Thread: Noma Is The New World's Best Restaurant

You been here yet Chuck?

Noma Is The New World's Best Restaurant

Edit: Yes, Chuck has been here
http://www.chuckeats.com/2009/08/04/...ith-the-earth/

I saw this article yesterday, and it looks like two Canadian establishments also made the list. And this one is about a half hour drive from my place! I wonder how tough it'll be to get reservations now...

http://www.langdonhall.ca/

http://www.langdonhall.ca/dining.htm

been there done that, the chef even reads my blog

- chuck

for the record - i think the list is crap, unorganized, and in no way truly represents the "best" restaurants. and the way they select the restaurants bears that out.

however, for the curious, if you want to get a peak inside my mind - restaurants on this list that are in my personal top 10:

#1 noma
ChuckEats denmark

#5 mugaritz
ChuckEats Mugartiz (Errenteria, Spain) – A Beautiful Meal

#48 ryugin
ChuckEats RyuGin (Nishiazabu, Tokyo) – Pure Excellence

#56 bras
ChuckEats Michel Bras (Laguiole, France) – Near Perfection

#70 quique dacosta (name change - was el poblet)
ChuckEats El Poblet (Denia, Spain) – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

#86 manresa
ChuckEats Manresa (Los Gatos, CA) – A Spring Birthday Meal

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the restaurants below would probably fall in my top 10-15 but *were not* included in the list:

ubuntu (napa)
ChuckEats Ubuntu (Napa) – The Boundaries

mccrady's (charleston)
ChuckEats McCrady’s (Charleston, SC) – Ingredient Fetish

l'arpege (paris) - one of the greatest restaurants in the world!

ledoyen (paris)
ChuckEats Ledoyen (Paris) – The Harmony of Modernism

sawada
ChuckEats Sawada (Tokyo) – There are only Two Stars in Heaven

koju
ChuckEats Koju (Ginza, Tokyo) – Minimalism and Perfectionism

sportsman
ChuckEats The Sportsman (Seasalter, UK) – Give a Man A Few Miles

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and reviews of others that are included on the list from the past 5 years of blogging my adventures:

#2 el bulli
ChuckEats El Bulli (Roses, Spain) – The Mad Scientist

#3 fat duck
ChuckEats Fat Duck (Bray, England) – Redux

#4 can roca
ChuckEats Can Roca (Girona, Spain) – The Master Revealed

#9 arzak
ChuckEats Arzak (San Sebastian, Spain) – Can the Daughter be King?

#13 pierre gagnaire
ChuckEats Pierre Gagnaire (Paris) – Truffles and Value

#15 le bernardin
ChuckEats Le Bernardin (NY) – A Michelin One Star Meal

#16 l'astrance
ChuckEats L’Astrance (Paris) – Second Chances for Three Stars

#26 momofuku ssam bar
ChuckEats Momofuku (NY) – The Revolution Will Be Eaten

#32 french laundry
ChuckEats French Laundry (Yountville, CA) – Calculated Cuisine

#41 alain ducasse
ChuckEats Alain Ducasse (Paris) – Time for a New King

#44 trosgrois
ChuckEats Troisgros (Roanne, France) – Jeckyll & Hyde

#45 wd-50
ChuckEats WD-50 (NY) – Mad Scientist

#50 eleven madison park
ChuckEats 11 Madison Park (NY) – Humm Still Not Top Tier

#51 maison pic
ChuckEats Pic (Valence, France) – The Empress Has No Clothes

#52 jean georges
ChuckEats Jean Georges (NYC) – Bombastic Fantastic

#61 etxebarri
ChuckEats Etxebarri (Axpe, Spain) – Legendary Expectations

#91 masa
ChuckEats Masa (NYC) – My Best Sushi Meal


now i will go cry about how much money i have shat out...

- chuck

Originally Posted by carendt242

now i will go cry about how much money i have shat out...

- chuck

If you had to go to one restaurant in Chicago which would you choose?

Chuck.. how is it that Joel Robuchon (Vegas) is never within the top 100? How subjective is this list?

^^^^^^ DUDE! Where the hell have you been? Welcome back!!!!!!

forfend - alinea for impressing / 5 hour experience ; rick bayless restaurant for casual / good food.

bullion - i can't say i'm a fan of the robuchon's (at least from price/performance perspective.) the list is made by journalists who are supposed to vote for places around the world,most probably having never been to the places they vote for - so it becomes a sort of popularity contest. w/r/t las vegas robuchon - it just isn't en vogue right now.

- chuck

Been to Noma, and it's not that gR8. Theres tons of small family restaurants that are 1000x better.