PARIS Kei

We picked Kei, a three-Michelin star restaurant, for our fine dining experience on this trip. Kei serves Japanese-French fusion, and offers three tasting menus at three price points. Its location was conveniently a block away from our apartment, making it a perfect pick.

We prepared to make reservations about 2 months ahead of time, as soon as the reservations opened. The dress code was casual chic, so we packed a nice outfit for the occasion.

Kei Paris

RECOMMENDATIONS: Highly recommended. The service was top notched, as we have experienced at other three-Michelin star restaurants. The food was excellent, and in Thanh's opinion, was the best of the three-Michelin star restaurants she has been to. The portion was just perfect, not too small, so that the enjoyment lasted more than the initial taste. The lobster tail and wagyu steak were a solid surf and turf anchor to the creative dishes coming before and after them. It was great to be able to compare the preparation of lobster and steak at a fine dining to what we had at other restaurants.

Our other three-Michelin star restaurants:

Little Inn of Washington (Virginia) -- our first three-Michelin star restaurant

Geranium (Copenhagen) -- won Best Restaurant of the World in 2023; Phil's top pick of the three-Michelin star restaurants; very fancy 23-course meal; very delicious but the portion was bite-size, making you miss what you just ate; the fanciest and best presented meal we had, and the non-alcoholic drink pairing elevated the meal, with fancy fruit and vegetable drinks

Eleven Madison Park (NYC) -- serving vegan food at the time we went; excellent non-alcoholic drink pairing that was grape-based and made to taste like wine

Robert/Tiff and Ricci/Amy have been to the French Laundry (San Francisco)