Michelin stars

[gazzawazza]

Due to medical treatment I'm receiving I've completely lost my sense of taste. (Boo-hoo, I love my food!) When it eventually returns, I've promised my wife that we're going to go for the best meal we've ever had.

Now we've never had a meal in a michelin star restaurant, so, just how good are they? Has anyone been to one and thought the food was rubbish? Or have you been to one and had the best meal of your life there?

[Ethel]

If you can, have a night or two here:

http://www.ynyshir-hall.co.uk/

Location is superb, the food is fantastic.

I do hope you are back to normal soon - I too love food!

[Alibobs]

What part of the country are you in Gazza?

[gazzawazza]

Teesside.

[PhilBy]

I can recommend this place gazza and it's not a million miles from Teeside.

http://www.crabandlobster.com/restaurant.aspx

[sense4all]

Gazza, if you go to Philbys choice ,do the decent thing and bring us the mini dessert plate to share : looks fab.I would not be swayed by stars myself .... recommendations are better.

[Pomp]

I have never been to a Michelin star restaurant, and I have not been to this particular one, but the Fat Duck restaurant in Bray near Windsor, which is owned by Heston Blumenthal, is generally acknowledged to be the best restaurant in the world. It is a pretty big claim, but I have seen this published in a number of different newspapers / magazines. The food is based around complimenting flavours and textures, so you end up with bizzare combinations ie "white chocolate and caviar, sardine-on-toast sorbet and green-tea and lime mousse" The website is http://www.fatduck.co.uk/

There is also a pub next door which is also owned by Heston Blumenthal, which is called the Hinds Head and does more traditional food.

A quick search of google gives lots of articles ie http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23009- 1689735,00.html

http://www.fatduck.co.uk/

[sense4all]

If you were coming down this way to the Fat Duck, stop overnight and pop into the Ivy House in Chalfont St Giles for the next day, a booking is essential to eat here: it is heaving in the summer.Check out the link.

http://www.theivyhouse-bucks.co.uk/