Who has heard of cronut? Or, more correctly, who hasn’t heard of it? Since NY pastry chef Dominique Ansel invented this croissant and doughnut hybrid last May, it has become the most talked and copied pastry around the world. As Dominique Ansel’s website states, cronut is “the most virally talked…

Usually, I am quite sceptical about celebrity chefs’ restaurants. Famous chefs are never in their kitchens and you end up paying a premium just for the name, but at least from my experience, Mario Batali might be an exception. I really enjoyed his Los Angeles Pizzeria Mozza and the Italian…

Almost 40 years old Kurumazushi is without doubt one of the finest traditional sushi-yas in New York. The owner and master chef, Uezu san pays particular attention to the quality of the fish, part of which is brought from Japan by air. The nigiris are small, jewel-like and the fish…

Loved Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria (53 Great Jones St , Manhattan, NY 10012; tel. (212) 837-2622 ) Acme ( 9 Great Jones St , Manhattan, NY 10012; tel. (212) 203-2121) Ippudo ( 65 4th Ave , Manhattan, NY 10003; tel. (212) 388-0088) TheNoMad ( 1170 Broadway, Manhattan, NY 10001; tel.…

If I had to pick only one restaurant from my trip to New York it would be Acme. Mads Refslund (the chef) is one of the original founders of Noma and his cooking is creative in a delicious way.

Those Zagat inspectors who have rated Sasabunesushi 29 out of 30, putting it on the same level as Per Se and Le Bernardin, probably have never been to other great sushi-as in Manhattan (or… Japan). I don’t mind the scruffy environment and casual service and I think it’s totally normal…

The NoMad – another great address by Eleven Madison Park’s Daniel Humm and his team where you can have such classics as taglietelle with king crab, meyer lemon and black pepper or whole roasted chicken with foie gras, truffle brioche in the vibrant environment of The NoMad hotel.

Lunch at 3* stars Eleven Madison Park was the highlight of my trip to New York. Swiss born Daniel Humm pays a homage to American terroir and cooking traditions without trying too hard or being too conceptual. But this doesn’t mean that the meal wasn’t intellectually entertaining. I didn’t even…

Here is the full tasting menu from my recent dinner at 2 * Michelin starred Atera in New York ( 77 Worth St New York, NY 10013, tel. +1 212-226-1444 ). I did enjoy the dinner even if some of the savoury dishes were more cerebral and conceptual than delicious. (Which…

3 Michelin stars Per Se in NY is a distant temple of high-end gastronomy no more where you are obliged to book weeks in advance and once in place, have the lengthy tasting menu. Since already a while I think, it’s possible to walk in and have some of the…