Food Talk: My Top 10 Favorite Restaurants

1. Crustacean (San Francisco, CA)
This is my favorite restaurant ever. I love Asian food and seafood and this place is the best fusion of the two I have had. I always get their Garlic Dungeoness Crab and Garlic Noodles. It is simply amazing.
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2. Koi (Los Angeles, CA) Celebrity Hotspot
This is one of the trendier spots in LA. This Japanese restaurant is very hard to get reservations to, but is worth the struggle. The portions are decent, but the food is orgasmic. The best item on the menu is the Crispy Rice.
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3. Geta (Oakland, CA)
It's a family-owned restaurant with amazing, cheap Japanese food. It's all about the Crispy California Roll.
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4. Acme Chophouse (San Francisco, CA)
This restaurant, inside AT&T Park, features incredible steak and seafood. I don't go here before games because it is too crowded, but when the Giants are out of town, I like to go their on special occasions. Their Flat Iron Steak is incredible.
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5. Spago (Beverly Hills, CA) Celebrity Hotspot
This restaurant is considered by many, the best in LA. This is Wolfgang Puck's pride of his restaurants. I try something new every time because everything is amazing.
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6. Il Sole (West Hollywood, CA) Celebrity Hotspot
This is the best Italian restaurant in LA. I always start off with an anti-pasta, usually the Berrata Cheese and Tomato appetizer. I usually get the Lobster Raviolis for dinner and the Carmel Gelato for desert.
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7. Asia de Cuba (West Hollywood, CA) Celebrity Hotspot
Located in the Mondrian Hotel, this resturant is the best Asian-Cuban fusion food I have ever had. I have only been here once, so I can't recommend anything because it was all good, but it was a great experience and an amazing dinner. The decor was very modern and white and it came with a wonderful view of LA. Right next to the restaurant is the hotel's famous Sky Bar, where many celebrities party after hours.
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8. Ketchup (West Hollywood, CA) Celebrity Hotspot
By far the hottest spot in LA right now, this restaurant attracts many celebrities with it's prime location on Sunset Boulevard and very hip decor. The restuarant describes its type of food as, "Classic American food with a twist." The best thing to get here is the appetizer, The Threesome. It is a trio of types of french fries: Spicy, Parmesan Garlic, and Sweet Potato (with light cinnamon sugar sprinkled in). The Threesome comes with 5 kinds of ketchup: Regular, Chipotle, Ranch, Mango, and Maple. For entrees, try the Shake N' Bake Chicken with Plum sauce. It's incredible.
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9. The Infield (Sherman Oaks, CA)
This outdoor hot dog restaurant is the best I've ever had. The place has stadium seating, a field painted on the ground, and baseball music over the speakers. On top of that, they have around 50 types of hot dogs. They have specialty hot dogs from all around the country. My personal favorite is the Ballpark Classic. It just snaps when you bite into it.
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10. Little Shin Shin (Oakland, CA)
This is my favorite Chinese Restaurant. It is only a few blocks from my house and it wins the best East Bay Chinese Restaurant by many different publications every year. I don't have a favorite dish, but I usually get some combination of 6 dishes every time, but I have 10 dishes that I love. So, choosing can be tough.
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Just missed the list:
Zachary's Pizza (Berkeley, CA)
Genova Deli (Oakland, CA)
Smokehouse (Berkeley, CA)
Cut (Beverly Hills, CA)
Barney Greengrass (Beverly Hills, CA)

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