Thoughts about Michelin ratings

Clay Sandhu on CultMTL thinks Michelin doesn’t understand Montreal and what we’re good at – he’s annoyed that Quebec City got more accolades – but I think he pins the point here: “the hierarchy of praise seems to privilege a single, over-styled morsel of food (served on a rock, in a bowl of pebbles, on a slab of wood) over a genuine understanding of a city’s dining culture.”

In Le Soleil, the director of the Michelin Guide pomps out about how Quebec has to step up and work harder for its approval. I imagine Clay Sandhu would disagree.