Originally Posted by
lancebanyon
In your opinion, which restaurants should and should not be on the list then?
Lots of discussion on this thread about Joel Robuchon. Atelier in London doesn't seem to be as highly regarded as the others, but I had one of my best meals of last year there.
I don't think the restaurants on there are a joke, just the manner in which the voting is done.
But since you asked, IMHO I like seeing EMP in the top 5. I think the 2 meals I had there last month were just about as good as I've had anywhere else. I think this last meal there was better than Per Se, Daniel, Le Bern, JG, or Brooklyn Fare but I can understand why someone would put any of these other restaurants above it.
Just speaking for NY restaurants I see Momofuku Ssam Bar in the top 100. Its even above Momofuku Ko, DC's top restaurant in NYC. Not sure how Ssam bar can be in the top 100 in the world when people in NYC wouldn't even consider it near the top of places in NYC.