Here is a very incomplete and semi-haphazardly put together list of some of the restaurants we've been to and really liked (and a couple we thought were a bit too expensive for the price, but still good):

Name	City	State or Country	Date Visited
Alinea	Chicago	Illinois	7/07
Aqua*	San Francisco	California
Aria	Sydney	Australia	11/07
Beach House	Hamilton Island	Australia	11/07
Cosmos	Minneapolis	Minnesota	7/08
D'Amico Cucina	Minneapolas	Minnesota	07/08
Dragonfly Cafe	Cape Tribulation	Australia	11/07
Garibaldi's Restaurant	San Francisco	California
Joel Robuchon	Las Vegas	Nevada	10/09
L'atelier de Joel Robuchon	Las Vegas	Nevada	3/09
Lahaina Grill	Lahaina	Hawaii	2/10
Longrain	Sydney	Australia	11/07
Manresa	Los Gatos	California	3/10
Michael Mina (Financial District)*	San Francisco	California	3/11
Michael Mina (Union Square)	San Francisco	California	8/08
Michael Mina	Las Vegas	Nevada
Osaka	Las Vegas	Nevada
Pescatore	Christchurch	New Zealand	11/07
Pomelo	San Francisco	California
Seablue	Las Vegas	Nevada	10/07
Social House	Las Vegas	Nevada
Spago	Palo Alto	California
Straits Palo Alto	Palo Alto	California
Sushi Sasabune	Oahu	Hawaii	04/06
Tao*	Las Vegas	Nevada
The Bunker	Queenstown	New Zealand	11/07
Wing Lei*	Las Vegas	Nevada
Yank Sing	San Francisco	California
* We liked this less than the others, but it was still noteworthy or interesting in some respect. Also here are our honorable mentions. We both enjoyed these restaurants a lot, but they just weren't good enough for whatever reason to make the first list.
Name	City	State or Country	Date Visited
231 Ellsworth	San Mateo	California
Mesa Grill	Las Vegas	Nevada	10/09
Zucca	Mountain View	California