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Eating at a 3 Michelin star restaurant


Eating at a 3 Michelin star restaurant

Eating at a 3 Michelin star restaurant
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by papichoochoo

45 Comments

  1. meh_good_enough

    Alinea created something new with this concept years ago and have kinda been locked into it because of customer expectations. This also created a lot of shoddy knock offs that don’t use a proper table cloth or put as much effort into it.

    This dish could either be the poster child for this subreddit or get a pass , depending on who you ask. I personally think it’s ok

  2. Ok_Soup_7761

    “and then the glitter🫳” was my favorite part

  3. Lucifer-Prime

    This looks like smore scene at the end of The Menu. (Which is a fantastic movie you should all watch.)

  4. cubert73

    As I have said elsewhere, I’ve both been to and worked in Michelin starred restaurants. I have too much self respect to deal with bullshit from either side. I know this is some restaurant’s shtick and it’s something you know beforehand, which is exactly why I will never go. This needs to stop being encouraged, IMHO.

  5. Horror_Goat_4611

    TIL rich people get their food served the same way as teething toddlers

  6. Affectionate_Song277

    Impractical but I can’t deny that it’s aesthetically pleasing

  8. JangSaverem

    So at first, as usual, it looks like a right mess. But as it continues it’s clear the petals are showing. The design in showing and the locations of each little tart of sand which etc is artistically places. The smash of dry iced ice cream is also done in a “correct” manner. Even the petals are flavored in a way that everything “fits”

    However. I, personally, would still not be interested in paying for all of this because I’m missing out on what’s being presented. Not the presentation part but the tastes being shown. I can’t really enjoy each things as it’s so spread out .

    I have enjoyed a place where they did the whole pasta in the cheese wheel before but again that is all coming directly to me. I’m not “losing” anything in the spectacle as the entire dish is being placed in my plate afterwards.

    BUT it should be noted that this DOES appear to be a plate. A giant plate, but a plate none the less. It doesn’t look like a shoddy tablecloth or an ugly basic table. It is clean and flat and non absorbent.

    So I have to say, while I don’t see the value of the spectacle, it IS pretty, it IS aesthetic, and it is a plate.

    Score

    Pass

  10. young-steve

    I’ve been lucky to eat a few places like this and the night always ends with me getting chicken nuggets

  13. azgothedefiler24

    Is Alinea still doing this ? It was fun to watch years ago on Chefs Table but prolly trying hard in current time

  14. Inevitable-Gear-2635

    I don’t why him smashing it into bits at the end is infuriating to me

  16. Organic-University-2

    That’s in Chicago, right? A work colleague went there on a trip and it cost him over 2k for a meal. He said it was worth every single penny.

  17. OreoSpeedwaggon

    I’m starting to feel like the number of Michelin stars a restaurant has is directly inverse to the normalcy of the dining experience.

  18. Affectionate-Song-32

    Wear a mask. Talking over food is nasty. Leaning over food is gross

  20. FixergirlAK

    That’s not a dessert, that’s a Jackson Pollack.

  21. Banhammer40000

    If I’m paying hundreds of dollars for this nonsense (possibly thousands), I’m licking that table clean and nobody is going to stop me

  22. OpenMoose4794

    If you’re gonna give me art instead of food, at least crush the entire whatever the fuck is at the end

  23. VStarlingBooks

    I seen this movie. It doesn’t end well for the diners.

  25. 32bitFullHD

    first course was served on the floor, they switched plates for desert

  26. Paskyc

    so, do you eat or just watch people waste food turning it into nursery art?

  29. 616jah616

    The tweezers in the jacket tell you everything

  32. shmohawk_84

    I think it’s a beautiful Marxist way to mock the rich

  35. Spiritual-Bear4495

    I’ve always wondered who started this idiotic trend.

    Anyone know?

  38. GadreelsSword

    Just more proof that sometimes tire companies get it wrong when rating food…

  40. Winstonthewinstonian

    *No one washes the dishes! And you know that!*

    *We eat the food directly off the coffee table!!*

  41. weebley12

    Serious question though, how do you eat this? Like, if I were to be served that I have no idea what I would do. It gives me so much anxiety.

  43. CA-BO

    I have a lot less issue with things like this than I do with the restaurants that serve food on the bed of a toy pickup truck or suspended hanging from a hook.

  44. Big-Al97

    I mean that’s cool and all but at the end of the day it all comes out the person looking like shit.

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