That evening's menu:

First amuse bouche: roasted bell pepper pate de fruits and black olive madeleines
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Second amuse bouche: gougere (oyster croquette)
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Third amuse bouche: dungeness crab beggar's purse

Fourth amuse bouche: arpege farm egg

First savory dish: Shellfish (tako, razor clam) in bonito broth, ice plant on the side
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Second savory dish: marinated mackeral and citrus vinegar, vegetable shoots

Third savory dish: from the garden

Fourth savory dish: foie gras in a tide pool with abalone and uni

Fifth savory dish: Fish (cod or bass maybe?) in broth with green onion (sorry, I don't remember the details of this dish)

Sixth savory dish: Some type of meat (I'm thinking fowl that isn't chicken) in foam (again I forget) with vegetables, peeled orange, and dehydrated grapes

Seventh savory dish: Ribeye with pearl onions, mushrooms, and vegetables in a wine reduction

First sweet dish: Hibiscus gelee and sorbet, almond "panna cotta", mint foam

Second sweet dish: tea ice cream, candied rice, foam

Third sweet dish: Hazelnut ice cream, passion fruit sorbet, grapefruit gelee, hazelnut schmear
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Mignardise: strawberry pate de fruits and chocolate madeleines

Manresa was amazing. For only having two Michelin stars (compared to French laundry's three), I have to say that I enjoyed my dinner here more. The service was comparable to French Laundry's, and the slightly less stuffy atmosphere led me to talk more with the waiter and enjoy myself more. They also have a farm somewhere in the Santa Cruz area where they get all their produce, and probably their eggs too, and you can taste the difference.

The awesome: oyster croquette, arpege farm egg, from the garden, sixth savory dish, and second sweet dish. The oyster croquette had everything French Laundry's gougere lacked. This thing oozed flavor and was deliciousness in a bite. I think I had something similar to the arpege farm egg at Chef Mavro's once and remembered really enjoying it. Manresa did not let me down. This thing was amazing. I was taken aback a bit when I heard them say maple syrup, but the syrup blended with the egg and whipped cream quite well and was very enjoyable. Their "from the garden" (yes, this was the only description given to us) dish was absolutely incredible. At first I was not terribly impressed with it. It seemed to be a very nice salad with a foam dressing, but as I dug deeper into the dish it surprised me. At the bottom were three different sauces: red, green, clear. Each had a distinct flavor that meshed well with the rest of the dish. There were also vegetables that weren't of the green and leafy variety providing different textures and tastes. This dish truly amazed me and was perhaps the most memorable of the evening. The sixth savory dish, despite me forgetting what the protein was, tasted delicious. Crystal said this was her favorite savory dish of the evening, and I might be inclined to agree. The only thing I didn't like was the dehydrated grapes. They packed too much flavor in one bite and threw off the cohesiveness of the dish. Otherwise it was awesome. The second sweet dish surprised me with its flavor and texture. The tea ice cream wasn't too strong and tasted quite nice. The candied rice added a nice crunch to the dessert, making this my favorite sweet course.

The not quite as awesome: the beggar's purse and the first sweet dish. The presentation of the beggar's purse was quite cute (a won ton pi tied at the top with a green onion), but the flavor just wasn't there. I wasn't terribly impressed with the first sweet dish. The hibiscus flavor was a little too tangy for my tastes.

Also worthy of note: the ice plant and the tide pool. The ice plant from the first savory dish was quite interesting. It had a nice crisp texture, and the flavor was also very unique. The tide pool was pretty amazing, and would be up there with the awesome if it weren't for the foie. The flavors, sans the foie, went really well together. The abalone was on point and I even enjoyed the uni, but when I got a bite of the foie, the change in flavor jarred me so much that I have to say that it wasn't an awesome dish. The texture of the foie went well with everything, but the taste, not so much.

Overall: The chefs at Manresa provided a truly amazing dinner. I can't say that I've had anything better or more interesting elsewhere. Manresa delivered where French Laundry didn't. It was innovative, exciting, surprising, and amazing. The prices at Manresa were also slightly more reasonable, with the chef's menu being $145 per person without tip. When I factored in the tip it was still about $50 cheaper per person than the lunch at French Laundry. Perhaps Thomas Keller should take a few lessons from David Kinch and spice up his menu at French Laundry a bit.

Manresa
320 Village Ln
Los Gatos, CA 95030
( 408 ) 354-4330

"Suor Angelica" és una història que transcorre sencera dins d'un convent de clausura. Una monja, Angelica, rep la visita de la tieta, la Zia Principessa, estirada i autoritària. A partir d'aquí comencem a fer-nos la idea de què un autèntic drama és a punt d'esclatar. La noia, Angelica, ha estat reclosa per haver embrutat el blasó familiar al infantar un nen. Ella, la monja, no n'ha tingut mai més notícia i d'això en fa set anys! Els esdeveniments es precipiten i Angelica mor.

L'argument --no la música!- s'ha fet una mica vell. L'autor un tal Forzano (1884-1970), descriu un convent a la Toscana. Els diàlegs de les monges al pati del convent; una abadessa d'una autoritat pseudo divina o unes almoineres que tornen de captar, omplen la primera part

Els escenògrafs de l'Òpera de Sabadell, han confegit un bell escenari per aquesta primera part: un parell de tarimes amb flors, dos xiprers i una gran creu. Per la continuació: un decorat, del tot escaient per fer de locutori, on es desenvolupa l'autèntic drama. A mi m'ha agradat!

Si l'obra va --crec jo vaja- una mica fluixa de text, no està gens mancada de música i, sinó, escolteu el senza mamma que canta Angelica al saber que el seu fill fa dos anys és mort. I d'aquí al final la intensitat del drama i de la música no deixen en pau a ningú. I, el miracle, que al acabar ho arregla tot --pecats mortals i venials a l'hora,- està resolt amb un quadre d'una gran bellesa...

... Qui us ha recordat, si heu tingut la sort d'anar-hi, la Verge, que apareix al final per endur-se Angelica al cel? ... a una Madonna clàssica o a "La primavera" de Botticelli, però vestida de blanc?...

Demà, si puc, l'Schicchi. Ara només em queda dir que Maribel Ortega, la soprano que fa d'Angelica, em va agradar molt. Que l'argentina Mariel Aguilar, contralt, que fa de Zia també. Totes --de la Maribel a la Mariel i fins la darrera monja- van actuar amb gran entrega i, almenys a mi m'ho sembla, amb una notable qualitat.

Fins demà!

Les nostres propostes inclouen la Setmana Cultural del Campus de la UPC de Terrassa, les Festes de Primavera de Palafrugell, la projecció de "Still Life", i el certamen de curtmetratges Ocular'08.

A més a més, visitem alguns dels blocs de la TDI que més ens han cridat l'atenció aquesta setmana!

Podeu veure aquí el programa, en tres parts:

La setmana vinent tornem amb un especial Cineclubs!

Tres textos, tres contes, encarnats d'una manera brillant per una Mireia Cirera sola a l'escenari, donant vida a les tribulacions de tres dones molt soles. No sé si estem davant de la millor Rodoreda, però sí que estem al davant de la Rodoreda que més m'agrada. La màgica, la fantàstica, la que dóna la volta a realitat i ens parla, no d'allò aparent, sinó d'allò que realment els passa a les seves protagonistes.

No en sóc pas especialista. Només en sóc lector. Tampoc sóc especialista en Jung o Freud, però de tots dos n'hi he trobat traces.

Però anem a la representació. L'escenari no té fons llevat d'unes cortines fosques i, a una banda hi ha una taula blanca, d'escriptora, sense calaixos. Al damunt una gran màquina d'escriure Olivetti, de carro gros i d'aquell verd sòrdid de despatx o de notaria. Un gerro buit. Un penjador de peu... Res més. El terra té fulls escrits escampats com si haguessin caigut distretament... Tot és essencial, minimal, necessari...

O sigui que l'artista s'ha de jugar la cara, sola, tan sola com els seus personatges. Entra vestida de Rodoreda a Ginebra. Penja l'abric i el gorret de llana. Posa unes flors al gerro i ja és la primera dona, la que escriu "Una carta". Sense interrupció passa a ser, a "El riu i la barca", la noia que... potser que no us ho expliqui. I, finalment, és, a "La salamandra", algú que no pot ser, algú que viu mig conte metamorfosat, que viu una realitat kafquianament. I ens la creiem i acabem plorant amb ella.

Al sortir --això és Manresa- tinc la sort de saludar-los --actriu i director- i decideixo que els dec aquest modest homenatge.

És per això que us encoratjo a conèixer el vostre entorn natural, i com a provo us poso aquesta foto que he fet aquest matí a poc més de 10km de Manresa :D

Is anyone else tired of tasting menus at fancy restaurants? In the past year or so, we have tried the tasting menus at some of the most critically acclaimed spots in the country, including Le Bernardin in New York (three Michelin stars), Manresa in Los Gatos (two Michelin stars) and Sona in Los Angeles (one Michelin star). The food was, for the most part, delicious, and yet, I somehow left feeling slightly unsatisfied.

At Sona, in particular, where I took Victor for his birthday, I was still hungry when I walked out the door, which is really kind of painful when you've dropped more than $300. The meal itself was like one big culinary tease. Each of us was given something different to taste, and, of course, we had to share. That initially sounded like a great idea because we got to try double the dishes. But each course was no more than two bites, which means we literally got a single bite of everything we tasted. Now granted, we have big appetites, but it just didn't feel like enough food -- or at least not enough of any single dish -- to make me happy and justify the price.

The chef was out of town during our visit to Manresa, and again, I was underwhelmed. The meal just wasn't that memorable. Le Bernadin was the best of the three, with some exquisite sauces that made me want to lick the plate. But I think I may skip the tasting menu in the future. They just seem to lack cohesion, and it always feels like you're paying more for a less complete experience.

Doncs mireu, era allà pel segle XIV i Manresa patia una gran sequera. Tants i tals eren els sofriments, que el Consell Municipal va decidir posar-hi remei d'una vegada per totes: farien una Sèquia de Balsareny a Manresa, per abastir la Ciutat d'aigua. I amb aquesta idea anaren a veure el Rei, que llavors era Pere III, per sol•licitar-ne l'autorització.

L'obra meresqué la reial aprovació i començaren les obres d'aquest transvasament. Però, arribats a Sallent, el canal havia de travessar terres del Bisbat i començaren els plets -els transvasaments ja ho tenen això!-. Mentre discutien que si passes o no, els treballadors deixaren l'obra, farts de que els hi desfessin de nit el que ells feien de dia.

Altre cop a cercar el suport reial i el de l'Infant Jaume d'Urgell, però la posició de la mitra vigatana, i dels pobles de la comarca per on havia de passar aquesta Sèquia, semblava del tot inamovible. En aquestes estàvem quan el Bisbe va posar en entredit (o sigui va excomunicar) el Consell de la Ciutat. La tradició, les primeres mostres de la qual son d'un parell de segles més tard, vol que els excomunicats siguin tots els ciutadans i que les Esglésies romanguin tancades set anys.

El cas és que el 21 de febrer del 1345 aparegué a l'Església del Carme una Misteriosa Llum, uns diuen que vinguda de Montserrat i els altres apareguda allà mateix, que es parteix en tres braços i van l'un a la Capella tal i els altres....

..."Les campanes repicaren sens que ningú les tocàs!" diuen els goigs que són, més o menys, l'himne oficial de Manresa. El frare campaner corre a donar la nova i la Ciutat es revoluciona. Les notícies s'amunteguen l'una damunt l'altre. El Bisbe, Galcerà Sacosta, veu en aquest prodigi, que la Sèquia és del voler diví. Aixeca l'entredit, obre les Esglésies i dona autorització per continuar l'obra.

La pau s'ha signat i la Sèquia corre cap a casa plena d'aigua. Manresa té des de llavors una cosa que la distingeix: aigua! I si no us ho creieu, veniu un dia a veure el Parc de l'Agulla, o veniu a fer la Transèquia i, caminant al costat del canal, us en fareu capaços.

I jo ho deixo aquí. Si entenem per cultura aquelles coses que ens permeten viure, conviure i sobreviure en un entorn, aquesta Llum, que algú l'ha volguda convertir en un "objecte volador no identificat" avant la lettre, ha estat i és encara tot un referent pels manresans.

I, bona nit a tothom!
 
 

Aquest any serà el dia 4 de gener.

À peine une semaine après, on se retrouvait au Pays Basque, pour la très jolie occasion de jouer (entre d'autres invités étrangers) dans la fête internationale de la trikitixa, le diato basque. Dans les deux concerts (un près de Bilbo et l'autre au magnifique Kursaal de Donostia-San Sebastien) on a entendu divers groupes basques, et puis les autres étrangers: le duo de Nouveau Mexique Ken Keppeler-Jeanie McLearie, l'italien Simone Bottasso (qu'on avait déjà rencontré deux semaines avant dans sa région du Piémont!) et nous-mêmes.

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El 2, 3 i 4 de novembre 21 BOuTONS va actuar (3 vegades!) a la Fira de Manresa. Tres vegades ball, i tres vegades vam tenir una presència generosa de públic ballador i escoltador (gràcies!). La que ara s'anomena Fira Mediterrània és, a més d'un festival interessant, una ocasió promocional i de contacte amb professionals del sector. En aquest aspecte, 21 BOuTONS va estar molt actiu: vam muntar un petit estand a la Llotja de professionals, on vam contactar amb un bon nombre de periodistes, programadors i gent del ram, de molts llocs del món.

I només una setmana després, ens tornàvem a trobar al País Basc, gràcies a la magnífica ocasió d'actuar (entre els convidats estrangers) a la Nazioarteko trikitixa jaialdia, la festa internacional de la trikitixa. En els dos concerts (un a Biscaia i l'altre al magnífic teatre Kursaal de Donostia) van tocar-hi diversos grups bascos, i els estrangers: el duo de Nou Mèxic format per Ken Keppeler i Jeanie McLearie, el jove italià Simone Bottasso (amb qui havíem coincidit just dues setmanes enrere al Piemont) i nosaltres mateixos.

“PICK & ROLL”, el programa de radio de la revista www.bkball.net, vivió una jornada inolvidable este lunes noche con Rafa Martínez como gran protagonista después de ser uno de los jugadores más destacados de la jornada octava alcanzando los 27 puntos. Rafa nos comentó que el objetivo del Ricoh Manresa es mantener la categoría y que ahora mismo tienen que superar la racha negativa de tres partidos perdidos.

Análisis de la ACB, Euroliga y NBA

LA EUROLIGA A DEBATE

La Euroleague es una fuente de debates en Pick & Roll y en esta ocasión se evaluó los pobres resultados de los equipos italianos hasta el momento y, cómo no, David y Martini repitieron sus clásicos debates respecto a equipos concretos y sus posibilidades en esta edición 2007-08.

CRISIS EN LA ACB

Después de repasar la octava jornada, Martini analizó las diversas causas de que algunos clubes como Unicaja o Estudiantes estén inmersos en crisis de las que no salen y también se debatió sobre las dos caras del Unicaja: solvencia en la Euroleague y vulgaridad en la ACB.

NBA: RUMORES Y RACHAS

Tamara García nos presentó como es habitual una serie de rumores de la NBA y como no podía ser de otra manera Kobe Bryant volvió a ser protagonista, pero esta vez por haber sido descartado definitivamente por Paxon para incorporarlo a los Bulls. En cambio gana enteros la posibilidad de que sea Pau Gasol el jugador escogido por los Bulls para cambiar la dinámica del equipo que como siga así no se clasificará para los playoffs.

Respecto a la NBA también se comentaron las rachas positivas y negativas: destacando las positivas de Orlando Magic y New Orleans y las negativas de Houston y New York.

LUCHA DE EGOS PARA PACO NAVAS

Paco Navas, psicólogo deportivo, asesoró sobre cómo puede un cuerpo técnico ayudar a su equipo a superar el miedo a ganar. Paco ofreció unos consejos que como viene siendo habitual seguro ayudarán a muchos entrenadores de equipos de todas las categorías.

ESCUCHA PICK&ROLL

La cursa val 10,50 amb xip groc, està limitada a 400 runners i regalen una samarreta técnica New Balance...

Tríptic cursa Pont de Vilomara

My victory is much smaller: I've figured out how to format photos so they look pretty when I press "publish" here at wordpress. Because my entry point into this community (which, on day one, is still very one-sided and awkward-feeling) is knitting, it seems only fitting to share a bit.

Here is Fetching, from Knitty. This project made me feel like a Knitter (capital K). Directions were easy to follow, and the payoff was close to immediate. I remember taking this to a coffee shop and just knitting row after row, happy as a clam to be displaying my newfound addiction. (Coffee is my first, though I prefer to think about my coffee intake as directly proportionate to my personal happiness level. It has nothing to do with caffeine. That is bad for you. Happiness, on the other hand, cannot be bad.) Back to Fetching.

I don't have any pictures of the finished object, but these were on my wrists every morning this summer as I watched the sunrise, hands clasped around a delicious cup of coffee on the back porch. Early risers get press-pot coffee. Late risers get cowboy coffee. Sadly, Boh (who is both snoring AND dreaming right now) managed to grab one and gnaw apart the bind off and a few rows of my hard work, so they are in the "learn to repair" pile. As a relatively new knitter, I have a burgeoning love affair with color. There is definitely a bright pair of Fetching in my future.

Here is a pair I made on request for a friend. (Yarn for both: as recommended, Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, needles: US 6) This pair went even faster! See Pam model:

Discovering Knitty was a momentous occasion -- I think I looked at every single pattern, including Calorimetry, which blew me away. The concept is cool, and I remembering thinking I might actually wear it, but that wasn't it. The model in the pictures -- I know her! From college! What was she doing, here in the internet pages of my brand new, all consuming addiction? Apparently, a lot of people knit. Or know people who knit. That made it feel even more accessible. (I did, actually, make Calorimetry, but was lazy and did not swatch. I know, I've learned my lesson. It is very pretty, but also just a bit too large. It may work as a neck warmer. I will be making another, maybe in Malabrigo -- saw the one over at tentenknits and it is beautiful. I have my first skein, which is destined to be Foliage, from the Fall Knitty, but right now I just get it out and touch it.)

One more Knitty picture: Manresa. These leg warmers are awesome. I am still surprised that I just decided I could make these. I started them right after Fetching, a week into learning. Most of my summer knitting was happening by headlamp, in my sleeping bag, so I decided to leave the chart and colorwork here in my teeny tiny house. The last time I snapped a picture, here's where I was. Fall is finally here, and these will be very toasty when I finish them. I should pick them up again.

That's all for now -- I have to save a few pictures for when I run out of things to tell you all!

Compiled by Pat Embry, WhereTheLocalsEat.com

RESTAURANTS WITH FARM CONNECTIONS: 2nd Street Bistro, Livingston, MT; Amherst Chinese Food, Amherst, MA; Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN; Crook's Corner, Chapel Hill, NC; Eve, Alexandria, VA; La Provence, Lacombe, LA; Lantern, Chapel Hill, NC; Pacific'O and I'o, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Tree House Pastry Shop and Cafe, Santa Fe, NM
MENU CHANGES DAILY/OFTEN: Aqua Santa, Santa Fe, NM; Bix, San Francisco; Boulettes Larder, San Francisco; Floataway Cafe, Atlanta; Francine, Camden, ME; Harvest, Madison, WI; Literati II, Brentwood, CA; Queen's Hideaway, Brooklyn, NY
CASUAL: Bay Ave. Trattoria, Highlands, NJ; Blue Bird Bistro, Kansas City, MO; Bona Terra, Sharpsburg, PA; Burgerville, locations throughout Oregon and Washington; Canele, Atwater Village, CA; Duo Restaurant, Denver; The Farmhouse, Emmaus, PA; Fife Restaurant, Portland, OR; The Flying Fig, Cleveland; The Flying Pig on Lexington, Mount Kisco, NY; Local Burger, Lawrence, KS; Market, Del Mar, CA; Prairie Grass Cafe, Northbrook, IL; Sage, Des Moines, IA; Spoonriver, Minneapolis; Steelhead Diner, Seattle; Vindalho, Portland, OR
SEASONAL (CLOSED PART OF THE YEAR): The Back Eddy, Westport, MA; Christina's (open from February to October), Eastsound, Orcas Island, WA; Clam Box of Ipswich (open from February to December), Ipswich, MA; Five Islands Lobster Co., Georgetown, ME; Hawk's (open from December to May), Rayne, LA; Hell's Backbone Grill (open from March to November), Boulder, UT
URBAN: Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, Chicago; Grace, Los Angeles; Josie, Santa Monica, CA; Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, Miami; Reef, Houston; Rendezvous in Central Square, Cambridge, MA; T'Afia, Houston; Telepan, New York, NY; White Dog Cafe, Philadelphia; Wilshire, Santa Monica, CA
WORTH THE TRIP: The Farmhouse Restaurant, The Inn at Serenbe, Palmetto, GA; Five & Ten, Athens, GA; Guadalupe Cafe, Sylva, NC; Harvest Moon Cafe, Sonoma, CA; Kai, Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Chandler, AZ; Journeyman Cafe, Fennville, MI; Restaurant Tallent, Bloomington, IN: The Turquoise Room, Winslow, AZ.
ROMANTIC/SPECIAL OCCASIONS: 610 Magnolia, Louisville; Brigtsen's, New Orleans; The Fearrington House Restaurant, Pittsboro, NC; The General's Daughter, Sonoma, CA; Hen of the Wood, Waterbury, VT; Joseph's Table, Taos, NM; Le Gourmand, Seattle; Manresa, Los Gatos, CA; The Painted Lady, Newberg, OR; Paley's Place, Portland, OR.
MEAT RULES: Bonnell's Fine Texas Cuisine, Fort Worth; The Corn Exchange, Rapid City, SD; L&M's Kitchen and Salumeria, Oxford, MS; The Linkery, San Diego; Pirogue Grille, Bismarck, ND; Route 7 Grill, Great Barrington, MA; Watermark Restaurant, Nashville.
HOTELS + INNS: Cielo at Ventana Inn & Spa, Big Sur, CA; CityZen, Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C.; The Inn at Dos Brisas, Brenham, TX; The Inn at Shelburne Farms (open from May to October), Shelburne, VT; North Fork Table and Inn, Southold, NY; Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, CA.
BAR FOCUS: Cyrus, Healdsburg, CA; FIG, Charleston, SC.
LOCAL PIONEERS: Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, Berkeley, CA; Carrie Van Dyck, Ron Zimmerman, and Jerry Traunfeld, The Herbfarm, Woodinville, WA; Peter Merriman and Neil Murphy, Merriman's, Waimea, Big Island, Hawaii; Peter Hoffman, Savoy, New York, NY; Greg Higgins, Higgins Restaurant & Bar, Portland, OR; Peter Davis, Henrietta's Table, The Charles Hotel, Cambridge, MA; Dan Barber, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, NY; Lucia Watson, Lucia's Restaurant and Wine Bar, Minneapolis; Alan Wong, Alan Wong's Restaurant, Honolulu, Hawaii; Annie Somerville, Greens, San Francisco; Patrick O'Connell, The Inn at Little Washington, Washington, VA; Alex Young, Zingerman's Roadhouse, Ann Arbor, MI

IN THE NEWS: The Mercury News' Aleta Watson gives three and a half stars to Marché (898 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park 650-324-9092, www.restaurantmarche.com), while Steven Chae reviews Betty Burgers (505 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 831-423-8190) ... Carolyn Jung notes, "The Zagat San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants guide always has leaned heavily toward the cosmopolitan city mentioned prominently in its title. But eight restaurants south of there have a lot to brag about in the new 2008 guide, which went on sale recently. For the Top 10 for food, Menlo Park's Kaygetsu ranked seventh (it was sixth in 2007), and San Jose's Le Papillon came in 10th (it was 16th in 2007). By cuisine, Amber India, with locations in Mountain View and San Jose, came in tops for Indian food; Alexander's Steakhouse in Cupertino trounced the competition for best steakhouse; and Tamarine in Palo Alto won for best Vietnamese. For the top five for decor, Pacific's Edge in Carmel came in first (it was fourth in 2007), the Shadowbrook in Capitola came in fourth (it was 11th in 2007), and Navio at the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay came in fifth (it was sixth in 2007)." ... Jung also reports that Sean Fleming is the new executive chef of Viognier, the restaurant atop Draeger's Market, 222 E. Fourth Ave. in downtown San Mateo. mercurynews.com

Compiled by Pat Embry, WhereTheLocalsEat.com