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EVER WONDER WHAT it must take to get three Michelin stars?
While we have our own culinary stars in Ireland, only one restaurant here (Patrick Guilbaud’s in Dublin) currently has two stars from the global ranking organisation.
The difficulty of reaching the dizzying heights of three Michelin stars is such that fewer 100 restaurants around the world currently hold the holy trinity.
For that reason, we might have to settle for these astonishing photographs of the food at the three-starred Alinea restaurant in Chicago. It was number 7 on Restaurant Magazine’s Best World Restaurants list last world and you have to book two months in advance to get a seat at the table there. Diners are required to purchase a ticket for their seat that can cost up to $285 per person, depending on the day of the week. And that’s without including beverages.
What makes the experience of Alinea so unique is the avant-garde dish presentations and unexpected combination of flavors dreamt up by molecular gastronomy chefs Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas. Each of their 18 tasting menu courses offers a new way to eat that appeals to your taste, sight, touch, and smell.
Adam Goldberg, a food lover who takes incredible pictures of his meals for his blog A Life Worth Eating, was lucky enough to dine twice at this world-renowned restaurant. He shared pictures of his second round at Alinea with us.
Achatz has once again changed his menu since Goldberg’s 2011 meal, but a few of the courses — including the Hot Potato and Steelhead Roe — are still there.
All images Adam Goldberg/A Life Worth Eating
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I hope that this tragedy has reinforced the importance of freedom of expression and highlighted the ever-widening gap between religious extremists and the core of our society.
Agreed Mike and also an intolerance of those whe aren’t religious extremists but who seek to use religion to control people in particular women. There are lots of those who aren’t remotely considered extremist.
That was very thoughtful of him. Fair play. Deepest condolences and continued support to all the people of France. Such a difficult time for them all.
Ah the Irish, great bunch of lads!
J’aime La France
J’adore France. Every effort should be taken by the Irish government to combat Muslim extremism in Ireland and in Europe, I think the government should give serious consideration to the establishment of an independent security/intelligence service along the lines of MI5. While I’m sure Special Branch and G2 good work they are only branches of the Garda Siochana and Defence Forces respectively. A single agency working in conjunction with them is needed also.
P.S. Don’t insult the Jews or make jokes about terrorists , the rest is grand.
Are we loosing our own moral compass or even good manners if we think we can insult regardless?
By all means attack values that inhibit freedoms such as single sex schools, no sport for girls and the social and family pressures to wear the hajib.
We can CHOOSE to insult or not. If you’ve no choice in the first place then someone else is controlling your ‘moral compass’. No thanks.
Freedom of speech me bollix . Everyone bouncing about “pen is mightier than the sword” . Record sales in a crap magizine. Purposely slaggin of islam. But u say one word bad about jews ir zionist u r in real trouble.
Not true. Charlie Hebdo satirises Jewish leaders on a regular basis.
Well all I read about is people being aressted or fined and banned from there work. See it all the time.
Charlie Hebdo actuallly fired one of their employees for insulting the son of Sarkozy who is Jewish , he refused to apoligize.
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