"London is home to six of world's top restaurants"
May 12th 2007 | 12:17 am
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Re: "London is home to six of world's top restaurants"
On Apr 24, 8:53 am, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:30:57 +0100, "Ian F."
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck was the only British
> >restaurant on the list outside London.
>
> *just* outside and where lots of wealthy Londoners live.
>
> >The six were Le Gavroche, St John's*, Nobu,Hakkasan, Restaurant Gordon
> >Ramsay* and the River Café*.
>
> I haven't been to them all (* I have) but I would put Ramsay ahead of
> the other two and I would return to Hospital Road but not to the Fat
> Duck.
I was at Hakkasan yesterday for the first time and was surprised by
its inclusion on this list - while the cooking was certainly very good
indeed and I'd happily return, neither cuisine nor ambience seemed to
have that factor that lifts a restaurant above the excellent and into
the realms of the special, IYKWIM.
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:30:57 +0100, "Ian F."
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck was the only British
> >restaurant on the list outside London.
>
> *just* outside and where lots of wealthy Londoners live.
>
> >The six were Le Gavroche, St John's*, Nobu,Hakkasan, Restaurant Gordon
> >Ramsay* and the River Café*.
>
> I haven't been to them all (* I have) but I would put Ramsay ahead of
> the other two and I would return to Hospital Road but not to the Fat
> Duck.
I was at Hakkasan yesterday for the first time and was surprised by
its inclusion on this list - while the cooking was certainly very good
indeed and I'd happily return, neither cuisine nor ambience seemed to
have that factor that lifts a restaurant above the excellent and into
the realms of the special, IYKWIM.
