The top 25 Restaurants in the World...this is CC afterall!!!

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<p>Okkie dokkie, as some of you who have been regulars on this forum for the last couple of years know, I am a bit of a foodie. I am also close friends with six other equally enthusiastic (read insane) foodies. Although we are all well travelled, we come from traditional Austian, British, Japanese, Lebanese (yours truly), Russian, South African, South Korean families. And what happens when you get seven foodie friends scattered around the world to compare notes? A rating of the very best restaurants. In order for a restaurant to be rated, at least four of us has to have eaten there at least twice. </p>

<p>Since CC is into ranking anything and everything, below is a list of the 24 restaurants that received the highest rating on our scale. The list is arranged alphabetically as all of those restaurants received the highest possible rating. So, should your travels take you anywhere near a restaurant on that list, drop by for the meal of your life!</p>

<p>Al Sorriso (Soriso, Italy)
Ambroisie, L’ (Paris, France)
Aqua (Wolfburg, Germany)
Arpege, L’ (Paris, France)
Auberge du Vieux Puis, L’ (Fonjoncouse, France)
Bareiss (Baiersbronn-Mitteltal, Germany)
Da Vittorio (Brusaporto, Italy)
Guy Savoy (Paris, France)
Hotel de Ville (Crissier, Switzerland) *
Kitcho Arashiyama (Kyoto, Japan)
Ledoyen (Paris, France)
Louis XV - Alain Ducasse (Monaco)
Maison Pic (Valence, France)
Maison Troisgros (Roanne, France)
Meurice, Le (Paris, France)
Pierre Gagnaire (Paris, France)
Plaza Athenee - Alain Ducasse (Paris, France)
Pres d’Eugenie (Eugenies-les-Bains, France)
Residenz Heinz Winkler (Aschau Im Chiengau, Germany)
Ryugin (Tokyo, Japan)
Schauenstein (Furstenay, Switzerland)
Schloss Berg (Perl-Nennig, Germany)
Vendome - Joachim Wissler (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)
Waldhotel Sonnora (Wittlich, Germany)</p>

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<li>A new head chef is taking over on April 1. However, he has been at the restaurant for years and the level of the cooking should remain the same.</li>
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<p>By country:</p>

<p>France (including Monaco) 12
Germany 6
Italy 2
Japan 2
Switzerland 2</p>

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<p>what does this have to do with umich</p>

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<p>Nothing. As moderator of the Michigan forum, I sometimes like to keep things light…particularly now that many seniors are eagerly awaiting to hear back from the University.</p>

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<p>Amen to Hotel de Ville in Crissier, Switzerland.</p>

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<p>I guess I’ll need to renew my passport. :-(</p>

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<p>I was hoping one would be in Michigan because you posted it here. Thanks for getting my hopes up Alexandre</p>

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<p>Yes we need some Michigan or at least Ann Arbor favorites from you foodies.</p>

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<p>:D Good thing I’m going to Europe at the end of the month and visiting some of these places! If I wasn’t being an ultra tourist, I’d stop by.</p>

<p>Ann Arbor has some good food. And tea! Looots of tea.</p>

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<p>Not even one in the US?</p>

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<p>Got one in Sacramento? (jk).</p>

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<p>How did quickie burger not make the list?</p>

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<p>^because quickie is at best the second best ghetto burger joint in ann arbor</p>

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<p>GoBlue81, the US has several excellent restaurants that make the list of the next 20 or so restaurants, but the list above received perfect scores by each of the 4+ members of our group, a feat not accomplished by any of the US restaurants. I attribute this to two reasons:</p>

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<li><p>European and Japanese restaurants have a significantly higher staff : patron ratio, allowing for greater attention to detail both in the kitchen and in the service.</p></li>
<li><p>European and Japanese produce and livestock taste better than their US counterparts.</p></li>
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<p>Alinea in Chicago and Per Se in New York received the highest scores of any US restaurants, although a few more also got very high ratings.</p>

<p>If Ann Arbor has a single weakness, it is the absense of a world class restaurant or hotel. That’s on my to-do list. I hope to one day own a Maison Troisgros style property in Ann Arbor! ;)</p>

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<p>Thanks, Alexandre, for the bucket list :wink:
I think you should organize a world foodie tour for Michigan parents once their kids graduate and they’re looking to do something with the sudden surplus of disposable income ;)</p>

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<p>kmcmom, I would be happy to provide you (and other Michigan partisans) with a World Foodie tour. Any foodie tour should start with a 10-15 day visit to Paris. You have seven of the top 24 restaurants located within a 5 mile radius. </p>

<p>From there, you could visit another 15 of those 24 restaurants without ever having to drive more than 4 hours between visits. Most of those 15 restaurants are located in beautiful rural areas and are usually attached to lovely inns. As such, one could potentially take a 6-week sabatical and visit 22 of those 24 restaurants while visiting some of the most beautiful places in Europe. Of course, the meals alone at those 22 restaurants would cost ~ $8k/person, not including tips or booz (alcoholic beverages to the swells out there). But boy are they worth it! ;)</p>

<p>Of course, the 10 day to 15 day Paris-only tour would be more mangeable from a timline point of view, and the cost would be substantially lower (~ $3k per person for all 7 restaurants, excluding tips and booz).</p>

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<p>Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas is better than both Alinea and Per Se in my opinion. :)</p>