Starting five years ago I set a goal of eating at the world's best restaurant. I hung out in librairies and bookshops, got on the nternet, and did a lot of research. Then from there until now I went out and ate at the candidates I had picked. And the conclusion? Of course, the best restaurant in the world does not exist (I think james Beard said it's where they know your name) but there is some damn fine ones out there! Here are the restaurants I ate at: London - Chez Nico, La Tante Claire, Marco Pierre White, Aubergine,Simpsons France - Troisgros, Alain Ducasse, L'Astor, La Mere Brazier Switzerland - Girardet Bangkok - La Normandie, Royal Dragon Hong Kong - Lai Hing Keen, Yung Kee Sydney - Forty One, Tetsuya, Rockpool, Darley Street Thai Melbourne - Paul Bocuse, Jacques Reymond, Stephanies, Flower Drum Italy - Da Guido, Checchino dal 1887 New Orleans - Emerils San Francisco - Zuni cafe Vancouver - Lumiere, Bacchus, Star Anise, Diva at the Met The search continues....
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NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Dec 1999 03:57:09 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu rec.food.restaurants:48290 Roger F. wrote: > Starting five years ago I set a goal of eating at the world's best > restaurant. I hung out in librairies and bookshops, got on the nternet, > and did a lot of research. Then from there until now I went out and ate > at the candidates I had picked. > > And the conclusion? Of course, the best restaurant in the world does not > exist (I think james Beard said it's where they know your name) but > there is some damn fine ones out there! > > Here are the restaurants I ate at: > > San Francisco - Zuni cafe Oh, there are much better restaurants here in San Francisco than Zuni! We have more restaurants percapita here than Paris! Zuni is all attitude. Sure, there food is good, but it's not great. You should try a few other places here, where the waiters won't snub you if they don't think you're enough. Mind you, if a waiter does that to me, it will reflect noy only in my tip, but in what I say to others. You should try: These are pricey: Le Jadiene Hayes Street Grill Crustacean (sp?) Aqua Farallon Just to name a few. I hate to think of Zuni when they think of dining in SF! > > The search continues.... > > > > > > >
NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Dec 1999 21:42:41 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: pale-rider.INS.CWRU.Edu rec.food.restaurants:48305 The Boulevard (Inn?) near the Embarcadero is great albeit spendy. Restaurant Boy Someone wrote: > In article , "Martha Hughes" > Someone wrote: > > > Oh, there are much better restaurants here in San Francisco than Zuni! We > > have more restaurants percapita here than Paris! Zuni is all attitude. Sure, > > there food is good, but it's not great. You should try a few other places > > here, where the waiters won't snub you if they don't think you're enough. > (snip) > > > I hate to think of Zuni when they think of dining in SF! > > We have always had good service at Zuni: attentive, knowledgeable, > cordial. The last time we were there, in fact, the waitress engaged in a > conversation on back-yard gardening in the city, after my husband chided > me for ordering stuffed zucchini blossoms when I had 8 prolific plants at > home. It goes without saying that we wouldn't return if the food were not > also very good.