I've
been reading reports of visits to France revolving around food &
restaurants and it set off my muse mode. Is it really fun/ enjoyable to
eat at Michelin starred restaurants five nights in a row? Not even
taking into account the cost this, to me, gets to be a bit much.
At today's ridiculous exchange rate we're talking something like $300
per head - right? Every night? I don't care how much money I have I
still find that a bit silly. Ok; once in a life time experience & all
that I guess, but why not just come back more often?
I love to eat & I value great food, but too much too close together
devalues the whole experience. One, or at least I, gets sated if I have
too many of these meals to close together. A truly outstanding
restaurant meal once a month does me with a good restaurant meal thrown
in once a week.
Beyond all of this is the fact that spending a lot of time & money in
top French restaurants doesn't do a lot for understanding or enjoying
French culture & society. Far better to go to the sort of places John
Talbot reviews regularly on eGullet. Those are the places where the
French go where one sees true French life. (Question?
Next time you are in a top French restaurant in Paris see if you can
count the number of ordinary French people dining; not the tourists &
not the obvious expense account types, but real couples or families.
Interesting?)
I guess that I'm just
not there on this. Trophy restaurants? One up mans hip back home?
Whatever? Guess I'm getting old & grouchy, but maybe older & wiser a
bit.
Maybe somebody can explain the allure to me.
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