Been there twice and thoroughly enjoyed it (assuming you're talking Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London). Will be interested to see how someone with more experience says it holds up!
RGR is great. It's not so much about creativity but if you want an intimate meal with refined, outstanding food, it's up there with the best. I went there in December last year (menu prestige) and it was brilliant.
Can't fathom how few subscribers this channel has. Excellent, top-of-the-line content. No unnecessary flare, no showing off, genuine opinions without dragging people through the dirt. Exceptional channel, I look forward to every video.
A lot of casual viewers prefer standard mukbang content, or more affordable reviews. Michelin-rated reviews is a pretty niche content vertical, but I agree.
Man, I am loving your content. I keep following your feed. I got shocked (in a good way) with fact madison eleven park restaurant is doing purely vegan food. It is amazing to see one of the best chefs in the world changing their food concept and not following the masses holding the highest Michelin standard. So inspiring :) A big props to Daniel Humm.
@@thedoublea147 You're paying for taste pleasure, an experience. Who cares if it contains meat, is keto or is gluten free. In the end, it's about what you felt from the experience. If they manage to appease harsh critics like Michelin and other demanding customers like Alexander, it's worth the price. Talk about close-minded.
Just ate here yesterday as a single. I'm a vegan so naturally I was quite curious. Impeccable service and presentation. The bread and deserts were incredible. I also had the non-alcoholic pairing. Incredibly -- because I was alone they gave me a brief tour of the kitchen as well! I was shocked to see how intense and focused everyone was; not like any kitchen I'd ever been in ❤ I have to admit the menu served in this video is much more to my preferences than the one I was served. Guess I'll have to go back for a different one!
It's really cool to see a fine dining approach to vegan cuisine. I love that that Chef Humm was clearly not trying to just replicate meat based dishes but wanted to use plant based ingredients in a way to express themselves without that restraint. I find with vegan cuisine (I'm not vegan so just my limited experiences) the attempt to create "faux" meat/cheese both doesn't work and doesn't need to happen. There's so much unique texture and flavour and richness that can be expressed without a reminder that you're not eating meat/cheese. Bravo again Alexander & crew, really enjoyable content as always.
Very well said. I couldn’t agree more on your point that vegan imitations are unnecessary because they can be interesting in and of themselves. Nice to see EMP breaking through the pretense that vegan cuisine has been about.
I agree that for a high-class restaurant making imitations would feel cheap and unnecessary but as a vegetarian I am still happy to be able to have, e.g. burgers when I feel like it, and my bouef bourgignon is a highlight every winter. Then I am grateful for the imitations to exist.
@@mikaelplaysguitar Good point. I think from a vegan/vegetarian's perspective it's nice to have those faux meat/cheese substitutions. I guess for myself and other omnivores (some at least) we enjoy vegan/vegetarian food more when it doesn't try to imitate meat & dairy. But totally see where you're coming from :)
I definitely agree. I myself and most other vegans I know tend to not try to replicate non-vegan dishes much, with some exceptions, but instead explore other foods. For many dishes, vegan imitations are honestly great, but I don't tend towards eating them much. There is so much variety to be explored in vegan cuisine, why limit myself to imitations?
I visited EMP in February 2018, incredible dinner with highly original and interesting food, service was impeccable and definitely an anniversary to remember. Really interesting seeing the new take on the restaurant and that none of the edge has been lost. Great video as well!
I went to EMP in March and had the exact same menu (minus the maple syrup taffy) - absolutely stunning service and the food was remarkable. Truly the meal of a lifetime. The Yukon potato covered in the black truffles was mind blowing as was the main course mushroom dish. EMP deserves its three stars. (I also ate at the 2-star Atomix the same week so I actually had two meals of a lifetime that week).
I believe that vegan food doesn’t have to be “worse” versions of non-vegan food. One of my recent most favorite restaurants is a vegan spot but their flavors are absolutely insane. For most of their dishes I forget I’m eating food that is entire plant-based
Great review again ! Last NY visit we want for Le Bernardin as we were a little sceptical about this ... Still a little sceptical, but far less now. So maybe next time .... Thanks Alexander !
Recently enjoyed EMP down in Sydney, when they took over Aria restaurant for two weeks. A great experience and interesting to see some similarities and differences in the menu. As a meat and BBQ lover I was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t miss meat at all during the meal.
As a chef-I have eaten here while they’ve had their vegan menu. Was it great? Absolutely, arguably the single most impeccable restaurant I’ve ever visited. However, my friend and I ended up spending over $1200 (including wine pairing), and neither of us felt it was worth the price.
Hey there, I simply wanted to thank you for the amazing content. I am mainly into high end cocktails & spirits instead of dine & wine concerning culinary endeavours (at least until now), but always loved to get inspired by high cuisine, loved Chef's Table for example and was so sad they changed their direction and then stopped. Finding this purely through the YT recommended vids I was amazed, love your commentary, sincere, kind but taking everything still serious, never arrogant etc. Sure, I'd love to see some more high end shots of the food as in Chefs Table, but you're not a NETFLIX production, haha. Keep it up, wasn't so sad having watched every "episode" in a long time, after watching through your channel, will share/recommend it a lot.
As someone who appreciates high end cocktails, one of the holdovers from EMPs "New York" menu days, is the Manhattan service cart - which, if your drink is a Manhattan, is worth the deviation from the wine list.
This show is sooo therapeutic! OMG! It's amazing 🤩. Thank you so much sir. May God bless you and give you many more Michelin stars - who knows maybe you will surpass the 17 Michelin stars ⭐ attached to Gordon Ramsay! 🙏😊
I just discovered this channel and I’m thrilled that I did. I’m on my 3rd video and my only question is how a channel & host of this caliber has relatively few subscribers. Well, count me in. 😎👍🏼
This one was a beautiful video, I liked it was a warm atmosphere, normally those are not family friendly places, more for showbut I like their concept a lot, very elegant ❤
I have been binge-watching your videos since one popped up on my feed this morning. This one blew me away, as I am vegan and had no idea that a fully vegan restaurant has received three stars. If only it wasn’t so far away. Does 42 offer vegan options? A trip to Hungary is a lot closer :)
@@gregdahlen4375 it’s super light and flaky but also extremely well flavored. And in addition to the miso butter it’s absolutely amazing. and it’s vegan which is crazy
Thank you for showcasing all of these amazing restaurants, Alexander! I've been watching you for a few months now and I am so happy to see this amazing channel grow!
Interesting review. The impression I got from the video is that they like fish scale and layered patterns, with soupy broths on top. No doubt the flavours were interesting and I would like to experience high quality vegan cooking, but would struggle to convince myself to spend $1000+ a head (though including wine at $1700). Not sure if the insane 20% to 25% service was included? The manufactured flavours were interesting and no doubt creates unusual if not entirely natural ingredients. Not sure that I equate this level of manufacturing ingredients with a vegan philosophy so will have to read more about it. Thanks for a very interesting video.
amazing, I adore this restaurant since 2013 and become the best restaurant in the world in 2017. I love your content as well to explore 3 Micheline star restaurants. maybe next you can explore the restaurant that no have michelin star but that worth to get micheline star
Thanks for sharing your experiences at these amazing restaurants. More importantly, thankyou for sharing your professional perspective. I really enjoy seeing the venue through your eyes. Keep the videos coming! Big ups from down under :)
Interesting to say the least Alexander, thanks for the show haha. Indeed the food looks fab. like art and an artist 3 star chef at work Not my cup to tea as an ex veggie now enjoy different food. Subscribed.
6:18 in Quebec, we call it "Tire d'érable", it's super famous up here, especially in sugar shacks, and everyone has the same reaction as you did the first time 😄 I've also never seen such dark maple syrup, lowkey salivating just imagining the taste hahaha
I really wish I had experienced EMP back when it was under Danny Meyer. For that price, I'll enjoy Per Se instead. But, thank you for another good review.
A little correction at 1:30 you say that the last time a restaurant received three stars in two years was back in the 80s. Grace, formerly in Chicago, opened in December 2012 and received three stars in November 2014.
Not only not lowering the price but RAISING it after going fully plant-based felt like a real cash grab from Humm to me and that was disappointing. It’s no surprise the meal is still incredible but we all know the price of the inputs went down significantly being meat-less, so why did the price rise? I want to fully love EMP like I used to but it was just a bit of a slap in the face imo
Maybe I'm jaded, but I've been there twice, both before the pandemic/transition. Once for lunch and once for dinner. Not in my top 5 NYC restaurants but I guess I need to revisit.
@@geoffreycater8277 Just as a clarification, this list is what I consider the "best" restaurants I've eaten at. They aren't necessarily my favorites, although a few are. 1. Le Bernardin - by far my #1; all the others can be interchanged, 2. Francie, 3. Blue Hill at Stone Barns (Terrytown location), 4. Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, 5. Lilia.
@@geoffreyk9164 last year. Food was up to standards and service was a little down but I was fine with that as in the past I thought it had been too much.
@@beauranheim8694, I generally find the service in the US to be too intrusive, but I also thought the pace was bad and I was shocked when one of the sommeliers seemingly didn’t understand the difference between brut nature and extra brut.
I visited Eleven Madison Park about eighteen months ago and it left me somewhat disappointed. The menu was over-reliant on storytelling but lacking in originality and flavor. The dishes you showed here look innovative and varied compared to what I experienced, so perhaps I will visit again on my next trip to New York.
Very happy to see another exciting video of yours! I was already hoping you'd review the new vegan menu of EMP 😄 Great quality as always, please keep on producing videos!
Fabulous. Interestingly Michelin-starred Restaurant Gauthier Soho followed a similar journey. During the pandemic, as a way of keeping the business going and valued staff employed, they created Vegan Boxes - 3 course meals for 2 - for delivery. Afterwards, when things started opening up again, they decided to operate as an exclusively Vegan restaurant.
I've eaten at EMP at least 6 times, at both 1 and 3 Michelin stars. Always excellent. $1000 for a vegan meal, not a chance. Even the presentations were blandly geometric, nothing approaching what they used to do. Glad you loved it, your channel is fantastic!
So when I eat at restaurants I don’t really like to get up unless I have to visit the restroom. Do you think it would be impolite if I declined their offer of a quick tour of the kitchen? I’m just lazy for something like that, I’ve seen many different kitchens before. Amazing review Alex.
So I’ve watched your last 6 or 7 videos. Great content and very well put together. One thing that has really concerned me is that we’re get to see any of the “big name chefs” in their kitchens. No sign of Heston, rasmus, humm? Unless they were there and you didn’t video them? I’d be very let down if they weren’t there for service
Went there last year and it's not a meal worthy of 3 Michelin stars, nor can it command about $1000 for 2 people. Many boring dishes, some extremely pretentious like the beet (which in the words of the NYT food critic Pete Wells "tastes like Lemon Pledge and smells like a burning joint"). I'm glad to see from the video that they finally added some starches in the menu because we left HUNGRY, and that's an understatement. Thankfully in the park in front of EMP there is a Shake Shack where we could finally have some food. Had dinner there 7-8 years ago when the original menu was in place and it's night and day. I'm shocked that they kept 3 stars and I'd be more shocked if keep it going forward - but I understand the politics involved. This place used to be booked solid months in advance and if you look now on Resy it's wide open even on a Friday night...that ought to tell you something... Finally it turns out that they have what has been called a "secret meat room" (check Eater or Page Six) where for private dining events they serve beef, chicken, pork, scallops, foie gras...the whole animal kingdom. The hypocrisy is strong with this one.
When will you do Maaemo in Oslo? EMP is good, but from my personal experience, Maaemo is a solid league higher than them. Would love to see you try it.
@@KinqNick I know Im over 3 months late but I just looked it up and apparently not. It seems like animal products are commonly used to fine-tune the taste of wines.
Went before "the change". Super consistent and the service was up there with the best for me. Looks like an interesting menu tbh but I just don't think I'd return for vegan food. Call me old fashioned!
Shootout to Québec making it at a top restaurant worldwide with the most basic dessert that is "la tire d'érable"😂 when i was a kid we used to eat this at the "cabane à sucre" as a family activity 😂 not in a thousand years did i think this dish would make it in a three Michelin star restaurant, let alone kinda steal the show 😂
@Alexander, just one thing. I assume your daughter is not old enough to drink alcohol, so it would be nice to hear what they serve for younger guests. As a father myself, I would appreciate it. As for everything else, just beautiful and truly fantastic content. I´m certain the 1M subscriber plate will arrive within this year at your home
I first tried EMP back in 2007, before any Michelin stars and accolades. I liked it but, to be honest, I didn't think too much of it. I went back again after it got its first Michelin star and then I was vowed - the menu was completely different, the flavors and lightness stood out in a busy NYC fine dining scene. I still wonder if my perceptions changed because of its stars or because the Humm became so much better... I would like to think it's the menu, but maybe it's my vanity? Either way, I was back once afterwards, but it became so hard to get reservations, I never bothered. After reading about the vegan menu, I became very skeptical about Humm doing it to get attention and be political but after watching this review, maybe I need to give it another shot?
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Been there twice and thoroughly enjoyed it (assuming you're talking Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London). Will be interested to see how someone with more experience says it holds up!
Love the channel! Please keep up the amazing content!
Gordon..haha..will definitely watch
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RGR is great. It's not so much about creativity but if you want an intimate meal with refined, outstanding food, it's up there with the best. I went there in December last year (menu prestige) and it was brilliant.
Can't fathom how few subscribers this channel has. Excellent, top-of-the-line content. No unnecessary flare, no showing off, genuine opinions without dragging people through the dirt. Exceptional channel, I look forward to every video.
A lot of casual viewers prefer standard mukbang content, or more affordable reviews. Michelin-rated reviews is a pretty niche content vertical, but I agree.
The channel us just a few weeks old. Give it time.
@@wiltmarlonelao agree.soon 100k. Wait. Teh only problem-Alexander will be out of restaurants 😂😂
few people have good taste
Feels like a channel with at least 500k subs
Man, I am loving your content.
I keep following your feed.
I got shocked (in a good way) with fact madison eleven park restaurant is doing purely vegan food. It is amazing to see one of the best chefs in the world changing their food concept and not following the masses holding the highest Michelin standard.
So inspiring :)
A big props to Daniel Humm.
Yeah.. It isn't the easy way to intrigue people.
For sure. But I imagine for someone like chef Daniel Humm he might just found the new challenge he was looking for. :)
$300 a person for vegan food...no thanks.
@@thedoublea147 It is more than that. About $370 not including drinks (minimum $200) and tips, per person. To each his own.
@@thedoublea147 You're paying for taste pleasure, an experience. Who cares if it contains meat, is keto or is gluten free. In the end, it's about what you felt from the experience. If they manage to appease harsh critics like Michelin and other demanding customers like Alexander, it's worth the price. Talk about close-minded.
We demand MORE, Alexander!!! Love your videos!!
Just ate here yesterday as a single. I'm a vegan so naturally I was quite curious. Impeccable service and presentation. The bread and deserts were incredible. I also had the non-alcoholic pairing. Incredibly -- because I was alone they gave me a brief tour of the kitchen as well! I was shocked to see how intense and focused everyone was; not like any kitchen I'd ever been in ❤ I have to admit the menu served in this video is much more to my preferences than the one I was served. Guess I'll have to go back for a different one!
Wow
The Swiss are very serious about achieving perfection; being the best in the world. Chef Daniel Humm is Swiss.
@hw260 It was perfection except 90% of the menu was courses for an extremely sophisticated palate haha. I genuinely didn't know what 90% was.
@@jonassteinberg3779 Consider yourself elevated.
It's really cool to see a fine dining approach to vegan cuisine. I love that that Chef Humm was clearly not trying to just replicate meat based dishes but wanted to use plant based ingredients in a way to express themselves without that restraint. I find with vegan cuisine (I'm not vegan so just my limited experiences) the attempt to create "faux" meat/cheese both doesn't work and doesn't need to happen. There's so much unique texture and flavour and richness that can be expressed without a reminder that you're not eating meat/cheese. Bravo again Alexander & crew, really enjoyable content as always.
I totally agree with you!
Very well said. I couldn’t agree more on your point that vegan imitations are unnecessary because they can be interesting in and of themselves. Nice to see EMP breaking through the pretense that vegan cuisine has been about.
I agree that for a high-class restaurant making imitations would feel cheap and unnecessary but as a vegetarian I am still happy to be able to have, e.g. burgers when I feel like it, and my bouef bourgignon is a highlight every winter. Then I am grateful for the imitations to exist.
@@mikaelplaysguitar Good point. I think from a vegan/vegetarian's perspective it's nice to have those faux meat/cheese substitutions. I guess for myself and other omnivores (some at least) we enjoy vegan/vegetarian food more when it doesn't try to imitate meat & dairy. But totally see where you're coming from :)
I definitely agree. I myself and most other vegans I know tend to not try to replicate non-vegan dishes much, with some exceptions, but instead explore other foods. For many dishes, vegan imitations are honestly great, but I don't tend towards eating them much.
There is so much variety to be explored in vegan cuisine, why limit myself to imitations?
I swear, every week your channel grows by at least 5k subscribers. This will be on of the biggest food channels on TH-cam before long!
this is one of the best channels on this platform keep up the good work
Thanks for the feedback!
Another great video! This channel deserves more recognition. The quality is off the charts, keep up the fine work!
Many thanks for the feedback!
I visited EMP in February 2018, incredible dinner with highly original and interesting food, service was impeccable and definitely an anniversary to remember. Really interesting seeing the new take on the restaurant and that none of the edge has been lost. Great video as well!
I am glad that you had a nice experience! Many thanks for the feedback!
I went to EMP in March and had the exact same menu (minus the maple syrup taffy) - absolutely stunning service and the food was remarkable. Truly the meal of a lifetime. The Yukon potato covered in the black truffles was mind blowing as was the main course mushroom dish. EMP deserves its three stars. (I also ate at the 2-star Atomix the same week so I actually had two meals of a lifetime that week).
$1000 pp for vegetables and fruit ...
@@markogaudiosi5243 Yeah. Some people are beyond stupid...
@@markogaudiosi5243 well that's the point of a vegan restaurant
And the menu is around 300 originally
How it inflated from 300 to 1k
@@zilverheartWine probably.
Absolutely love your content! Expertise, amazing storytelling, and critic awareness in every video, besides the strong cinematography of course.
Many thanks for the support!
Truly an exceptional achievement. Getting 3 Michelin stars is a masterpiece, doing it without animal protein is even more of a landmark.
Dude. Your quality is out of this world. Such a good review!
Thanks for the support 😊
Great content
Love this video, love how you talk about the people behind the food and give your own honest opinion. I love this channel color me addicted.
Thanks for your Support!
This channel deserves more subscribers......so unique and honest
This channel is criminally underrated! Amazing reviews
I believe that vegan food doesn’t have to be “worse” versions of non-vegan food. One of my recent most favorite restaurants is a vegan spot but their flavors are absolutely insane. For most of their dishes I forget I’m eating food that is entire plant-based
You can't just say that and then not drop the name of the restaurant ;)
I love your presentation Alexander. Concise, honest criticism however lauded the venue, and passionate. Thank you, :)
Great review again ! Last NY visit we want for Le Bernardin as we were a little sceptical about this ... Still a little sceptical, but far less now. So maybe next time .... Thanks Alexander !
Come to Chicago and check out Alinea, it’s been amazing after chef Achatz got his taste buds back
Recently enjoyed EMP down in Sydney, when they took over Aria restaurant for two weeks. A great experience and interesting to see some similarities and differences in the menu. As a meat and BBQ lover I was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t miss meat at all during the meal.
As a chef-I have eaten here while they’ve had their vegan menu. Was it great? Absolutely, arguably the single most impeccable restaurant I’ve ever visited. However, my friend and I ended up spending over $1200 (including wine pairing), and neither of us felt it was worth the price.
Another great episode, thanks Alexander!
This channel will blow up one day. Quality Videos 💯 loving this channel!
Hey there, I simply wanted to thank you for the amazing content. I am mainly into high end cocktails & spirits instead of dine & wine concerning culinary endeavours (at least until now), but always loved to get inspired by high cuisine, loved Chef's Table for example and was so sad they changed their direction and then stopped. Finding this purely through the YT recommended vids I was amazed, love your commentary, sincere, kind but taking everything still serious, never arrogant etc. Sure, I'd love to see some more high end shots of the food as in Chefs Table, but you're not a NETFLIX production, haha. Keep it up, wasn't so sad having watched every "episode" in a long time, after watching through your channel, will share/recommend it a lot.
Many thanks for the feedback. It's always great to hear people opinion from the same passion 😊
As someone who appreciates high end cocktails, one of the holdovers from EMPs "New York" menu days, is the Manhattan service cart - which, if your drink is a Manhattan, is worth the deviation from the wine list.
Please post more videos my friend, probably best channel for luxury food.
This show is sooo therapeutic! OMG! It's amazing 🤩. Thank you so much sir. May God bless you and give you many more Michelin stars - who knows maybe you will surpass the 17 Michelin stars ⭐ attached to Gordon Ramsay! 🙏😊
I just discovered this channel and I’m thrilled that I did. I’m on my 3rd video and my only question is how a channel & host of this caliber has relatively few subscribers. Well, count me in. 😎👍🏼
Dear Alexander, you have a new subscriber! Love your depth and context of your videos.
We need longer format of the videos! :)
I am gobsmacked that you do not have more subscribers. This channel is wonderful. Keep up the great work. Love and light from Laos!
Thanks!
This one was a beautiful video, I liked it was a warm atmosphere, normally those are not family friendly places, more for showbut I like their concept a lot, very elegant ❤
I was in Vienna’s Michelin star restaurant (Tian*) and it was amazing as well. You’re video is fantastic as usual
I have been binge-watching your videos since one popped up on my feed this morning. This one blew me away, as I am vegan and had no idea that a fully vegan restaurant has received three stars. If only it wasn’t so far away. Does 42 offer vegan options? A trip to Hungary is a lot closer :)
the bread there is also also so good. Best bread ive ever eaten.
what makes it good?
@@gregdahlen4375 it’s super light and flaky but also extremely well flavored. And in addition to the miso butter it’s absolutely amazing. and it’s vegan which is crazy
Thank you for showcasing all of these amazing restaurants, Alexander!
I've been watching you for a few months now and I am so happy to see this amazing channel grow!
Birth Of The Cool... great reference to include Miles... great video!
This level of channel needs more subscribers!!🙏
Interesting review. The impression I got from the video is that they like fish scale and layered patterns, with soupy broths on top. No doubt the flavours were interesting and I would like to experience high quality vegan cooking, but would struggle to convince myself to spend $1000+ a head (though including wine at $1700). Not sure if the insane 20% to 25% service was included? The manufactured flavours were interesting and no doubt creates unusual if not entirely natural ingredients. Not sure that I equate this level of manufacturing ingredients with a vegan philosophy so will have to read more about it. Thanks for a very interesting video.
to be fair 2/3 of his bill was wine
An other great video liked it a lot! Amazing how Daniel Humm is creating these amazing dishes😮
This content is better than anything on TV. You have a bright future sir.
Love this channel, thanks for sharing Alex!
Keep this stuff coming sir. Really enjoy the content
I love hearing about restaurants from a restaurateur. I am hooked.
Had this same menu with the reserve wine pairing….it was an excellent dinner.
Best food Channel right here!
amazing, I adore this restaurant since 2013 and become the best restaurant in the world in 2017.
I love your content as well to explore 3 Micheline star restaurants.
maybe next you can explore the restaurant that no have michelin star but that worth to get micheline star
I like this channel a lot. Thank u for explaining all the details.
dudes grown like 10k subs in a week I'm happy for u man
You are awesome, this channel wil explode. Greets from Holland
Thanks for sharing your experiences at these amazing restaurants. More importantly, thankyou for sharing your professional perspective. I really enjoy seeing the venue through your eyes. Keep the videos coming!
Big ups from down under :)
Many thanks!
This channel is amazing! Soon more recognition will come your way!
I’m about to watch the video but I already know this gonna be gold .
Interesting to say the least Alexander, thanks for the show haha. Indeed the food looks fab. like art and an artist 3 star chef at work Not my cup to tea as an ex veggie now enjoy different food. Subscribed.
As someone who eats vegan it's really nice seeing these kinds of restaurants coming into the fine dining scene! Great video Alexander!
Many thanks!
Speechless. What an experience.
Love this channel! Keep it up!
6:18 in Quebec, we call it "Tire d'érable", it's super famous up here, especially in sugar shacks, and everyone has the same reaction as you did the first time 😄
I've also never seen such dark maple syrup, lowkey salivating just imagining the taste hahaha
This channel is about to blowup fast
I'm actually binge-watching this rich guy's content, love the content bru!
I really wish I had experienced EMP back when it was under Danny Meyer. For that price, I'll enjoy Per Se instead. But, thank you for another good review.
A little correction at 1:30 you say that the last time a restaurant received three stars in two years was back in the 80s. Grace, formerly in Chicago, opened in December 2012 and received three stars in November 2014.
Speaking of Chicago, would love to see this channel visit Alinea and Ever.
Not only not lowering the price but RAISING it after going fully plant-based felt like a real cash grab from Humm to me and that was disappointing. It’s no surprise the meal is still incredible but we all know the price of the inputs went down significantly being meat-less, so why did the price rise? I want to fully love EMP like I used to but it was just a bit of a slap in the face imo
Please go to Singapore and other places in Asia to see how their 3 Michelin restaurants compare to their peers in the West.
Singapore is coming in May 😊
Maybe I'm jaded, but I've been there twice, both before the pandemic/transition. Once for lunch and once for dinner. Not in my top 5 NYC restaurants but I guess I need to revisit.
Can I ask what are your top 5 NYC are?
@@geoffreycater8277 Just as a clarification, this list is what I consider the "best" restaurants I've eaten at. They aren't necessarily my favorites, although a few are. 1. Le Bernardin - by far my #1; all the others can be interchanged, 2. Francie, 3. Blue Hill at Stone Barns (Terrytown location), 4. Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, 5. Lilia.
@@beauranheim8694, When did you last eat at Le Bernardin? I was there in December- the food was very elegant, but the service was atrocious.
@@geoffreyk9164 last year. Food was up to standards and service was a little down but I was fine with that as in the past I thought it had been too much.
@@beauranheim8694, I generally find the service in the US to be too intrusive, but I also thought the pace was bad and I was shocked when one of the sommeliers seemingly didn’t understand the difference between brut nature and extra brut.
can only imagine the price mark-up on these ingredients. 3k for the total bill is insane
I love how the veggies and fruits shine on their own and on their own dishes. I was expecting plant base meat dishes and so forth.
I visited Eleven Madison Park about eighteen months ago and it left me somewhat disappointed. The menu was over-reliant on storytelling but lacking in originality and flavor. The dishes you showed here look innovative and varied compared to what I experienced, so perhaps I will visit again on my next trip to New York.
go to France 😅 try “l’arpège” actually chef Alain Passard was the first to treat vegetables as main focus
And what an experience that was - out of this world, 14 courses… amazing how vegetables can be so much better, if old varieties are used.
Thank you for reading our feedbacks and including the total price in the end.
Yep loving this content sensible with out being pretentious love it good work sir 👍👌
Very happy to see another exciting video of yours! I was already hoping you'd review the new vegan menu of EMP 😄
Great quality as always, please keep on producing videos!
Many thanks for the feedback!
Fabulous. Interestingly Michelin-starred Restaurant Gauthier Soho followed a similar journey. During the pandemic, as a way of keeping the business going and valued staff employed, they created Vegan Boxes - 3 course meals for 2 - for delivery. Afterwards, when things started opening up again, they decided to operate as an exclusively Vegan restaurant.
Thanks for the interesting story!
This looks incredible
Great videos. I'd love to see you visit Inn at little Washington next time you're in the states.
What an amazing channel, I look forward to more content
Beautiful video, if you enjoyed plant based menu then you should try Niko Romito Reale in Castel di Sangro, Italy
I have been there 😊
I've eaten at EMP at least 6 times, at both 1 and 3 Michelin stars. Always excellent. $1000 for a vegan meal, not a chance. Even the presentations were blandly geometric, nothing approaching what they used to do.
Glad you loved it, your channel is fantastic!
just awesome ... the restaurant ... and your review ...
Wickedly inspiring place … pricey even for nee york .. but this episode is nice and well-rounded in its approach
Just found your channel. LOVE IT!
So when I eat at restaurants I don’t really like to get up unless I have to visit the restroom. Do you think it would be impolite if I declined their offer of a quick tour of the kitchen? I’m just lazy for something like that, I’ve seen many different kitchens before. Amazing review Alex.
So I’ve watched your last 6 or 7 videos. Great content and very well put together.
One thing that has really concerned me is that we’re get to see any of the “big name chefs” in their kitchens.
No sign of Heston, rasmus, humm? Unless they were there and you didn’t video them? I’d be very let down if they weren’t there for service
No massimo either
Went there last year and it's not a meal worthy of 3 Michelin stars, nor can it command about $1000 for 2 people. Many boring dishes, some extremely pretentious like the beet (which in the words of the NYT food critic Pete Wells "tastes like Lemon Pledge and smells like a burning joint"). I'm glad to see from the video that they finally added some starches in the menu because we left HUNGRY, and that's an understatement. Thankfully in the park in front of EMP there is a Shake Shack where we could finally have some food.
Had dinner there 7-8 years ago when the original menu was in place and it's night and day. I'm shocked that they kept 3 stars and I'd be more shocked if keep it going forward - but I understand the politics involved.
This place used to be booked solid months in advance and if you look now on Resy it's wide open even on a Friday night...that ought to tell you something...
Finally it turns out that they have what has been called a "secret meat room" (check Eater or Page Six) where for private dining events they serve beef, chicken, pork, scallops, foie gras...the whole animal kingdom. The hypocrisy is strong with this one.
We left hungry and physically sore after being held hostage for 4 hrs. Promptly went to Grays Papaya for hot dogs (even before EMP was vegan).
When will you do Maaemo in Oslo? EMP is good, but from my personal experience, Maaemo is a solid league higher than them. Would love to see you try it.
Thanks for the opinion!
As a chef working with a vegan menu in Europe, i'm very interested in your opinion about the vegan wines they served.
I was celebrating that night, so I missed the wine pairing.
Maybe its a stupid questioon but isnt every wine vegan?
@@KinqNick I know Im over 3 months late but I just looked it up and apparently not. It seems like animal products are commonly used to fine-tune the taste of wines.
Went before "the change". Super consistent and the service was up there with the best for me.
Looks like an interesting menu tbh but I just don't think I'd return for vegan food. Call me old fashioned!
For me one of the best three restaurants in the world.
Fantastic and exquisite video as always!
Thanks!
Shootout to Québec making it at a top restaurant worldwide with the most basic dessert that is "la tire d'érable"😂 when i was a kid we used to eat this at the "cabane à sucre" as a family activity 😂 not in a thousand years did i think this dish would make it in a three Michelin star restaurant, let alone kinda steal the show 😂
@Alexander, just one thing. I assume your daughter is not old enough to drink alcohol, so it would be nice to hear what they serve for younger guests. As a father myself, I would appreciate it. As for everything else, just beautiful and truly fantastic content. I´m certain the 1M subscriber plate will arrive within this year at your home
Great channel and great content - keep it up!
This place is on my bucket list
the maple over snow is a canadian thing! its called a maple taffy!
Can you try L'enclume in England? It's hyper local and it's been top of my dream list for years
I will 😊
And it's on my doorstep too ❤
If I don't go to this place once in my life, idk if it would be complete. Thanks to this video, I know about it. Hope your channel continues growing!
Get robbed
Yummm, would love to try this food
I first tried EMP back in 2007, before any Michelin stars and accolades. I liked it but, to be honest, I didn't think too much of it. I went back again after it got its first Michelin star and then I was vowed - the menu was completely different, the flavors and lightness stood out in a busy NYC fine dining scene. I still wonder if my perceptions changed because of its stars or because the Humm became so much better... I would like to think it's the menu, but maybe it's my vanity? Either way, I was back once afterwards, but it became so hard to get reservations, I never bothered. After reading about the vegan menu, I became very skeptical about Humm doing it to get attention and be political but after watching this review, maybe I need to give it another shot?
USD $3000.00 could feed 250 homeless people for one day. Even so, I love these videos.