Have you ever been to a Michelin Star or award winning restaurant?

Have you ever been to a Michelin Star or award winning restaurant?

Was the price worth it?

Sure, all the time. "Worth it" is a loaded question. Obviously it is to me otherwise I wouldn't do it. I also eat at cheap places, quite a bit more frequently. Your idea of a good restaurant experience may differ from me. Michelin one-star and up (with a few exceptions) lean towards the fine-dining end of the spectrum. This makes some people uncomfortable because they feel they are expected to put on a performance and obey "the rules". Often, the courses are smaller and it's assumed you'll eat several. Often there are words on the menu you don't find at Applebees. Sometimes these aspects of the meal become such a preoccupation that it ruins the whole experience for people who have anxiety or who are just unfamiliar with it and are uncomfortable in new situations.

Yes, plenty. Total waste of money, I'd rather dine at my local McDonalds then go to any Michelin starred restaurant.

t. Michelin star chef

Pretty good impersonation of a michelin starred cook but you fucked up when you said "chef", a real michelin chef would have said something about muh authentic hole in the wall or "what my grandma used to make"

He said he was a michelin star chef not an Italian man.

Yes.
No.

It was good, don't get me wrong, but it was about 3x what I'd expect to pay for than what I actually got.

You've never been to one that isn't in the uber-rich district, have you?
99.999% of them are just good hole-in-the-wall coks.

If you're not shitposting as I highly suspect you are, please enlighten me on what you find so repellent about Michelin starred restaurants. Culinary pretension notwithstanding, there is solid merit in holding your food to a high standard of quality; you are what you eat, after all.

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I've been to a Michelin-starred restaurants in Chicago. It was more of an interesting experience than an "omg this tastes so good" kind of experience.

>Have you ever been to a Michelin Star or award winning restaurant?
yes
Was the price worth it?
Yes, but only because it was free.