April 30, Born in We met through our common love of wine, and I very much looked forward to tasting the wines at dinner. Pin It Here we go again The "World's 50 Best Restaurants" has been announced, and there are some notable changes this year. My perennial 1 El Bulli has fallen to 2 after a few years at the top. There's always some controversy whenever any of these lists are published, and there was an uproar this year when no restaurant in France made it into the top Spain continues to dominate with 4 of the top 10, reaffirming the country as one of the most exciting food destinations.
I'm not sure if the voting system evolved further this year, but the number and choices of the Asian restaurants continue to baffle me. It also seems clear that they don't have enough people who really knows Japan on the panel You're not seriously telling me that Japan is less exciting as a foodie destination?! Anyway, the restaurants I've been to among the top are: 2. El Bulli 8. Daniel 9. Arzak Per Se Pierre Gagnaire L'Hotel de Ville - Philippe Rochat Le Bernardin Les Creations de Narisawa Iggy's L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - Paris The French Laundry Martin Berasategui La Maison Troisgros Nihonryori RyuGin Robuchon A Galera Lung King Heen Akelarre Bo Innovation Les Amis Amber Cepage by Les Amis.
April 29, Gambero rosso. No, I never get tired of this place, especially the pasta. Harlan's pastas are awesome. The set lunch didn't appeal, so I ended up just having a plate of pasta. The Namdaemun ajumma was having her comfort food - the tagliatelle with wild boar ragout.
I could have had that, but one of the specials caught my eye. Homemade spaghetti chitarra, Italian red prawns, garlic, snipped chives in baby shrimp sauce was something I just couldn't pass up. Any prawn pasta here is bound to be really good, and I wasn't disappointed. The pasta was soft but not mushy, with plenty of bite. I happily sucked whatever I could out of the heads, and what I got was heavenly. The prawns were tender and delicious. I didn't have any dessert or coffee, just had some water with my pasta.
An hour later, the flavors of the shrimp sauce still lingered in my mouth I say again April 25, The silent dinner. Pin It Tonight's the first official scoring MNSC of the year, with a newer format where all guesses are not silent and blind. Our host chose to go back to the French Window for this meal.
