Chef Seiji Yamamoto is fond of dragons. The walls of his restaurant and the 400-year old presentation plates are all adorned with these mythical creatures. Even the restaurant’s name, ryugin, means “singing dragon”, while Nihonryori translates as “Japanese cuisine”. Three Michelin star Nihonryori RyuGin (7-17-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo; tel.03-3423-8006) specializes in…

Nobody knows Copenhagen restaurants as well as my dear friend and blogger extraordinaire Trine Lai. She was one of the first bloggers in the world to report on Noma, where she’s been for 26 times. Her excellent and comprehensive Copenhagen restaurants recommendations list can be found here. Restaurants you could…

I doubt that Mr. Ducasse was in the kitchen and cooked this perfection, but whoever is the head chef at Louis XV by Alain Ducasse in Monte Carlo, I must say, he or she is very gifted. What I like about this particular style of cooking that it is so…

2 Michelin starred Passage 53 in Paris (53 Passage des Panoramas75002 Paris; tel. +33 1 42 33 04 35) is a living example of what happens when Japanese perfectionism and minimalism is married with the opulence of the French haute cuisine. Despite the restaurant’s tiny size, the cooking is irreproachable…

I didn’t really know what to expect from Adrià’s brothers 41 degrees experience, adjacent to Tickets tapas restaurant in Barcelona and already one of the toughest reservations in the world. (Avinguda Paral·lel, 16408015 Barcelona,Spain; tel.+34 932 92 42 53) All I had read that it was a bar where cocktails…

The very best sushi experiences in Tokyo are rarely less than ¥ 15 000 – ¥ 20 000 per person, so I was very curious to visit 2 Michelin starred Kimura sushi(3-21-8 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; tel.03-3707-6355) where dinner costs from ¥8,400 to ¥ 12,600, while lunch “only” ¥5,250 for an omakase.…

This is what you will have a chance to enjoy if you book the right table at 2 Michelin starred Chèvre d’Or restaurant in Eze village… (Rue du Barri 06260 Eze Village, France; tel. +33 4 92 10 66 66) And I must say, the cooking there is some of the…

The updated list of 50 best restaurants in Tokyo according to Tabelog users. Like in the case of the best sushi restaurants in Tokyo, many changes have occurred since I first compiled the list. 1. Kyo Aji (kaiseki) http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1301/A130103/13002887/2. Den (modern kaiseki,2*) http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1310/A131003/13046855/http://gm.gnavi.co.jp/shop/0120130141/3. Quintessence (modern French/kaiseki,3*) http://tabelog.com/tokyo/0/0/lst/COND-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0/D-rt/ http://quintessence.jp/4. Les Saisons…

The relatively new Ferran and Albert Adrià’s restaurant 41 degrees experience is very similar to El Bulli, just without the “world’s best restaurant” title and with a radically different ambiance. Over 40 superb bites that made me travel around the world. Here, in this image is a sweet corn ravioli…

I asked my friend Margarita, who is a fashion model, a humanitarian and spends her summers in Ibiza, to share some of her favourite places there. Here is what she has to recommend… The Sunset Ashram (Cala Conta, S/N 07829,Sant Agustí Des Vedra,Ibiza;tel. +34 (0) 661 347 222) is the top “must…