| Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
| "A pearl is always better in a nice setting" |
The hallowed Michelin Red Guide with its three star rating system has taken New York by storm. Restaurants live and die by their rating system, and it's the first time they've reviewed a US city (Washington, LA and San Francisco should all be nervous).
For a foodie like me - it was an interesting article. Only one American born chef, Thomas Keller of The French Laundry fame in Napa / Yountville was awarded 3 stars for his NYC restaurant, Per Se.
The list has a dearth of what we consider to be our "celebrity chefs". Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse and Anthony Bourdain are no where to be seen. Mario Batalia has his gnochii in a bunch over what he considers a diss with just a one star award for his restaurant and blamed the volume of the music in his restaurant for the lack of stars, even though the Michelin director insists that the awards are based on the quality of the food, "a pearl is always better in a nice setting", he said.
Interestingly, while NY comes in second to Paris which has 72 starred restaurants, it has far more than London with a mere 34.
Ahh, so many restaurants, so little time (and $$$) to enjoy them! |
posted by Broadsheet @ 9:11 AM   |
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| 4 Editorial Opinions: |
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I'm so not surprised at London. The food really is crap.
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new york's 37 and London's 34 sound pretty much on par, although NY did outmatch London 4 to 1 in the three star catagory. foodie-wise, this pretty much mirrors industry views. London has really been coming up in the past 50 years. back in the day, had michelin rated NY, the huge number of frog imports would have made it second to Paris, and London would barely have recieved a hat tip.
If Michelin begins to rate other american cities, the one to watch out for is, suprisingly, Vegas. Could potentially out bid NY. Washington has nothing to worry about. Michelin and Washington are a long long way from bothering wasting one another's time.
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deanne -
Dunno about London. Had some loverly dinners there last fall. Went to Sally Clark's for brunch, one of the Conran places up in Notting Hill, and had amazing food at Zaika in Kensington.
eebmore: I think you're absolutely right about Vegas. I've never been there, and I know it's all the rage for the celebrity chefs to set up an outpost there, but I do wonder if the quantity can match the quality if the celebrity chef is stretched too thin amongst too many locations, and so many of those places are really run by corporations and investors.
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there is almost something wrong about the quality of restaurants in Vegas. World class kitchens, unbelievably deep cellars, and books running sooo deeply in the red you would think that God himself parted the way to make it possible... with empty dining rooms and employers that couldn’t be concerned less. On a few occasions in the past, I’ve considered moving to Vegas to tap into that green; but jesus, living in Vegas? *Shudder*
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I'm so not surprised at London. The food really is crap.