Enough

Noma, consistently regarded as the best restaurant in the world, is officially closing it’s doors in 2024 after 20 years.

I’m sad that I’ll probably never get to experience the original Noma. But the saddest part of the NYTimes article wasn’t the fact that Noma was closing. It was this:

After a series of pop-ups in Mexico, Australia and Japan brought Mr. Redzepi even more acclaim in the food world, he told us what he really wants is to go on vacation with his family.

My wife and I have been talking a lot about what “enough” means as we both plan our businesses and lives.

Redzepi doesn’t strike me as a man who got into the high fine dining for the money. Noma exist as an exercise in mastery. But the question of enough is still the same.

How many times does one need to be on the best restaurant list over a 20 year career before you can relax and enjoy it?