I went to Jan in Munich, which has been bestowed three stars and is the only restaurant in Munich to have that many. It was….fine. It’s an absolute exercise in getting you to try and pay more – pretty much my first interaction with someone was for them to offer me a €200 glass of champagne and then four possible add on dishes ranging from €64 to €198. You can have all four of them, if you want, the waiter tells me gleefully. The entire meal is basically an exercise in putting expensive and lavish ingredients on top of other ones, and of course that works in many cases. An oxtail, sea urchin and caviar dish is one of the best things I’ll likely eat this year, and a superb pate en croute studded with foie gras hits the spot, but many of the rest of the dishes are muted or not exciting. Wagyu with a dollop of caviar on top should be ethereal, but is fine, with the beef being quite chewy. Similarly to this a scallop comes two minutes on the wrong side. The rest is fine and I really enjoy myself – they even play Red Light Spells Danger – but ultimately I go home unfulfilled for how much lighter my wallet is.
by NoYear619