I had the most extraordinary meal in Finland. It was in a very flash, modern Michelin

[Burney]

starred place called 'Ragu'. Every course looked amazing, the service was wonderful and the wine was excellent.

The only slight issue was that every iota of flavour seemed to have been removed from the food. Everyone ooh-ed and aaah-ed at the dishes, but they tasted of exactly **** all. It was in many ways a remarkable achievement.

The bread was nice, mind.

[Sir C]

starred place called 'Ragu'. Every course looked amazing, the service was wonderful and the wine was excellent.

The only slight issue was that every iota of flavour seemed to have been removed from the food. Everyone ooh-ed and aaah-ed at the dishes, but they tasted of exactly **** all. It was in many ways a remarkable achievement.

The bread was nice, mind.

That's the problem with all that twee, Michelin nonsense. They're mad for subtlety.

****ers.

[Burney]

That's the problem with all that twee, Michelin nonsense. They're mad for subtlety.

****ers.

There was one dish (Vendace tempura with pickled cauliflower and vendace roe some googling tells me) where I started thinking I'd suffered some sort of sensory episode that had left me unable to taste. How the **** do you make fish roe taste of nothing?

[Luis Anaconda]

starred place called 'Ragu'. Every course looked amazing, the service was wonderful and the wine was excellent.

The only slight issue was that every iota of flavour seemed to have been removed from the food. Everyone ooh-ed and aaah-ed at the dishes, but they tasted of exactly **** all. It was in many ways a remarkable achievement.

The bread was nice, mind.

We did a big piece on Helsinki's restaurant scene towards the end of last year - the writer left that one out despite its Michelin star, very probably for that very reason. Mind you Finnish people are normally so pissed there is little point providing food with flavour for the locals

[The Jorge]

starred place called 'Ragu'. Every course looked amazing, the service was wonderful and the wine was excellent.

The only slight issue was that every iota of flavour seemed to have been removed from the food. Everyone ooh-ed and aaah-ed at the dishes, but they tasted of exactly **** all. It was in many ways a remarkable achievement.

The bread was nice, mind.

Your poncey restaurants are never a decent place for a good scoff. They're generally just a place for people with more money than sense to dress themselves up in the latest cullinary emporer's new clothes.

[Burney]

Your poncey restaurants are never a decent place for a good scoff. They're generally just a place for people with more money than sense to dress themselves up in the latest cullinary emporer's new clothes.

I've eaten very, very well in poncey restaurants, but there is something about these ultra-modern places - particularly the Nordic ones - that seems to me to value style so far above substance as to render the actual eating experience vaguely pointless.

[The Jorge]

I've eaten very, very well in poncey restaurants, but there is something about these ultra-modern places - particularly the Nordic ones - that seems to me to value style so far above substance as to render the actual eating experience vaguely pointless.

I find most of them a bit too buttoned up and pretentious, I get that for most people this is a thrill but for me it was always a chore. Plus I always had to babysit/flirt with some coked up ad-whore client, which is never the greatest appetiser.

[Brentwood]

Your poncey restaurants are never a decent place for a good scoff. They're generally just a place for people with more money than sense to dress themselves up in the latest cullinary emporer's new clothes.

You can't beat these examples of poncery imo

http://wewantplates.com/

[Ash]

You can't beat these examples of poncery imo

http://wewantplates.com/

Jesus wept. :-(

http://wewantplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/a-cup-of-beans-800x600.jpg

[Pat Vegas]

Jesus wept. :-(

http://wewantplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/a-cup-of-beans-800x600.jpg

looks quite nice though

[Burney]

Jesus wept. :-(

http://wewantplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/a-cup-of-beans-800x600.jpg

Not even close to the worst breakfast, though :-(

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[Brentwood]

Obligatory mini desk lamp :hehe:

http://wewantplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/desk-lamp.jpg

[Pat Vegas]

Obligatory mini desk lamp :hehe:

http://wewantplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/desk-lamp.jpg

:hehe: You could always hack the waiter to death.

Or chop off his hipster beard.

[Jake]

The rooms are always invariably terrible as well. They all look a bit like Laurence Llewelyn Bowen-ish - shades of cream and beige with some horrific purple thrown in.