Cathy and I both love good food and we also love to try first class restaurants. This page is dedicated to the Michelin restaurants that we have been to. We seek out Michelin restaurants in our travels, but we also go to restaurants with our husbands and family members.
On this page we share with you the Michelin restaurants we have been to – and sharing the good, not so good, and sometimes, sadly, the bad …… but it is our attempt to share one of the things we love when we travel — Great food, usually wine pairings and wonderful service.
Ox is designed as an old style “speakeasy.” We couldn’t find the front door at first and then realized the black and white graffiti was the entrance. Upon ringing the doorbell, we were able to go through the small courtyard to the “living room.” Several other people arrived before us as we were surrounded by […]
Read MoreOur last stop before heading to the USA is at the Blue Lagoon. It’s always nice to have a hot soak in the water and it’s also nice to get our last Michelin dinner in Iceland. There are three Michelin restaurants in Iceland and Barrett and I have been lucky enough to enjoy all three! […]
Read MoreOpened in 2009, Dill was the first restaurant in Iceland to receive a Michelin star. Dill originally was a small eight seat restaurant that couldn’t keep up with demand so the owner and founding Chef Gunnar Gislasson moved it to Laugavegur street in Reykjavik and enlarged his seating to accommodate more guests. It is a […]
Read MoreSo the Michelin reviewers need to go back and revisit this one. At this time, while the food was good, service was not worthy of a Michelin *. The plus sides were that the restaurant was clean and beautiful, the dishes were plated beautifully and the food was excellent. The 2nd table that arrived specifically […]
Read MoreAnother tasting menu and also an option of non-alcoholic pairings. As has become or norm, we usually have one glass of wine with our main course as well. Our juice pairings included carrot, leek, walnut, beetroot, and grape. The only one we weren’t crazy about was the grape. But, overall, the meal was lovely with […]
Read MoreIt was going to be hard to beat our dinner at Essencia in Budapest, but our dinner at Babel was another 10 out of 10. We walked from our hotel using our gps to navigate and ended up on the wrong street in front of a dive bar. From there we stopped using google maps […]
Read MoreWhile almost all of the restaurants we ate in offered a non-alcoholic juice pairing, Field was one of only a few that provided a list of what our drinks were. There wasn’t a ‘miss’ on any of them. They paired great and we enjoyed the uniqueness of each one. Amuse Bouche is always fun and […]
Read MoreThe walk from our hotel, The Augustine, to the restaurant was pretty easy except for the immense crowds that we did not expect! The Charles bridge was so packed with people that we didn’t really want to spend time on it before dinner. We opted to eat outside with a view of the Vitava River […]
Read MoreThere are a few elements of the Salt restaurant that I love – fresh juice pairings concocted and made in house, fresh herbs collected often by Chef Toth himself, the service….. And then there’s the food, which should be at the top of the list, but for me sadly, it is not. As we sat […]
Read MoreWhat do you get when a Hungarian marries a Portuguese and they open a restaurant? Delicious food and a Michelin *! That’s the origin of Essencia Restaurant in Budapest, Hungary. Located on a quiet street in Budapest, Essencia offers three tasting menus, one Portuguese, one Hungarian, and one that’s named May 17, the day their […]
Read MoreArriving at the Ritz Carlton in Budapest, Hunary after a long day of roaming around northern Romania, we were hungry and ready to eat! Uber doesn’t operate in Hungary so we called a cab and gave him the name of the restaurant. He got lost and attempted to deliver us to a closed store. Bob […]
Read MoreWe like fine dining so I did a lot of research on Brasov restaurants. Every meal we had in Brasov was great. While they may not be Michelin *, they are definitely worth the visit. Our first lunch was at Cafe Hirscher. It’s kind of a weird decor with tropical inside, but the service was […]
Read MoreL’ Atelier While not Michelin starred, we visited two very nice restaurants in Bucharest, Romania. The first one was L’Atelier which is located in the The Epoque hotel. A short Uber ride, (yes Uber exists and so does a competitor called Bolt) from our hotel to the restaurant, we were pleasantly surprised at the restaurant’s […]
Read MoreAfter cold nights in Yellowknife NWT and not a lot of great food, we were looking forward to returning to Calgary and dinner at Teatro. Teatro is in a renovated bank that was built in 1911 and the name gives homage to the arts and theatre district where it sits. Originally, I had made reservations […]
Read MoreWhile I haven’t been a vegetarian for many years, I was intrigued by the prospect of eating at a Michelin star vegetarian restaurant. The restaurant is located inside the historic Hotel Normandie. Chef Gary Menes brings his vegetable forward menu to a level that could make any carnivore decide to be a vegetarian. With days […]
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