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[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago

Eleven Madison Park called, they want their 3 Michelin Stars back.

https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/restaurants/vegan-90

Looks like it may be the first vegan star in the UK. All others listed in the UK are just MG.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

The first, in the UK, right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago

I'm not even sure it's the first in London after a quick search.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Eleven Madison Park has three for example. There are plenty more. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven_Madison_Park

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Not every restaurant in the michelin guide has a star. Most don't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Thanks. I really don't know how it works, so thanks for teaching me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

While your comment is true, it appears to be trying to refute the previous messages, which are accurate.

This is just the first Vegan restaurant to receive a star in the UK, there are 6 other vegan restaurants with a star. And 14 other restaurants listed without stars.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

Eleven Madison Park in NYC

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I bet the menu is normal and not trying to make vegetables and other vegan ingredients taste like meat.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I mean you won't get a Michelin star by being normal and the dishes look very involved. but yes I doubt any of the dishes there are imitating meat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Normal as in they aren’t trying to make tofurkey or bean burgers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Hey now bean burgers are amazing.

I'm more of a lentil burger person myself, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

I get what you mean but your argument doesn't really hold up. Pictured in the thumbnail is their take on "lasagna". Also no one cooks a bean burger expecting it to taste like meat. Nor do bean burgers ever really get any flak compared to BS like plant based meat, they're actually quite tasty when done right.

Overall I understand what you're trying to say but basically every high end restaurant adopts such principles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

that's cool but the dish in the image scares me visually like shellfish scares me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

The pale part kind of looks like it might be tahini...?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

That’s really stretching the definition of the word “lasagne”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago
[–] [email protected] -5 points 17 hours ago

Personally that indicates to me its a shitty restaurant and I'd avoid it, but good for bougie folks I guess?