The list is loosely in descending order of visit. Because of the spontaneity and how well it worked out, Ozumo and Pavillon Montsouris really top this list. Limon is right up there also. Clementine was cool cuz it was my birthday, I didn't even order the best stuff but some of my friends did haha.

- Tartare - San Francisco - French
- Limon - San Francisco - Peruvian
- Ozumo - San Francisco - Japanese
- Norma's - New York - Breakfast
- Pipa - New York - Spanish/Tapas
- Le Cinq - Paris - French
- Pavillon Montsouris - Paris - French
- Pak Loh - Hong Kong - Teochew
- Yung Kee - Hong Kong - Cantonese
- Alan Wong's - Honolulu (Hawaii) - Hawaiian/Fusion
- Din Tai Fung - Arcadia (CA), Tapei (Taiwan), Hong Kong - Taiwanese
- Clementine - San Francisco - French
- Espetus - San Francisco - Brazilian
- Forbes Mill Steakhouse - Los Gatos
- House of Prime Rib - San Francisco
- Boulevard - San Francisco - French
- Maki - San Francisco (Japantown) - Japanese/Sushi

Though I've always liked their meats, I had a rediscovery of Korean food: tofu soup/sundubu, chap chae and ban chans. I wanna try some fine dining next time I'm in LA and New York. I'm pretty much gettin sick of ramen, maybe I need to visit some new alternatives, I'm debating to make "quit goin to Ryowa" a new year resolution

At home, I've been on a pretty strict regiment of salads and steaks, it's just really convenient. I was watching Jacques Pépin this morning and it made me wanna do more but I'm so lazy. I'm trying swear off cookies, crackers and chips but I don't know