‘Lamentable’: What French food guide thinks of French restaurants


Filepic of chef Savoy in the dining room of his Michelin three-starred restaurant Restaurant Guy Savoy in the Monnaie de Paris, in Paris. — AFP

The standard of French cuisine is on the slide, the head of the authoritative La Liste ranking warned recently despite a Paris restaurant being declared the best in the world for the third year running.

Beyond the top gastronomic hot spots, the level of cooking was sometimes “lamentable” said Philippe Faure, a former French ambassador who also heads the country’s tourism promotion council.

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