In article >, pltrgyst
> wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:31:02 +0100, Lazarus Cooke
> > wrote:
>
> >PS I've never eaten at the Fat Duck but I think that the notion that
> >any British restaurant belongs in the first hundred (or thousand) in
> >the world is as farcical as suggesting that any American one does.
>
> Well, since sewer workers seldom make enough money to dine at either the Fat
> Duck or the French Laundry, your delusion is secure.
>
> -- Larry

I totally agree, Larry. In France or Italy or the middle east working
people can eat excellent food in excellent, cheap restaurants. Not in
the Anglophone world, I'm afraid.

Lazarus