I’m so completely done with Michelin Starred restaurants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just buy Korean fried chicken when you want tasty food! I tried it just a few months ago at regular restaurants and even Bonchon place; it is so delicious and so good that I do not see why people are not eating it all the time. Runs circles around other fried chicken shops.
(Also, I have a dairy allergy, so I can't have proper fried chicken anymore.)

You lost me at fried chicken.

PP is right; Korean fried chicken is on another level. Please keep eating kale; first, massage it a lot, then combine it with seaweed.

Yup, Korean Chicken is all that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the ratings are making them too popular and couldn’t keep up.
Just go to the under appreciated ones.

NP. I do think this happens. I think it's best to go the ones that don't do a high-volume business because of location (off the beaten path) or when they are newer. One time we couldn't get a dinner rez at a Michelin starred restaurant in Europe and they ended up having lunch reservations. I haven't seen this often (if ever) at that type of restaurant but we snagged a reservation last minute and had a great experience. Sometimes I wonder if eating the meal at a less busy time also made the experience better.

[Anonymous]

I’m not saying you can’t have a bad experience at a two-star restaurant, but honestly, I don’t think OP has ever been to one. Huge portions and flooded with tourists? I’m not buying it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not saying you can’t have a bad experience at a two-star restaurant, but honestly, I don’t think OP has ever been to one. Huge portions and flooded with tourists? I’m not buying it.

Yeah it doesn't add up. And if you're getting full, nobody is forcing you to finish it. Adults can pace themselves according to the hunger cues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not saying you can’t have a bad experience at a two-star restaurant, but honestly, I don’t think OP has ever been to one. Huge portions and flooded with tourists? I’m not buying it.

Wrong dum dum. It was a 2 star Michelin. I am not oblivious. Already posted its identity. Try reading next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was Gymkhana in London

It was good, don't get me wrong. 2 Michelin star good? Highly questionable. I just don't see how it was leagues above Rasika in DC. Service was fine except for the missed drink order. Food was tasty. But it wasn't mind warping. The portion was massive for the tasting menu. We had to take away the main course, because we were both gut bustingly full by the time it came out. I have a dirty secret - we had to literally throw the food away because there was no fridge in the hotel room, nor anyway to heat it up even if we did want it eat it. Imagine that - having to throw away a large portion of Michelin starred meal in the trash!

I honestly just have had better meals in Rockville and and Falls Church than most of the Michelin places we have gone to. Michelin starred restaurants like Tim Ho Wang back when they had a star....it was good but whatever. I don't really remember it 8 years later. We've tried various other Michelin starred places over the years. I honestly just cannot even remember the courses or any of the foods that have ever stuck in my brain from any Michelin meal ever. Meanwhile, I can still taste the chicken and rice dish with the most amazing broth ever that I had in Thailand for $1.75 per plate. If I am ever in death row, that $1.75 meal will be my.last request.

I dunno who ever crowned Michelin as the experts on food.

Ah I have reservations to go there in August!

[Anonymous]

SE Asia does indeed have delicious food. I’ve had many great meals in Singapore, Malaysia, and Cambodia. Thailand was on my travel list but l no longer want to go there just incase l run into the OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not saying you can’t have a bad experience at a two-star restaurant, but honestly, I don’t think OP has ever been to one. Huge portions and flooded with tourists? I’m not buying it.

Wrong dum dum. It was a 2 star Michelin. I am not oblivious. Already posted its identity. Try reading next time.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

[Anonymous]

I mean, raw shrimp served in Octopus water, red Mullet in zucchini Scarpese whatever the heck a scarpese is, sounds like the scrapings off the Mutten's nut sack. So disgusting.

It was good, don't get me wrong. 2 Michelin star good? Highly questionable. I just don't see how it was leagues above Rasika in DC. Service was fine except for the missed drink order. Food was tasty. But it wasn't mind warping. The portion was massive for the tasting menu. We had to take away the main course, because we were both gut bustingly full by the time it came out. I have a dirty secret - we had to literally throw the food away because there was no fridge in the hotel room, nor anyway to heat it up even if we did want it eat it. Imagine that - having to throw away a large portion of Michelin starred meal in the trash!

I honestly just have had better meals in Rockville and and Falls Church than most of the Michelin places we have gone to. Michelin starred restaurants like Tim Ho Wang back when they had a star....it was good but whatever. I don't really remember it 8 years later. We've tried various other Michelin starred places over the years. I honestly just cannot even remember the courses or any of the foods that have ever stuck in my brain from any Michelin meal ever. Meanwhile, I can still taste the chicken and rice dish with the most amazing broth ever that I had in Thailand for $1.75 per plate. If I am ever in death row, that $1.75 meal will be my.last request.

I dunno who ever crowned Michelin as the experts on food.

[Anonymous]

Here is one of the top rated restaurants in the WORLD, 3 Michelin Stars, Italy, I figured maybe this would be a menu to die for....look at this abomination of the sea floor's offerings as they scraped through the fish poop to find them! What the heck is Sea bream! Pigeon liver, what were they all out of Crow? Menu:

Sea bream, green apple and celery

Oyster, caviar, turnip granita, buttermilk

Eggplant, almonds and tomatoes

Flavored saffron Spaghetti, sea urchin and crispy quinoa

Burnt sea bass, lettuce salad

Pigeon, peach, liver and Verjus sauce

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will add that if you want to go to some great reasonably priced Michelin star restaurants, go to Spain.

I am headed to Spain in a few weeks — can you recommend any specific restaurants?

[Anonymous]

Michelin guide only works in places without a lot of good food. If you go to a big city in Asian, every block is filled with little places with great food for generations, and Michelin could not try even 3 blocks without being exhausted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will add that if you want to go to some great reasonably priced Michelin star restaurants, go to Spain.

I am headed to Spain in a few weeks — can you recommend any specific restaurants?

Where in Spain? We are going to try the 3 star restaurant in Cordoba.

[Anonymous]

Same, OP.

[Anonymous]

A lot of fine dining places force you to do a multi-course tasting menu. It becomes a performance event instead of just good food. So you have high expectations and most of the time the performance is below expectation.