On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:35:23 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>I have a few memories: the first Michelin starred restaurant we ever ate
>at in Paris, Chez Mercier, Au Chapeau Rouge in Dijon (Magnifique!) and
>La Antiga Casa de Botin in Madrid (the oldest restaurant in the world).
>All of these were in 1965. All thro' our marriage my wife and I ate very
>well indeed a few times a year at Chez Francois in Washington DC (and
>then in Great Falls, VA). I also still remember our best ever
>Smorgesbord in Norway with a wonderful view from above the
>Hardangarfjord (I think.)

Thanks James, but I was looking for the ONE best of the best that
you've experienced in the world. That's why I made the title of the
thread a singular; "restaurant" instead of "restaurants".

If you HAD to pick just one, which would it be and why? What meal
there was your favorite and why?

Thanks man. I'm trying to get a list of places that are literally the
"Best of the best".