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As a foretaste, or warning, of what the Third Millennium holds for hu- mankind, Planet Hollywood is a one-time experience everyone should endure. Unwary diners climb stairs into a huge room, aglitter with flashing lights, awash with the incessant boom of Top 40 record- ings and ablossom with plastic palm trees. Amidst the din, you shout an order for hamburgers, fries or other specialties of the house; and, while waiting to be served, you wander around the dining area to see the wondrous movie-based artifacts on display. Enshrined in glass cases are METRO DETROIT ISRAEL EXPERT DISCOUNTED AIRLINE TICKETS DETROIT TO TEL AVIV TYPE OF CAR OR SIMILAR V isitors to the modern Jew- ish state in its fifth decade no longer need to ponder the old question: "Where shall we eat tonight?" The limited choice of restau- rants in the early years of aus- terity and gastronomic innocence have long since given way to the selection of 300 top restaurants described in the recently pub- lished 1996 Gault-Millau Israel Guide. It is a recognition of the presently high state of gastrono- my in Israel that Gault-Millau, a panel of food experts who have pioneered in promoting la nou- velle cuisine in France, have now undertaken to survey the Israeli cuisine scene with the same mea- sure of professionalism, impar- tiality and expertise. ISRAEL Wonderful Scandinavia Beautiful Paris, Switzerland, & Italy The Grand Tour of London, Paris, Amsterdam Historic Eastern Europe Discovering the British Isles The Splendors of Spain, Portugal, & Gibraltar Heart of the Canadian Rockies TOLL FREE 1-800-327-3191 Dining In Style While In Israel Your United Way Contribution Has Made Lots Of Homeless People Feel Warm All Over. United ways Eateries in Israel run from burger places to haute cuisine. What follows are, in essence, their comments on major restau- rants in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the country's largest cities; their remarks are fused with the ob- servations of several American gourmet gurus who also follow developments with discerning eyes and sensitive palates. As one critic, disclaiming ob- jectivity, told me: "These are not- unbiased recommendations; they're highly personal, some- times flippant, always heartfelt. They are not made by, or on be- half of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. And we think they're unfailingly accurate." The quality of restaurants in Tel Aviv, where we start our tour, runs, within a few blocks, from the deplorable to the dependable to the divine, with a much greater emphasis on the latter. "Deplorable" is, indeed, the best word to describe that grow- ing, world-wide phenomenon which has now encroached on a such treasures as a more-than- life-size statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger (one of the founders of Planet Hollywood) dressed in the bloodied armor he donned as the Terminator. An- other case holds the genuine striped boxing shorts which Sylvester Stallone (another founding father) actually wore as Rocky. A third — the Holy of Holies — displays the original and authentic Tablets of the Law, the Ten Commandments, which Charlton Heston brought down from a mock-up of Mt. Sinai to the waiting throng of Central Casting Israelites. As our tour guide, not in the least embarrassed, explained to us as we bit into our burgers: "Is- rael has something for everybody. And if you're not a teen-ager, that's your problem!" And "dependable" is the reas- suring thought for those teen- agers who can't afford the high-priced hamburgers at the