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re: Welp. The Michelin guide proves itself to be total bullshite.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:44 pm to Centinel
Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:44 pm to Centinel
quote:San Francisco has 46 starred restaurants. I’ve been to 4-5 of them (one 2*, the rest 1*). New Orleans definitely has 10 restaurants deserving a 1*. But I definitely understand that they just started the US South guide so they will only give out so many stars to start.
One would think NOLA would have at a minimum of 10 restaurants rated 1 star or better. lol no.
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:48 pm to mikie421
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350?
Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:49 pm to Tigersaint01
Besh has a strain on him. If not he had 2-3 places that could be bg and August is a * anywhere. Almost a **.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:50 pm to The Baker
yeah you clearly haven't been since it reopened lol. must be too poor.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:52 pm to White Bear
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One has to be pretty gd pretentious to know what this even is, baw.
Most people are generally aware of it
Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:57 pm to Kafka
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Supposedly there is an entire documentary about Yelp shaking down restaurant owners
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:13 pm to LouisianaLady
That actually looks really good. I've never had crawfish on a grilled cheese.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:23 pm to St Stooge
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Do you walk around with a flashing sign on your forehead that says “I’m a gaping pussy”?
Do you walk around with a sign that says, “I’m a fricking moron who will bring my kids to the Ninth Ward at night?“
If you’re on Saint Claude traveling east, you don’t go fricking walking around once you pass Esplanade. You definitely don’t go walking around once you pass Elysian Fields. But if you are walking around and shopping and going to restaurants at night after you pass Franklin Avenue, you are a certified fricking SFP-level fricking retard.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:31 pm to SloaneRanger
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Do the standards differ from city to city?
As another reply stated they definitely do. I wouldn't even say it's based on broad appeals to "taste" either. It includes food prep and everything else.
Kyoto has tons of Michelin restaurants, mostly traditional kaiseki dinners. Well, I show up with my wife and it's us and 8 Japanese people at the counter and I'm willing to try anything. This food is old school Japanese seafood with like a strong vinegar flavor. It was a struggle to not show we weren't enjoying it. This is marked departure from other Japanese cuisine you may be familiar with that's simply incredible, and tastes way "better," but those places aren't raking Michelin stars in.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:35 pm to MMauler
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If you’re on Saint Claude traveling east, you don’t go fricking walking around once you pass Esplanade. You definitely don’t go walking around once you pass Elysian Fields. But if you are walking around and shopping and going to restaurants at night after you pass Franklin Avenue, you are a certified fricking SFP-level fricking retard.
After midnight? Yeah I wouldn't, that is true almost anywhere though.
All of those areas are fine to walk around, especially St Claude to the river.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:43 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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old school Japanese seafood with like a strong vinegar flavor.
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Vinegar, particularly apple cider vinegar, is known for its ability to sanitize proteins for consumption. The acetic acid in vinegar can kill surface bacteria on raw meat, making it safer to eat. However, it is important to note that vinegar is not a foolproof method for killing all pathogens and should not be used as a sole method of food safety
Maybe you were eating old seafood?
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:47 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Kyoto has tons of Michelin restaurants, mostly traditional kaiseki dinners. Well, I show up with my wife and it's us and 8 Japanese people at the counter and I'm willing to try anything. This food is old school Japanese seafood with like a strong vinegar flavor. It was a struggle to not show we weren't enjoying it. This is marked departure from other Japanese cuisine you may be familiar with that's simply incredible, and tastes way "better," but those places aren't raking Michelin stars in.
What was the place?
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:51 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
quote:I had this experience in Tokyo. Was dining with two fellow American colleagues at the counter at Akasaka Watanabe. After about four courses, they came over to one of my colleagues and said all his dishes from then on would be meat (he was barely touching the traditional Japanese stuff, milt, whole teafish, etc, it was hardcore). I had the experience with several dinners with local colleagues where I just struggled to eat about half the courses. We eventually just settled on going to Italian and French restaurants.
This food is old school Japanese seafood with like a strong vinegar flavor. It was a struggle to not show we weren't enjoying it.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:52 pm to Fun Bunch
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What was the place?
Kiyama.
Though I suspect none of the others would have sat well with me either.
Everything else in Japan is top notch. This cuisine is more of an acquired taste. Just not for me.
I also stayed at the Park Hyatt Kyoto which has a few hundred year old Michelin star restaurant within it that you can get their breakfast from. I got that the first morning. It should have been a clue that kaiseki wasn't gonna be for me.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:53 pm to coolpapaboze
I am an adventurous eater but I also do choose a bit wisely in Japan.
I don't do the kaiseki places for the most part because I know there might be some significant palate clashes even for me
I don't do the kaiseki places for the most part because I know there might be some significant palate clashes even for me
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:53 pm to coolpapaboze
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had this experience in Tokyo. Was dining with two fellow American colleagues at the counter at Akasaka Watanabe. After about four courses, they came over to one of my colleagues and said all his dishes from then on would be meat (he was barely touching the traditional Japanese stuff, milt, whole teafish, etc, it was hardcore). I had the experience with several dinners with local colleagues where I just struggled to eat about half the courses. We eventually just settled on going to Italian and French restaurants
Ya everything else is very good. Beef, sushi, ramen, desserts, etc etc.
But the old school 1400s Japanese food is ROUGH
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:55 pm to Fun Bunch
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I am an adventurous eater but I also do choose a bit wisely in Japan.
I don't do the kaiseki places for the most part because I know there might be some significant palate clashes even for me
Ya, despite the rather large bill, I'm glad I did it to do it. Cultural immersion and all that I guess
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:56 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
I'll be there in a few weeks and I am doing a tasting menu in Kyoto but it is tempura
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:59 pm to Fun Bunch
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I'll be there in a few weeks and I am doing a tasting menu in Kyoto but it is tempura
I'm sure it'll be great. Can't wait to head back.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:05 pm to The Baker
The Whataburger in Gonzalez is top notch.
3 stars
3 stars
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