the kitchen along the back wall. The taco combinations are creative starting at $5 each up to $8.50 for the lobster taco. Taco math might lead you to take advantage of their taco specials. Happy Hour $3.50 tacos, 3pm-5pm. Taco Tuesdays $2.50 tacos, 3pm-9pm. Less

Acadia is a restaurant in Chicago where you can order a tasting menu that is 5, 10, or more courses long. But what’s special about Acadia is you can also sit in the bar area and enjoy one of the best burgers in the city with tasting menu items on the side.

They are currently offering a seasonal Bar Tasting Menu that gives you a sample of what the dining room’s tasting menu might be like. The bar menu itself is concise but I like it that way because that means you usually can’t go wrong. It’s hard not to order the burger and the lobster roll each time.

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The collaboration between Gaggan Anand and his "brother from another mother" Fukuyama "Goh" Takeshi - known as "Gohgan" - is always a fun and special affair. It takes place 2 or 3 times a year, and is an opportunity for the two chefs to create new dishes.

We flew to Bangkok to participate in the 7th edition of Gohgan a week before Christmas, and it was a Christmas party complete with decorations and Christmas music...

Full account of the dinner is here: http://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2017/12/days-of-burning-tongue-day-3-christmas.html
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Lung King Heen has always been good but never great, catering more to tourists and people ticking off a list. Mom was visiting Hong Kong for the first time in years, so I took the parents out for an introduction.

As usual, the meal was decent but not really special the way a 3-star should be.

Full account of dinner is here:
http://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2017/10/meet-fockers-cantonese-fine-dining.html Less