I paid £1200 to eat at Noma — and hated it - The Times

What do cancel culture and fine dining have in common? Quite a lot, as I found out on a recent trip to Noma, the world’s “best” restaurant.

Who gets to decide what’s good taste nowadays? Is it journalists? Industry inspectors? Those who shout loudest on the internet? I’m not entirely sure. But what I do know is that at some point certain beliefs become doctrine, and doctrines are powerful things — they drown out singular voices; they encourage groupthink; they feel pointless to challenge, since challenging something that has become sacred only serves to underline how apart from the group you are.

I say all this because last weekend I went to Noma in Copenhagen. I know that Noma is the world’s best restaurant because

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I paid £1200 to eat at Noma — and hated it - The Times
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