On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:09:55 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>On 6/5/2011 1:03 PM, Landon wrote:
>> 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".
>
>I think it would be the Chapeau Rouge in Dijon, France. It only had one
>Michelin star when we ate there but it now has two, I believe.

And what meal did you eat there that made this place your favorite?