Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader has three words for you:

“The Fat Duck”

According to Restaurant Magazine, The Fat Duck in Berkshire (UK) is the top restaurant in the whole of the world. Really… You can read about it on the news wire: British restaurant declared best in world.

Now your Maximum Leader is something of a gastronome. He has also had some fantastic meals over the length and breadth of Britain. But until now he has not actually heard of “The Fat Duck.” And, he must say that one shouldn’t colour him impressed by the dishes he’s heard described. Bacon & Egg Ice Cream? Sardine on Toast Sorbet? Those dishes might have “wowed the judges” but they don’t ilicit much of a response from your Maximum Leader.

He reads that the number two restaurant in the world is “The French Laundry” in Yountville, California. Now, your Maximum Leader has not been to Thomas Keller’s “French Laundry;” but he has eaten a dinner prepared by Thomas Keller at a charity event in Washington DC. That is a tough act to beat.

And Keller didn’t attempt to disgust your Maximum Leader by defiling dessert with something like “toast sorbet” or “bacon & egg ice cream.” (Admittedly though, your Maximum Leader did once have a fairly disgusting ice cream. It was a squid ink ice cream he had at a posh japanese restaurant in DC. He thinks the chef saw it on Iron Chef and had to give it a try. It wasn’t really disgusting. It was not very flavourful during the eating. And it left a weird aftertaste in your Maximum Leader’s mouth.)

Anyho… If any of your Maximum Leader’s readers are able to try “The Fat Duck” in Berkshire, please let him know your thoughts.

Carry on.