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I can't say I have, or that I have any interest in doing so. When I go to a restaurant I like to eat something rather more substantial than pretension.
But it's so satisfying!
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baelnic wrote:
I see that this place is in Chicago. Allacago 2011!
$125 for the tasting menu. I think I'll stick with my Italian beef stands.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I've eaten at #3 (The Fat Duck) - More of an 'experience' than a meal, thanks to wacky Chef Heston Blumenthal (E.g. with the Seafood course we were given an ipod to listen to the sea with waves crashing and gulls crying. The Snail Porridge was nice though). I think with wine it was about £120 per head.
I've eaten at a few of the others in the top 50 and thoroughly enjoyed them all in different ways. If you want a hearty meal at a decent price, it really isn't worth bothering with them. You pay the premium for amazingly innovative use of expensive ingredients, presented in highly artistic ways, in very plush surroundings.
TBQH it's not something I like to do too often - most of those listed have 2 or 3 Michelin stars which attract a premium on the menu - average is about £80 - £120 per head + wine. We have a few 1 and 2 Michelin starred places nearby (my favourite being Purnells. Unless you're ordering very expensive wine there's change out of £100 per person and the food, service and setting are outstanding value.
I've eaten at a few of the others in the top 50 and thoroughly enjoyed them all in different ways. If you want a hearty meal at a decent price, it really isn't worth bothering with them. You pay the premium for amazingly innovative use of expensive ingredients, presented in highly artistic ways, in very plush surroundings.
TBQH it's not something I like to do too often - most of those listed have 2 or 3 Michelin stars which attract a premium on the menu - average is about £80 - £120 per head + wine. We have a few 1 and 2 Michelin starred places nearby (my favourite being Purnells. Unless you're ordering very expensive wine there's change out of £100 per person and the food, service and setting are outstanding value.
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
Jophiel wrote:
baelnic wrote:
I see that this place is in Chicago. Allacago 2011!
$125 for the tasting menu. I think I'll stick with my Italian beef stands.
The deli on the corner is my fave. Cajun roast beef with sweet peppers and melted cheddar.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Jophiel wrote:
baelnic wrote:
I see that this place is in Chicago. Allacago 2011!
$125 for the tasting menu. I think I'll stick with my Italian beef stands.
I was going to make an italian sausage joke, but the thread title is already pun enough.
I saw that list a week or so ago. I have not been to any of them. However, I'm going to Denmark next month and it is tempting to try out #1 just to say I did it. But I probably won't, I love great food but I hate the trappings of fancy restraunts and such. It makes me uncomfortable, much like a black man at a KKK meeting.
Edited, May 8th 2010 10:14pm by Kakar
Edited, May 8th 2010 10:14pm by Kakar
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
My wife makes better food than any restaurant I've been to.
Now, I haven't been to any of the places on the list, but I've been to my share of fancy places, not often mind you. In my experience the food is no better at a $30/plate establishment than a $60/plate establishment and none of them compare to what my wife does with $20 and a couple of hours.
Now, I haven't been to any of the places on the list, but I've been to my share of fancy places, not often mind you. In my experience the food is no better at a $30/plate establishment than a $60/plate establishment and none of them compare to what my wife does with $20 and a couple of hours.
Yodabunny wrote:
My wife makes better food than any restaurant I've been to.
Now, I haven't been to any of the places on the list, but I've been to my share of fancy places, not often mind you. In my experience the food is no better at a $30/plate establishment than a $60/plate establishment and none of them compare to what my wife does with $20 and a couple of hours.
Now, I haven't been to any of the places on the list, but I've been to my share of fancy places, not often mind you. In my experience the food is no better at a $30/plate establishment than a $60/plate establishment and none of them compare to what my wife does with $20 and a couple of hours.
You should get your palate checked. Seriously.
I mean no offense to your wife, she's probably an excellent cook, and kudos to you for finding someone who knows how to cook for your taste buds. The idea, however, that your wife can take a top sirloin, some romain and and a few fingerling potatoes and whip together something that could be seen as edible when compared to Kobe ribeye in a balsamic butter with roasted summer squash doesn't stand up to even the most permissive of scrutinizing glances.
Around here, fine dining is Applebee's.
Man I need to get a life.
Man I need to get a life.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Debalic wrote:
Around here, fine dining is *****.
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
Lord Nobby wrote:
Debalic wrote:
Around here, fine dining is *****.
Says the man with the full belly.
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
Lord Nobby wrote:
Debalic wrote:
Around here, fine dining is *****.
Says the man with the full belly.
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
She can't be that good!
Dude, she makes the damn ingredients for her ingredients, and my taste buds are all that really matter when she's cooking for me and mine :). Give her a night and she makes crap taste like prime rib, texture n all, but yes I get your point. Better cuts are (almost) always tastier but given the same cut of meat the wife consistently makes better meals than the restaurants I've been to. She's been a cook for a long time, and she's very good at it.
Yodabunny wrote:
the wife consistently makes better meals than the restaurants I've been to.
I think of myself as a good cook and friends have raved about a number of my meals, but I've never been close to creating any of the dishes I've had at michelin-starred eateries. And it's not just the ingredients; it's the imaginative combination of flavoUrs and textures, the complex preparation techniques and the eye-wateringly beautiful presentation on a plate.
You either need to try a good restaurant, or hire your wife out as a Chef and make millions.
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
I'd love to try me one of the worlds finest restaurants someday. On the occasions that I do get out to the shmazzy high-buck places, it's more about the experience than simply the food; Dressing up, getting treated like royalty, candle-lit comfortable seating, taking time to enjoy it (we only seem to slow down and not be in a hurry when we have to pay big bucks) and lastly the variety and combinations of a specially selected multi-course meal.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
I learned to cook from a saute chef at a 4 star restaurant, I know not 5 but I can live with it. I also grow my own vegetables and spices. That said a filet mignon grilled on apple, cherry, mesquite, or hickory wood is going to taste very similar to that same cut of meat cooked at a restaurant. It's those creative dishes that separate average dining for fine dining and that's something you just can't get at the house without someone who knows what they're doing teaching it to you.
Edited, May 10th 2010 3:16pm by knoxxsouthy
Edited, May 10th 2010 3:16pm by knoxxsouthy
Actually I'd just like to go to an Original Soup Man. There was a Soup Man kiosk in the mall when I worked there but that was just re-warmed packaged stuff. Still, that was damn good.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
knoxxsouthy wrote:
I learned to cook from a saute chef at a 4 star restaurant, I know not 5 but I can live with it.
Or a fourth for that matter, fUckwit.
The only widely recognised restaurant rating that uses stars is Michelin which maxes out at 3.
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
Lord Nobby wrote:
knoxxsouthy wrote:
I learned to cook from a saute chef at a 4 star restaurant, I know not 5 but I can live with it.
Or a fourth for that matter, fUckwit.
The only widely recognised restaurant rating that uses stars is Michelin which maxes out at 3.
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In the United States, the Mobil Travel Guides and the American Automobile Association rate restaurants on a similar 1 to 5 star (Mobil) or Diamond (AAA) scale.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
Lord Nobby wrote:
knoxxsouthy wrote:
I learned to cook from a saute chef at a 4 star restaurant, I know not 5 but I can live with it.
Or a fourth for that matter, fUckwit.
The only widely recognised restaurant rating that uses stars is Michelin which maxes out at 3.
Mobil Gas gives 5 stars and the New York Times gives 4. I'm going out on a limb and suggesting it's the Mobil Gas rating to which Varus is referring
Elinda wrote:
It's the truck-stop rating system:)
Post slower.
Nobby,
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1R2PCTC_enUS368&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=4+star+restaurants+in+knoxville&fb=1&gl=us&hq=4+star+restaurants&hnear=knoxville&view=text&ei=PF3oS67oMMKAlAf-qfXGAw&sa=X&oi=local_group&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQtQMwAA
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Varrus's definition of a 'restaurant' differs significantly from mine.
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
Lord Nobby wrote:
Varrus's definition of a 'restaurant' differs significantly from mine.
I think that one place actually sells bait out back.
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