World's Top Ten

Interesting Huh? Incase you’re wondering what it is, it’s a dish from the restaurant just voted the word’s best by Britain’s ‘Restaurant’ magazine for the second consecutive year. ‘El Bulli’ that holy grail of restaurants located in Roses on the Catalonian Coast and created by the man that has perfected the art of deconstructing food to challenge the mind and pleasure the palate ‘Ferran Adria’. In fact Spain continues to remain a hotspot for culinary brilliance with 3 of its restaurants making the world’s best top ten. ‘Mugaritz’ in San Sebastian took the number 7 spot for gastronomic wizard ‘Adoni Aduriz’ a protegee of Ferran Adria and hailed as the “foie gras king”. Another San Sebastian restaurant ‘Arzak’ made it in at number 10 for renowned chef Juan Mari Arzak. 22 panels of writers, critics and chefs from some 75 countries were responsible for the enviable task of judging the worlds best 100 restaurants. (I’d love to know the criteria for making the panel) No real surprises in the top ten, although not a single London restaurant made it. (That must-a hurt) :

1 El Bulli Spain
2 The Fat Duck England
3 Pierre Gagnaire France
4 The French Laundry United States
5 Tetsuya's Sydney
6 Bras France
7 Mugaritz Spain
8 Le Louis XV Monaco
9 Per Se United States
10 Arzak Spain

By the way the dish in the picture is a delicious snack from El Bulli ‘Deep Fried Rabbit Ears with Aromatic Herbs’. Not my cup of tea, but I’d definitely try them if I had the chance - I hear some people find them earrisistable.