Located at the magnificent Éléphant Paname art and dance center, Goust (10 Rue Volney 75002 Paris; tel. +33 1 40 15 20 30 ) is the newest restaurant of “the world’s best sommelier” Enrico Bernardo. Spanish José Manuel Miguel is the head chef whose cooking is highly influenced by his Valencian origins.…

Images from HKK, the lastest Hakkasan group opening in London. Probably the best high-end Chinese food I’ve had since visiting Lung King Heen in Hong Kong few years ago… The restaurant offers tasting menus only. HKK (88 Worship St London, Greater London EC2A 2BE; tel. +44 20 3535 1888)

Nowhere in the world you can have such excellent beef as in Japan. Wagyu (which literally means “Japanese beef” ) can be so marbled and fatty that if you go for the highest grade beef you might feel as if you are eating foie gras or pure fat. (So my…

When someone asked Pierre Gagnaire what was the style of his cooking, he simply answered that he doesn’t have any style and that for him the most important is how his dishes taste and bringing joy to his guests. I think nowadays so many chefs are focusing on style (“Scandinavian”, “local”,…

This little “guide” is based on my dining experiences at some of the best sushi restaurants in Tokyo over the last 5 years. It might sound simplistic to Tokyoites, but hopefully useful for those who have never been to this fantastic city! One thing you should know before going to…

Below is the “Local Universe” tasting menu at Quique Dacosta in Denia, Spain (Carretera de las Marinas a Denia, Km 3 03700 Denia, Alicante, Spain; tel. +34 965 78 41 79). Some describe this 3 Michelin starred restaurant as “avant-garde”, but for me, it’s the least avant-garde dishes that are most…

You don’t need to feel as if you are dining at a temple is the motto of Zaiyu Hasegawa, the chef of a modern kaiseki restaurant called Den (2-2-32 Kandajinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; tel.03-3222-3978 ). His “counter” restaurant has 2 Michelin stars and ranks very high on the Japanese language site…

When Albert Adrià closed his legendary El Bulli ( where I had a chance to dine in 2010 ) everyone was guessing what he and his brother Ferran were going to do next. Their answer – a tapas bar called Tickets (Avinguda Parallel, 164 08015 Barcelona, Spain; tel.+34 932 92 42…

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…