“(noma is) overrated —only two Michelin stars and no longer the ‘best restaurant in the world,’ whatever that means.”
The three quotes above pretty much sum up the words we heard used to describe noma, the Copenhagen restaurant famous — or infamous — for ousting Catalonia’s el Bulli from the top of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2010 and remaining there in 2011, 2012, and 2014.
My wife and I are not Michelin star hunters. We do, however, enjoy good food, and even more so the holistic experience of fine dining as a treat for our senses and as a source of creative inspiration. Hence we have used our birthdays and anniversaries as an excuse to splurge at some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s esteemed restaurants since getting married.