Osteria Francescana (Modena, Italy): The restaurant was ranked as the best restaurant of 2016 by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants organization. This year, Osteria Francescana retained its status as one of the world’s top restaurants. The Modena eatery boasts a perfect mix of traditional and innovative dishes crafted by Chef Massimo Bottura. Among their standout dishes include Foie gras flambe, Slow-poached turbot, and Risotto cacio e pepe.
El Celler de Can Roca (Girona, Spain): The restaurant is helmed by the Roca brothers: Joan, Jordi, and Josep. The eatery has been recognized as one of the world’s best restaurants since 2009 by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. This year the restaurant retained its three Michelin-star rating. Their menu features classic Catalan dishes such as roasted pigeon, sea urchin, and prawn with coriander cream.
Eleven Madison Park (New York, USA): This year, the restaurant was named the world’s best restaurant by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants organization. It’s the first time that a US restaurant has achieved the coveted title in fourteen years. The three Michelin-starred restaurant not only offers an incredible cuisine but also spectacular views of Madison Square Park. Chef Daniel Humm serves a range of dishes from uni bisque to celery root cooked in a pig’s bladder.
Mirazur (Menton, France): This French restaurant is located at the top of a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Argentinian chef Mauro Colagreco’s restaurant serves dishes inspired by the sea’s bounty mixed with aromatic herbs and vegetables grown in the restaurant’s garden. Among their top dishes is their locally-inspired mackerel cured in a salt crust.
Blue Hill at Stone Barns (New York, USA): Located in North Tarrytown, New York, this restaurant is a farm-to-table eatery where the ingredients in the dishes are fresh from the surrounding farmland. Head chef Dan Barber creates dishes using produce grown on their own farm or sourced from neighboring farms. Diners can expect dishes like the farm egg with kale porridge and oscietra caviar.
Attica (Melbourne, Australia): This restaurant has been the reigning best restaurant in Australia for the past six years. Head chef Ben Shewry creates dishes using Indigenous Australian ingredients, combined with a range of international produce. Their signature dishes include salted red kangaroo with bunya bunya and a potato cooked in the earth it was grown.
Gaggan (Bangkok, Thailand): Indian Gaggan Anand’s Bangkok-based restaurant is a cutting-edge and experimental eatery where creativity knows no bounds. The restaurant serves “progressive Indian cuisine,” which combines traditional Indian spices and flavors in innovative ways. Their signature dish is the 22-course modern Indian cuisine, offering an array of exotic flavors such as coconut foam curry and chicken tikka masala.
These seven restaurants have made 2017 a year to remember in the culinary world. Their exquisite dishes, innovative cooking methods, and top-notch services have made them some of the most sought-after restaurants in the world. Dining at one of these restaurants is an experience not to be missed for the food connoisseurs.