Lunching in the city next week. Anyone have any recs for lunch? Looking to spend max $200. I’m thinking about Le Bernardin, but trying to stay away from classical French & Italian.
I am a Dutch dad whose eldest son (17) is graduating high school in June. He signed up for chef school in Amsterdam (MBO leidinggevende keuken) and will start in September. As a graduation gift I am going to take him on a trip and have dinner or lunch at a nice Michelin star restaurants in Belgium, France, Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Think of it as a father-son road trip for 3 or 4 days, where one meal will be at a Michelin star place.
He knows how to cook already and kicked me out of the kitchen for Christmas dinner, while he prepared a 6 course menu for 4 people.
We have been looking at some places, but places like The Alchemist in Copenhagen look awesome, but break my budget. I prefer a meal at a place where he might also be able to see how ithe food is prepared and maybe interact with the chef. Does anyone have any great suggestions? Since many restaurants need to be booked in advance, I need to think about it now.
If it still existed, I would have taken him to Aries y Capricorn in Cologne. Which used to have a small restaurant with 4 tables and one star. I might take him there for lunch or dinner if Cologne is on the way.
Alternatively if there is a restaurant or chef that does workshops, that could be a cool addition. Any other suggestions for what to do or where to go on this culinary roadtrip are appreciated too.
Thank you in advance