**Poof!**: Annual x'mas gift exchange dinner at Gary Danko!
**Poof!**: Fois gras.
**Poof!**: The best lobster risotto I have ever had.
**Poof!**: Sea bass with amazingly crispy skin.
**Poof!**: Seared scallops.
**Poof!**: Fois gras stuffed quail.
**Poof!**: The most tender duck ever.
**Poof!**: Sauce #1 goes into the chocolate souffle.
**Poof!**: Sauce #2 goes into the chocolate souffle.
**Poof!**: Holiday cheers with spiked martinelli!
**Poof!**: Putting the men to work!
**Poof!**: Making tare for the chicken wings!
**Poof!**: Stephen and Mark hard at work on the chicken wings!
**Poof!**: Tata - the Momofuku chicken wings!!
**Poof!**: Watch out for those red hot chiles!!
**Poof!**: Caramelized onions and pork added!
**Poof!**: Adding soft tofu as the final secret ingredient!! Chinese cheese?!?!
**Poof!**: Spicy sausage Korean rice cake from David Chang's Momofuku recipe!
**Poof!**: The feast!
**Poof!**: Riding BART with the folks!
**Poof!**: En route to Cirque du Soleil via Muni!
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**Poof!**: Finally at the Cirque du Soleil tent!!
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**Poof!**: Crazy hats!
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