Forget politics for a minute, let's talk food. My top ten restaurants, most in Chicago or Paris where I've spent more time doing serious eating.

• 10. Moscow Marriott Room Service. A scoop of beluga the size of your fist for the cost of a room service cheeseburger.
  
• 9. That Place Whose Name I Can't Remember. Free-range foie gras raised on the premises. It's in France, on the Luxembourg border. Go there and look around. Look for happy geese.
  
• 8. Arun's. Forget anything you think you know about Thai food. This is where Charlie Trotter takes out-of-town guests.
• 7. Spiaggia. Beautiful room, beautiful view, imaginative tasting menus, amazing cheese tray.
  
• 6. Ducasse at Plaza Athenee. So smooth, so refined, so low-bullshit.
• 5. The Inn at Little Washington. Psychic service. Think it, and it appears.
• 4. Tru. The crystal staircase of caviar. Witty and cool.
• 3. Michel Rostang. Truffle sandwiches. Sweet Jesus.
• 2. Charlie Trotter. My personal God. The guy who opened my eyes.
• 1. Alinea. Grant Achatz is the future of haute cuisine. Your life will never be the same.

Yep, I'm on a diet. Slightly obsessed with all I can't have.

This entry was posted by Michael Reynolds, on Saturday, August 12, 2006. You can leave your response.