Guinness records that deal with food are commonplace, after all there are no shortage of competitions of devouring sausages/mayonnaise/cow's brains in as little time as possible.
For that matter, the records in the three categories we mentioned currently stand at 74 hot dogs in less than 10 minutes, a gallon (3.78 liters) of mayonnaise in 8 minutes and eating 57 cow brains in 15 minutes.
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But what about, for example, a slightly more gourmet culinary record, like eating at as many Michelin restaurants as possible in less than 24 hours?
This is where Eric Finkelstein from New York comes into the picture, a passionate 34-year-old foodie who has set himself the goal of breaking exactly this refined record.
Eric enjoyed salads, steak tartare and caviar on his 18 restaurant journey!
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Indeed, it was reported by the Guinness people last week, Finkelstein ate his way through no less than 18 New York Michelin restaurants in one day, and gained worldwide fame (at least until his record was broken).
The previous record, by the way, was 12 "only" restaurants.
According to Finkelstein, it all started after he joined a group of culinary enthusiasts on the Discord community app, where he first read about the (previous) record - and decided to break it.
"This record combined some of the things I love the most: food, working according to an orderly list and doing nonsense," he explained.
Indeed, Finkelstein, a former professional table tennis player, already holds two other Guinness World Records: the longest ping pong serve (15.57 meters) and the largest ping pong ball mosaic (29.12 square meters).
And back to the food.
Finkelstein first contacted 80 Michelin restaurants in the New York area, and asked them to cooperate with the challenge he set for himself.
Only 10 of them answered him in the affirmative, and as if that wasn't enough - four of the ten lost their coveted star after the publication of the 2022 guide, only 20 days before the date of the record breaking attempt.
Fortunately for Finkelstein, after several frantic phone calls and urgent emails he sent, he was able to get places in several other restaurants with Michelin stars that expressed their willingness to assist him in the mission, which took place last October 26 and was hailed as a delicious and dizzying success.
He did not visit his Michelin restaurant.
Assaf Granit (archive), photo: Tami Bar Shai
what is on the menu?
Were you curious to know exactly what and where Finkelstein ate on that day full of Michelin restaurants?
Here's a partial list: grilled avocado salad at Le Pavillon restaurant;
caviar with bellini (blinches) and crème fraîche in Caviar Russe;
beef tartare on brioche at Oiji Mi;
a bowl of brusnica (lingonberry) in Aquavit;
Fillet steak with scallion and carrot salad at Cote;
Portuguese-style yellowfin tuna at Le Coucou;
cold fried chicken pulke at Momofuku Ko;
And smoked trout alongside abalone and maple at the Vestry.
After setting the record, the happy (and satisfied) winner revealed the three dishes that made them laugh the most during the crazy journey.
He singled out the fish crudo with pickled cucumbers and calamondin at Casa Mono;
the duck mortadella on brioche with pistachio mustard at Francie;
and the brioche with canned trout, salmon caviar and miso yolk in Red Paper Clip.
He crowned these dishes as the best of the 18 he ate, and established a three-way tie between them.
It will be clarified that Finkelstein paid for all the dishes himself (about $500 in total, not including taxes and tips), and moved from restaurant to restaurant on foot or by public transportation only, without using taxis or even bicycles.
Thus, perfect timing and careful planning were just as important as the capacity (and endurance) of his stomach, which digested approximately 5,000 calories in just 11 hours.
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