Don't think so.

Because I am older - I have dined at fine dining restaurants where the main goal was pleasing customers - and not stroking the celebrity chef's ego (even though he's probably not in the kitchen these days for the most part). At least up to a point.

Also - the goal of a lot of diners these days is to put notches on their belts - as opposed to having excellent or great meals. Why on earth should people care about how many restaurants they've dined at on the San Pellegrino list - as opposed to simply having excellent or great meals? Are too many diners today "sheeple"?

I'll give you a silly example. When we went to Freres Troisgros (long long time ago) - we not only mis-estimated the driving time from here to there - we also ran into a horrible ran storm on the way. We arrived 30 minutes before our dining reservation. Quick shower - got dressed - and I was totally frazzled. In the ante-room where one orders - I ordered a gin & tonic. And instead of telling me - madame - we do not make gin & tonics (they're basically not a known apertif in France) - our servers huddled together and produced a very excellent approximation. I swear if I had ordered a burger well done - they would have done that too (although what would be the point at that restaurant ). Robyn