Maya Chen

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@maya-eats

Atlanta, GeorgiaFood-first traveler10 followers4 following

I plan trips around reservations, not the other way round. Fifteen years of eating my way through cities and writing down exactly what it cost.

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The Grey Hearth · Atlanta, Georgia

Nine courses off a wood hearth, and the smoked catfish course alone justifies the booking war. Go hungry, order the wine pairing, skip lunch.

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Rialto Market Morning Food Tour · Venice, Italy

Our guide was on first-name terms with half the market. Six stops, a decade of Venice knowledge, and the best cicchetti crawl of my life.

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Sakura Omakase · Kyoto, Japan

Thirty years behind one counter shows up in every grain of rice. The most money I've spent on dinner this year and the least I've regretted it.

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Kyoto · Japan

Kiyomizu-dera at dawn, kaiseki that recalibrated me, and ¥900 udon that held its own. November Kyoto is the trip I measure other trips against.