Shabu Shabu Jin Sang 7614 Fay Avenue, La Jolla (858) 456-4545 Shabu Shabu is a soup-like dish that can be cooked in the kitchen or at your table. For the at-the-table version, burners are placed …
December 28, 2000
La Jolla Stories
Best of 2000: Best Japanese-Style Fondue
Best of 2000: Best Foie Gras Napoleon
Tapenade 7612 Fay Avenue, La Jolla (858) 551-7500 Foie gras is a taste that you acquire. It's a goose liver, strong in flavor, but never gamy, and there are as many recipes for foie gras …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Fritti
Barbarella Bistro 2171 Avenida de la Playa, La Jolla (858) 454-7373 Take the top of a fern, called a fiddlehead. Dip it in a batter made of flour mixed with cornstarch, cayenne, coriander. Add some …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Cheese
Whole Foods Market 711 University Avenue, Hillcrest (619) 294-2800 8825 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla (858) 642-6700 "Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese," croons Wallace to Gromit in Nick Parks's A Grand …
Best of 2000: Best Chopped Salad
Sante Ristorante 7811 Herschel Avenue, La Jolla (858) 454-1315 If you think there's nothing to creating a chopped salad except chopping fresh vegetables and adding lettuce, think again. At Sante, some of the vegetables, such …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Baguette
The French Pastry Shop5550 La Jolla Boulevard, La Jolla(858) 454-9094 Why is it so easy to find perfect baguettes in Paris and so hard in San Diego? One exception is the staple bread produced at …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Theater Section In Local Bookstores
D.G. Wills Books 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla (858) 456-1800 If you judged by San Diego's bookstores, you'd never know we had a theater scene. The corporate stores jam theater and poetry in dinky sections. …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Small Concert Hall
Neurosciences Institute 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, La Jolla When Gerald Edelman created the Neurosciences Institute on Torrey Pines Mesa, he made sure that music would have a place there. The Institute's auditorium, while regularly …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Place To Buy Used Classical Cds
The Wherehouse in La Jolla 844 Pearl Street, La Jolla (858) 551-8901 CDs cost a lot of money, something all collectors would like to save. CDs also tend to go out of print rather rapidly, …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Vacuum-Cleaner Salesman
La Jolla Sew & Vacuum 520 Pearl Street, La Jolla (858) 459-6680 Vacuuming, if done right, is Zen. Ask any homebody with a Miele. And if you still need convincing, go see Kerry Lee at …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Place To Rescue Torn Clothing
La Jolla Weaver 7531 Girard Avenue, La Jolla (858) 454-4847 The sight of owner An Phan's serene face will bring peace to your soul. Listen as she describes her methods: "For some material, I just …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Hotel For An In-Town Vacation
Hotel Parisi 1111 Prospect Street, La Jolla (858) 454-1511 Although it stands across from the splashier La Valencia Hotel, and a crowd of shoppers, diners, and gallery-goers congregates out front at the granite "rolling ball" …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Golf-Course Deal
Torrey Pines Golf Course (with city resident's card) 11480 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla Reservations, (619) 570-1234 Pro shop, (858) 452-3226 Let's face it: golf is full of social climbers, 18 million ambitious folk …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Field Guide To The Underworld
The San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve by Judith Garfield www.judith.garfield.org The sarcastic fringehead is not a member of a rock group; it's a local fish with a sour disposition, just one of the …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Restaurant For Romance
The Sky Room La Valencia Hotel, 1132 Prospect Street, La Jolla (858) 454-0771 A restaurant is romantic if it offers privacy, a setting that's conducive to romance, and service that's attentive but unobtrusive. The Sky …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Place To Dine In Style And Not Get Gouged By The Wine List
The Wine Bar & Grill 1271 Prospect Street, La Jolla (858) 456-4644 Proprietor Charles Adams has carved a beauty of a brasserie out of a former candy store and stocked it with interesting wines that …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Buffet
Torreyana Grille Hilton La Jolla, 10950 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla (858) 558-1500 There are other all-you-can-eat seafood buffets offered around the city, but none can compare to Torreyana's preparation, presentations, and quality. There …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Appetizer List
Roppongi 875 Prospect Street, La Jolla (858) 551-5252 What could be more delectable than to make a meal from small amounts of different tastes and textures that never tire your palate? Roppongi defines itself as …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Walk For House-Gawking
Camino de la Costa, La Jolla Some neighborhoods have grander, even more expensive mansions. But what's nice about a stroll along Camino de la Costa (particularly the stretch between La Canada and Palomar Streets) is …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Snorkeling
La Jolla Cove, La Jolla The 533-acre Ecological Reserve that runs from Scripps Institution of Oceanography south to Alligator Head is the only one of its kind hereabouts. Protection has made the sea life abundant. …
December 28, 2000