On 6/5/2011 1:37 PM, Landon wrote:
> 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?
>
I can't possibly remember the menu only the impression it had on my wife
and myself. I dare say I could guess from the Michelin Guide of the
time, which I still have, but such impressions are not reliable.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*