/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14097846
Restaurants only go up to 3 stars...

>>14097846
I've been to a bunch. What do you want to know in particular?

>>14097890
Do they let niggers in?

>>14097846
Yeah I did actually. It had a very nice interior design that marvelously used the color red. You could see into the kitchen and hear all of the chefs working hard, the sound of food being grilled, the sounds of the machines, absolutely breathtaking. Surprisingly enough it was a seat yourself type of restaurant. They pride themselves in how much happy customers they had served and put it up on the sign outside. It had a separate room for families with children, which is VERY uncommon in any restaurant. So that meant that I could eat this food made in heaven in peace. I ordered a simple but good chicken sandwich. Farm to table chicken lightly fried in a blend of spices and from around the world, topped with the best sauce you'd ever taste,Made of top shelf oil, Fresh eggs and Italian vinegar. It only had one vegetable on it but it really complimented the chicken, it was the crunchiest iceberg lettuce id ever tasted, and the buns where made in house by their own personal baker. 10/10

>>14097902
I have seen one or two, come to think of it. No thugs, just the mild mannered doctor types.

>>14097846
I went the image you posted, Eleven Madison Park. Honestly it wasn’t worth it, it was $340 for a 12 course meal took like 3 hours. All my friends got kind of tired by the end of it. There were some interesting dishes (It was cool to drink black truffle tea) and they did some magic with these mushrooms, but I dont think fine dining with so many courses is for me. After all those courses I didn’t feel full or hungry, just content since the meal took so long. I’d rather pay $60-$100 in a high end place that’s just 4-3 solid courses.

>>14097846
I had dinner at a wedding catered at a five-star hotel, if that's what you mean. Most respectable restaurant rating services use a three-star system.

>>14097906
So you supposedly went to a 'top restaurant' and ordered a chicken sandwich? Fuck off.

1. A 'top restaurant' wouldnt have a chicken sandwich on the menu for one.

2. If it did, only a poor cunt who had no business being at a top restaurant would order it.

You are either a liar or a poser or both.

>>14098049
I've been to the same restaurant. The chicken sandwich is one of the most hyped items on the menu. It's a Zizek high-meets-low type thing.

Also if you know who to ask, you can get a flight of three of their famous sauces with the sandwich for free.

>>14097976
I had the opposite impression. Our total tab was $1000 for two, before tip, and for that I expect to leisurely meander through the proceedings over a 3+ hour experience. That's the reason you go. It's like a hockey game. The first half of the first period, you're just getting adjusted. By the second half of the first period, you're feeling good and getting into it. The whole second period is intense, and in the third period you're pretty buzzed and into it and you kind of wish it had a fourth period.

>>14098074
Whats the name of the restaurant?

>>14098100
Get a load of this fucking poser.

>>14097846
I staged for two months at the Inn at Little Washington, a Michelin starred restaurant and hotel in DC, didn't make the cut. I have been cooking all my life, all fine dining but in flyoverland, and even was a big boy chef before I left to try to make a go with the big Dawgs, but I couldn't hack it. Everything you think you know about high cuisine equates to the skills of a teenager at mcdicks, when you get to that level.
I hope I can work somewhere like that by the time I'm thirty, I'm doing everything I can to get better.

>>14098110
Enjoy your chicken sandwich you dumpster diving cunt. Sounds 5 star.

>>14098049
Oofyikes epic r/lewhoosh lmao

>>14097859
Well that's disappointing. I'm surprised no one has ever made a restaurant better than 3.

>>14097846
Yea, Din Tai Fung

>>14098120
Restaurants trying like fuck to get their first star are the most fun and innovative restaurants. Once they get their star they get a little defensive and play it safe a little more.

>>14098111
Nice trips and I usually don't post like this but seriously your words hardly make any fucking sense, what are you attempting to communicate?

Got to experience El Bulli while it was open. Call Adría a gimmicky hack a you want, but that man could do things with foam that would cross your plebian eyes. There were flavors I still have trouble believing could actually be.

>>14098084
>Dinner the price of rent
Man I wish I was rich

>>14098100
Les Fourmis

>>14098126
That's only for two locations, Macau and Hong Kong IIRC. Most Din Tai Fungs are nothing near Michelin status. I've been to the one in Taipei 101, the original in Taipei, the one in Washington, and the one somewhere near Irvine in some nameless mall. The best of them all was Taipei 101, but even that is not close to Michelin star territory.

>>14098131
You lucky bastard

>>14098130
Okay.
I staged at the Inn. Staging is a fancy way of saying "doing it for free", it's basically an audition to see if you can even cut it on the line, to see if you're worth being paid to cook somewhere. I have a lot of experience, I have been working in fine dining since I was 18, I'm 28 now, and I was 27 when I staged at the inn. I'm the head chef where I work currently, and at the place I worked before I tried to stage. Everything I thought I knew about fine dining amounted to a hill of beans, when I tried to work at such a truly refined establishment. I believe part of that comes from my experience working in Montana, Idaho, and Alaska, and not anywhere with a real bleeding edge culinary scene. Does that make sense now? I'm saying that the really fancy places are at a level that even professional lifers find unattainable, but I hope that I can get better while I'm still young.

>>14098151
Well now you have to show them city slickers in your own personal redemption arc. Then you return to your roots a different person to reinvent Montana and Idaho cuisine.

>>14098151
Yes that makes sense, good stuff my anon

>>14098158
I hated DC, anyways. Almost any Michelin starred restaurant is in a major city. The resorts I've worked in in Alaska were all pretty fancy, but still not French Laundry fancy. I've eaten there, and I'm not kidding when I say by the end of the meal, my drunk ass begged for a job application. In my wine stupor, I was perfectly prepared to just never go back home, sleep in my car in California while doing it for free, until they let me get paid. That was before I got to do it for free in DC. In hindsight, I didn't even like any other part of that California vacation, the whole state is garbage.

>>14098120
The place I work went up to 11, but we had to shut down because of the corona chan.

Tapas Molecular Bar in Tokyo is the best I've done, think it has a single Michelin star. Was pretty amazing.

>>14098133
Man I busted my fucking ass to get to this point and I don't consider myself rich at all. I lived probably 50% under my means for a decade. I hid this from everyone, my friends, family, and even myself. I even set up my banking so I would never see a balance over $10,000. When I had chunks piling up in the savings account I bought liquid assets like very broad market ETFs and tax-free municipal bond ETFs and went long, all dividends reinvested. One day I woke up and I had $500,000 in assets. I lived so long just treating it as a number that it really made no difference to me at that exact time. It was only in retrospect that it meant something.

I grew up pretty poor. One thing I learned about truly rich people (not me) is that nobody really listens to them. I mean REALLY listens. They say stuff and people "listen" but people don't really listen. They hear words and pick the closest thing that they already wanted to do and go in that direction. The life of a truly rich (non-corrupt, non-malevolent) person is frustration. The way to make more money is to truly understand what a rich person wants and attempt to make it happen in the most direct manner possible, even if it seems stupid to you. They will sit up and notice that finally someone did exactly what they said. If you keep doing that, they will try to figure out what you want. If you are very clear you want money and don't give a shit about anything else (titles, direct reports, stability, etc) they will pay you more with the understanding that you're never going to start drama about titles or politics or bullshit, you will quietly live securely that you make more than the faggots trying to argue with you (that you ignore).

I don't really have a point except that if your structural financial setup is net positive for savings and investment, just go sideways and try to maximize your earning power, but don't be in a hurry to up your way of life. Subscribe to my blog.

>>14098451
If you had one I would

>>14098513
Thanks, anon, I appreciate that.

>>14098174
Honestly, I had the same sort of time in California. I'm glad you're gaining experience elsewhere, you can do it!
>>14098451
That's some awesome stuff, I'm glad things worked out for you.

>>14098049

>>14098151
I'm a few years older than you and still so new to being on the line. Your post makes me want to die. I live in a very good food city. I want to go Michelin but I am scared.

>>14098049
get a load of this guy

he thinks a restaurant would somehow refuse to put food between two slices of bread. the head chef would whip out his cleaver and howl sacre bleu and throw it at you or some shit

get out more kid

>>14098049
pretend this poster was talking about a very bottom shelf restaurant called McDonald's as a joke and maybe think twice before embarrassing yourself like this again

>>14098704
Is this really the level of humour around here?

Was at a 2-star last week and one last year. The food is amazing and you get to taste things that you would never think of.
Pic is a coconut ice-cream with roe and some olive oil and salt.
Another one that was crazy was a dessert with strawberries and black olives.

Can you fart in a Michelin star restaurant?

>>14097846
Three stars for restaurants.
I'm working at one.

>>14098873
but have you actually had the full dining experience at it or just interacted on the staff side?

>>14098876

I do on a regular base. Even though only been to three 3-star-ones in Germany and France, 1-star is my go to every other month. Usually excellent service and food for not much more than 150€ per capita.

>>14098867
no

>>14098451
easy schitzo

Most famous restaurant I've been to was probably Atelier Crenn in SF because she's the first female chef to get three Michelin stars, but her restaurant compensated for its one star meal with the best service I've ever had and a pastry chef who astounded me with their talent.

The most exclusive restaurant I've been to was é by Jose Andres in Las Vegas, and it was so good I've been there twice. It's hidden in another restaurant at the Cosmopolitan. Inside is a chef's table experience that makes fine dining fun. Truly a one-of-a-kind restaurant with some truly strange and experimental dishes. My only qualm is that, in the time between my first visit and my second, the menu barely changed. Slightly disappointed, but in the end it was still a great experience.

ミシュランガイド日本版掲載店。はありません。
予約不可。自販機で食券を購入。カウンターで食べる。
今のミシュランは、とても自由です。

>>14099784
I'm sorry I forgot the translation.
Michelin Guide Japanese edition store. There is no .
Michelin is much more free now than it used to be.
Reservations not accepted. Purchase meal tickets at the vending machine and eat at the counter.
Such a shop is listed in the Michelin Guide.

>>14099784
>>14099790
There is a lack of translation.
This shop is listed in the Michelin Guide, but there is no star.
However, Michelin is a ramen shop that cannot be ignored.

Of course, true star restaurants are really great.

>>14097846
Yes, it was a bit of a disappointment.

>>14098049
Tiny bird brain.

>>14098111
Good luck on your quest, anon. Remember that it's not all about skill, but also about following the rythm of the meal. Trust your instincts and you'll get where you're going

>>14098049

Turn PC off and kys

>>14097906
>You could see into the kitchen and hear all of the chefs working hard, the sound of food being grilled, the sounds of the machines
>It had a separate room for families with children, which is VERY uncommon in any restaurant. So that meant that I could eat this food made in heaven in peace

>>14098049
I'm voting poser. No one takes their kids to 5 star restaurants. People who can afford to eat at those places can afford babysitters.

Eaten at a variety of 1, 2 and 3 star restaurants. Worked in a 1 star restaurant.

I go through phases. Sometimes the idea of blowing through hundreds of £ on a meal doesnt bother me, and others it seems ridiculous.

>>14098120

>>14097906
i'm lovin it