Join Date: Mar 2015
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Will get some photos up over the next several days (on the road again this weekend), but a quick summary of my Michelin-starred meals:
-Le Chat-Botte (1 star, Geneva): convenient location and gorgeous summertime views over Lac Leman in the evening. The food is pretty good as well, although it was the weakest of the Michelin-starred restaurants we were at the entire trip. Still well-deserved IMO.
-Domaine de Chateauvieux (2 stars, on outskirts of Geneva): another dinner on an outside terrace, this time overlooking the vineyard on premises. Great views over the countryside / farmland outside of Geneva. The food here was phenomenal. If you love cheese, the selection is stupendously large. Wine was excellent.
-Le Pont de Brent (2 stars, in the hills above Montreux): my wife liked this dinner the best. More traditionally French and supremely well-executed, especially for a summer seasonal menu. The least 'accessible' as a tourist - very little English is spoken here - but perhaps results in a more 'authentic' experience as a result.
-Berton al Lago (1 star, ~20 minutes north of Como): what a setting for dinner. It's in Il Serene, which is a (very) upscale, modern hotel on Lake Como. You don't get sunset views unless you sit on the bar level outside, but I was a huge fan of the ambiance. Lots of Americans staying here, so no language issues. Modern Italian cuisine that was really well-done. The wines here were a cut above the options (at least by the glass) that we had in Switzerland - perhaps not a huge surprise, especially since I intentionally stayed with local Swiss wines at the other places. Also the cheapest...the pricing discrepancy between Switzerland and Italy is very noticeable.