If you could go to only one Michelin star restaurant in Paris - which one would you go to? Ambience of a place is almost as important as the meal itself for me. Any suggestions?

Mine is early September. I am in Paris often, but this one is a special trip, that's why I asked. I've searched the thread as well, but in restaurant business things change quite fast, so some info becomes obsolete quickly.

These restaurants are all interesting United747 so I�m really looking Forward to your report.

Best food in terms of flavour: Pierre Gagnaire. Most impressive/grand: Le Meurice. Best value: Lucas Carton (a bargain at lunch), not sure what Michelin star rating now that the legendary Senderin has retired. Went to all 3 during a week in Paris before Christmas, cost for 2 was about 1500 Euro at Pierre Gagnaire, 1100 at Le Meurice (cheaper wine) and 300 Eur for Lucas Carton. All well worth the cost. great ambience at all 3 but dramatically different.

Off to a two star resto in a short while ... one that isn't a militaristic 14 course parade of small bite artistic courses.

And so I did. Lovely dinner @ Acquarello. It is about the most pleasant dinner you could ever expect to have. With possibly the finest curated Italian wine list in the USA and a sommelier to match, four of us spent a fantastic 3+ hours.

OK, I was jealous so I Iooked. It looks GORGEOUS! Reminds me in design and presentation of menus very much of previous iteration of The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton. This is now on my list for December. Yowza!

Happy to report that I was able to snag a res at Alinea today when the July seats were released, although only at the Salon. Is there only 1 2-top at the Gallery or something? I was on tock as the seats were released, but Gallery was already sold out for 2ppl. Besides a slightly shorter menu, I'm actually not quite sure what the difference is between the two dining areas. Anyway, still pretty excited to finally try Alinea!

Sorry I have been MIA for a while, I've been to a number of starred restaurants in the meantime so please let me know if anyone has specific questions or would like my thoughts on any of these: L'Enclume (2*, Lake District UK); Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (2*, London); Field (1*, Prague); Borkonyha Winekitchen (1*, Budapest); Belcanto (2*, Lisbon); and The Yeatman (2*, Porto).

I'll just say that by far the best meal at all of these was at The Yeatman. My meal there fully deserved 3 stars, I think, so keep an eye on that place. The setting was also beautiful, overlooking the river and the Porto skyline. Wine pairings were wonderful, very reasonably priced, and unceasingly topped up.

Finished up my Michelin-started dining in Singapore. My thoughts:

Candlenut (1 star): I have eaten very little Paranakan cuisine, so it�s hard to evaluate objectively without comparisons. That said, I enjoyed the very casual, tropical-like ambiance, and much of the food was very good (the smoked chicken curry in particular coming to mind, along with the brown sugar-infused shaved ice).

Corner House (2 stars): definitely more Western-style cuisine, but what a great meal. The food was immaculately presented, and every dish was fantastic. The highlight was the fish course - a New Zealand cod served with the skin crisped/flaked such that it resembled / had a texture like dragon scales (or one could imagine). For the wine lovers, they have over 600 bottles to choose from.

I also went to Tim Ho wan, which has a star for its HK location. It is so delicious, and I didn�t have to wait in line either. Definitely hit up the Singapore location (in Raffles CityLink) if you have a chance.

I�ll throw some pictures up when I get a chance.

How was Belcanto? Will be there in a few weeks time with a group of friends.