I find I haven't eaten dinner at any of the restaurants listed, although I did have high tea at the Peninsula in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago. I did once look at the menu at Le Tour d'Argent in Paris, but I would have needed a second mortgage to eat there! I can recommend Just St. James, in St. James St. London, if it's still there, of course. Very nice ambience, excellent service and delicious food and wines.
Just have to say that, nowadays, it's possible to eat very well indeed here in Oz, even in Brisbane! We do have much more than Vegemite, pie and peas, etc. Even had a great steak (rib fillet) the other day for A$6.95, with all the vegies and chips you could eat, at a Leagues club! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 3:11 AM Subject: OT: Best restaurants in the world - official! > Following on from the recent thread about LA eateries, I list below the > forty nine restaurants which the numerically-challenged editors of > "Restaurant" magazine have adjudged to be the fifty finest restaurants in > the world. > > Somewhat disappointingly, given its recent build-up, LA rates only one > entry, at number thirty three. Even more surprisingly, Britain has three > in the top ten. No doubt there were more Londoners than Angelinos on the > judging panel. > > However, American, indeed Californian, pride is salvaged by having the > "French Laundry" at the very top of the list! > > I'm sad to say that I've only eaten at two of the restaurants. I found > the food in the River Cafe to be very dull, but the grub at the Waterside > was good. The meal at the latter was enlivened by the fact that the late > King Hussein of Jordan was dining at the next table, accompanied by a > ravishingly beautiful blonde of perhaps seventeen summers. "She is His > Majesty's god-daughter", the waiter informed us gravely. As there were at > least eight armed bodyguards in the car park, none of us felt brave enough > to contest the point. > > Here's the list: > > French Laundry, Yountville, CA, USA > THE FAT DUCK, Bray > El Bulli, Spain > L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Paris > Pierre Gagnaire, Paris > Guy Savoy, Paris > NOBU, London > RESTAURANT GORDON RAMSAY, London > Louis XV, Monaco > Gramercy Tavern, New York > Daniel, New York > Tetsuya's, Sydney > HAKKASAN, London > THE WATERSIDE INN, Bray > ST JOHN, London > L'Ami Louis, Paris > Jean Georges, New York > LE GAVROCHE, London > Flower Drum, Melbourne > THE MERCHANT HOUSE, Ludlow > Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain > Dal Pescatore, Canneto sull'Oglio, Italy > THE IVY, London > Arpege, Paris > El Raco de Can Fabes, San Celoni, Spain > Schwarzwaldstube, Baiersbronn, Germany > The Cliff, Barbados > Rockpool, Sydney > LE MANOIR AUX QUAT' SAISONS, Oxford > Al Mahara, Burj Al Arab, Dubai > Charlie Trotter, Chicago > Le Jardin des Sens, Montpellier > THE SQUARE, London > Spago, Los Angeles > Bukhara, India > Chez Panisse, California > Le Meurice, Paris > Trois Gros, Roanne, France > Balthazar, New York > RIVER CAF�, London > La Tupina, Bordeaux > Auberge d'Ill, Illhauseern-Alsace > Craft, New York > Le Tour d'Argent, Paris > La Maison de Marc Veyrat, Annecy, France > Felix, Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong > De Karmeliet, Bruges > THE WOLSELEY, London > Gambero Rosso, San Vincenzo > > John > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ >
