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  • Au Crocodile, 1999
  • De Karmeliet, 2001
  • L'Auberge de L'Ill
  • Buerehiesel, 2004
  • Pic, 2007
  • Per Se, 2008
  • Le Bernardin, 2008
  • Gordon Ramsay, '08
  • Fat Duck, 2008
  • Waterside Inn, '11

For those of you unfamiliar with the Michelin rating system, there is a maximum of three stars and there are approximately 40 three-star restaurants in all of Europe. A restaurant with one star is considered worth a stop if one happens to be in the area, while two stars is worth a detour and three stars is worth its own trip.

I am still behind in my goal to go to one three-star restaurant per year. I have currently been to ten such restaurants as of 1999. I need to go on more trips to places with three-star restaurants.

Relevant Links:

Via Michelin provides a search by location.

Andy Hayler’s 3 Star Restaurant Guide provides a convenient overview list of current three-star restaurants.



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