22 April 2008

2008 World's 50 Best Restaurants

The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants for 2008 has been announced. The top five are:

1 El Bulli (Spain) and World's Best Restaurant and Best in Europe
2 The Fat Duck (UK) and Chefs Choice
3 Pierre Gagnaire (France)
4 Mugaritz (Spain) and Chefs Choice
5 The French Laundry (USA) and Best Restaurant in Americas

slipping from 5th to 9th spot was Tetsuya's

9 Tetsuya's (Austraila) and Best Restaurant in Australa


Tetsuya Wakuda 2003 (photo by Quentin Jones)

The other Australian restaurant in the top 50 had slipped from 33
49 Rockpool

There was also one other Australian restaurant in the top 100
76 Vue de Monde (down from 71)

It seems such a long time now since I had dinner (once) at Tetsuya's. Expensive but worth every cent.

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Tuesday. It is still going to be a long week.

1 comment:

Bogdan, the editor said...

Hm. Maybe I can get to the French Laundry. It's not far...

Bet they have primo catnip