Blanc - Paris
Modern French cuisine that is quite creative - no “standard” dishes here. Not everything worked 100%, but overall still a lovely experience
Le Coquillage - Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
An impressive variety of seafood dishes, often featuring ingredients from the local bay and the restaurant’s farm. Unfortunately, the flavor intensity was dialed way down for most of our dinner
Sushi Yoshinaga - Paris
Sushi adapted for French palates was both delicious and an educational experience
Ever - Chicago
Modern American cuisine served in an interior designer’s dream of a fine-dining restaurant. A few exceptional dishes don’t hurt
Oriole - Chicago
Modern American cuisine in a industrial setting with great service. Enjoyable, but missing true standout dishes
Alinea - Chicago
A restaurant that is going for an “experience” rather than a mere dinner. Foodwise, though, this was a far cry from its heydays, and nowhere near its current three stars
Californios - San Francisco
Mexican fine-dining cuisine with local ingredients. Enjoyable, but missing true show-stopper dishes, and a bit repetitive in parts
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester - London
Three-starred French cuisine where the same ingredient is prepared many different ways in a single dish. Intriguing, but the results are good rather than great
Moor Hall - Aughton
Local produce is everywhere at this restaurant north of Liverpool, and the best dishes shine the spotlight on single ingredients. Others balance lots of different components - still tasty, but feeling less product-driven
Atelier Crenn - San Francisco
Seafood-heavy Californian-French cuisine with nicely balanced flavors and a few stellar dishes
Odette - Singapore
French cuisine with Asian influences that give it a “sense of place”. A very enjoyable meal with a couple of truly outstanding dishes
Meta - Singapore
Korean fine-dining cuisine is the name of the game here, maybe a bit more rustic than it’s three-star competition, but bursting with flavors
Araya - Singapore
Enjoyable Chilean cuisine with Japanese influences. A unique dinner in Singapore with a very approachable chef
Jaan by Kirk Westaway - Singapore
Amazing views, great service, lovely wine and pleasant (but also somewhat “safe”) food - the perfect restaurant for a date
Pangium - Singapore
A delicious tour through Singaporean cuisine, reimagined at a fine-dining level. It felt stronger than its current single Michelin star
Sorn - Bangkok
Intensively flavorful and often very spicy tour of Southern Thai cuisine. Truly unique among all the three Michelin starred restaurants
Baan Tepa - Bangkok
Cuisine that’s impressive in its use of barely known Thai ingredients, but not hitting quite the same highs in terms of pure taste experience
Wing - Hong Kong
Well-executed fine-dining Chinese cuisine that doesn’t push the boundaries as much as its sister restaurant VEA
VEA - Hong Kong
An eye-opening dinner of French cuisine with Chinese ingredients. Not only tasty, but also shedding a new light on many ingredients that I thought I knew
Arbor - Hong Kong
Scandinavian and Japanese cuisines meet in Hong Kong. Often bold flavors, but sometimes at the expense of overshadowing ingredients