It’s our last stop in this five part series, discovering the best 3 Michelin star restaurants in California.
We started with Atelier Crenn, checked out Single Thread, went to Quince and Benu and now, we are here to visit the most famous fine dining restaurant in the USA, The French Laundry.
This is a Thomas Keller restaurant. Chef Keller is the first and only American-born chef to hold multiple 3 star ratings in the Michelin Guide.
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Did the kid help drink the wine at $1500 ?!
this was where governor gruesome used to party during covid whilst the rest of the country suffered in isolation. pass.
No wonder Marco Pierre White stepped out of this business…
Enjoyed your video very much! Love from San Diego!
I had a shitty meal at the French Laundry. Poor service to boot. Don’t believe the hype.
Gavin Newsome loves it because they don't require masks for him!
The French laundry will forever be associated with Gov Gavin Newscum and his shutdown of CA. Where he mandated the closure of every mom and pop backbone business during and after Covid, while this place stayed wide open.
Alexander, do try Chef William Bradley’s Addison at Del Mar, San Diego. From a fellow gastro traveler, you won’t be disappointed. Service is par excellence!
I’m curious to see restaurant Daniel in NYC widely considered New York’s best
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know 😉
Holy cow Sally speaking made me cry. That was the most genuine, “I just want to cook”…
Just wondering what the 800$ + discount was for ?
Dude was lit up when he left. Hope he wasn’t driving
I had the best meal of my life there fifteen years ago and I still relive it regularly in my dreams. I was so happy to see your experience was as good as mine. 🎉
Imagine believing any of the bullshit this guy is saying, dance lessons for a server to move gracefully? Mac and Cheese? It's all bullshit.
Amazing video
I think The French Laundry was the first Michelin starred restaurant I dined at many many years ago. I have to admire, I was pretty impressed. While waiting for my reservation, I stood outside a window and watched the kitchen. Even the amount of time, effort and procedure in just filling the butter dish for the guests table was really involved. It was late fall when I went. And I noticed the cooks going into the field across the restaurant with flashlights to pick things off the ground for, what I guessed, was for dinner that night
I didn’t know what farm to table was until I saw that. I didn’t even know the name of that movement yet.
The food. Well, of course it was excellent. Again, it was the first Michelin starred restaurant I dined at. I’ve never tasted food like that before. And the presentation was also incredible. This was before social media and people taking pictures of their food with every sitting. All I remember was it was the first time I had truffles…black truffles. Before that, I thought truffles was just round chocolates.
The one dish I thought was excellent was the beef tongue. But. This is where your mind tells you that it’s ’beef tongue’. And though it was delicious. The thought of ‘beef tongue’ took away a few percentage points of enjoyment. If I thought it was just ‘beef’. It would have been a 12/10.
Don’t remember the wine. I didn’t drink wine that much back then. I ‘maybe’ had a glass of red.
The one embarrassing thing though was the French Laundry philosophy of the tasting menu price was that it included the gratuity. And I did just that. I paid my bill in full without any extra added. At the time, I was on a very tight budget. But, looking back I could have plunked down another $40 to be just a little nicer. I still carry that guilt with me to this day.
Why is a popcorn ander caper-course called boudin noir? I know it as a blood saussage from the burgundy. Course sounds delicous though.
Not being able to book a table here must be the most first world problem imaginable!
found nothing on google about duck diodine, neither on yt, probably something they created there to simulate an vintage thing
We in SA only know this name because your Govenor went there without his mask mandate during China flu, lol
I'm not a food snob at all. My wife told me we were going there and my initial reaction was to have her take someone else cause I probably would not enjoy it at that cost. I'll just go eat Chipotle or something… 10/10 would go again. It's not just the food, it is the whole experience.
I visited Napa Valley a few years ago and actually walked past the French Laundry. But I ate at a McDonalds later and saved $1600. I had the Royale With Cheese.
Any restaurant that would allow Gavin Newscum to dine on its property has no class or good taste. In my opinion, this makes this establishment a trash hole and is only in it to grab the taxpayer's money.
My wife and I dined at the French Laundry in 2004 while on our honeymoon and I would liken it to being at a very long job interview. Stuffy and uncomfortable. It was as though we were imposing on the waitstaff who clearly showed us how poor and unimportant we were. Whenever I go back to California (which will be right around never) I will find somewhere else to go.
Hell yeah. Money. Baby blood. Keep it pure gents
What if I told you I have an old menu with Michael Jordan’s signature on the back 👀
Do they offer non-alcoholic pairings? I’m sober but I like to eat
I would love to see what you think about Per Se especially in comparison even if the video isn't up to the usually quality.
I am laughing while this video is interrupted by a Taco Bell ad. 😂
I suppose you really need not only to enjoy good food, but be intensely passionate about it.
While I sometimes enjoy reading about or watching food reviews, I find the idea of paying $1650/€1500 preposterous and somewhat criminal. Frankly I'd prefer to fly from my home San Francisco to Munich for a beer and curry wurst for less cash. And yes. I don't get it.
And very interesting how they shuffled you out to the garden… likely to turn the table inside.
Alexander i would love to nterview you for my podcast, Adventures Of A Black Belt Sommelier. If you are interested, pleaselet me know a day time that is convenient. Thank you
Brighton 😍💕
What is that $840.45 deduction at the bottom of the bill (14:27)? I cannot make out the handwriting.
I just love this channel so much, thank you for doing what are you doing, I’ve watched each one of your videos and this one was by far my favorite.
Congratulations to Your cousin! He will always remember that wonderful day!
Alexander, I really like your story and overall aesthetic, but a bit sweeter and shorter would be better. The French Laundry doesn't deserve this length, or any restaurant. I'd recommend cutting these videos to a maximum of 7-8 minutes. I think that'll work better, and is more than enough to convey the points you want to.
Ah yes. Where the liberal elites go during COVID while small companies and restaurants go under. All while violating their own COVID protocols. Yes. Let’s go there.
What was the $840 discount for? Otherwise the true total was closer to $2500!
Thanks for mentioning the waiter 🙂
Did you see the governor there wear his Covid mask?🤪
Ate there a couple weeks ago… it was decent but i’ve had better
Egos serving egos serving egos serving egos. You simply cannot trust the french