crust and cooked just right. What I really think is interesting about this place is their house speciality: Pasta with Whiskey Sauce, which the table next to us ordered. Prior to serving, a very large wheel of parmigiana is...

Any word on Nihon, the Japanese food and whiskey place? Any favorites on the menu? Is it worth going to?

You’re joking, right? It is common to see half-drunk bottles of sake (whiskey, too) kept “on reserve” in Japanese bars. I would say a bare minimum of one year; I bet some places have them there even longer. I...

Japanese businessmen drink Johnny Walker with sushi all the time.

My favorite Mexican restaurant in Prescott is Annalina’s, right on Whiskey Row. Good Jalisco-style food with some unusual dishes. Esoji is the better of Prescott’s of two Japanese restaurants. Good sushi and cooked...

. Opened in the second year of the Showa Era (1927), Bordeaux was probably then, as now, meant as an homage certain type of Western cafés and a retreat from Ginza’s classic Japanese establishments. There are still many...

Oh but Aziza is so wonderful. They deserve that star. Another suggestions: I had my last birthday party at Nihon Whiskey Lounge, and it was great. The secret there, though, and this is important: Do not order everything at the...

, Nihon. Nihon emphasizes creative rolls and whiskey far more than it does quality fish. The way sushi is consumed in this town, a sushi chef has to really want to stick to simple quality preparations because the clamoring hordes...

restaurant on Gurley just a stone’s throw west of Whiskey Row. I never would have guessed that one of the best Japanese restaurants in the state would open its doors in such a picture-perfect slice of small-town Americana...

Brandy Library is a really good post-dinner spot. Get the gougeres, they are fantastic. For a birthday dinner, Keens is a good choice for a scotch/whiskey/bourbon lover. They will even do tasting flights. The atmosphere and...

vanilla in chocolate that I had a hard time telling this one apart. Japanese black vinegar – an intriguing layer of flavour, sweet fruitty nutty perhaps? Hard to describe, but worth getting. Chuao – a brilliant...

, is currently my favorite izakaya in the city. Very Japanese. Huge menu. Lot’s of sake, wine, whiskey and beer. Private rooms ( not tatami), tables, as well as seating at a yakitori bar in the rear (which I prefer). Very...

My girlfriend and I are goint to the Lion King. Any suggestions for good dining and a ail? Moderate price range and Japanese, Italian or American would be fine. TIA

Harrison) Nihon—-amazing atmosphere—Japanese Whiskey Bar(14th/Folsom) CoCo500—good food—good price—cool inside. AsiaSF—food not so great but a SF experience.(do a google) Basil—eh, good...

.. maybe Marina del rey, Santa Monica, Westwood, Venice, Los Feliz.. anywhere! Just outside of the san gabriel valley. And although I love it, no Japanese, Thai or Chinese (been overloaded on that recently)... all suggestions...