We went out to eat this past week at one of our favorite restaurants. I got to thinking about over the years all the ‘favorite’ restaurants I’ve had. There’s probably too many to list so I decided list my “Top Ten.” I imagine most of them are no longer in business, or if they are, they wouldn’t make my top ten list today… and, if I made the list last week or next week, it would probably change a bit. But at least half of them would stay.
Kings Lodge (Hong Kong)
El Sombrero (Arlington, VA)
Cafe Renaissance (Vienna, VA)
The American Chinese Restaurant (Hong Kong)
China Paradise (Vienna, VA)
Oscars (Monrovia, Liberia)
Quite Cannon ( between Los Angeles and San Diego)
The Ship (Kuala Lumpur)
Dutch’s Daughter (Frederick, MD)
Kazu (Shepherdstown, WV)
So what makes a favorite restaurant? Not sure I can answer that question, but restaurants are important — usually the best ones, or our favorites are reserved for special occasions and our memories of those occasions almost always include those restaurants.
But I think a restaurant becomes a favorite because of who I was with or what was being celebrated.
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