Cruise control or World class at Restaurant Maido?
2,5 years ago I had one of my best meals in my life at Maido. When returning 1 year later it could unfortunately not live up to it. Since then I have been curious which of the two I should genereally expect from Maido.
Being rated 7 in the ...
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Dinner at DiegoMunoz’s house – a free riders return to the kitchen
Diego Munoz was head chef at Astrid & Gaston when it peeked at number 14 in the World. At this point he was running a restaurant with more than 100 people. As with so many other chefs he decided to take a step back from everything. For him that ...
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A truly luxurious and complete evening at Eleven Madison Park
Everybody has restaurants that have special meaning for them. For me Eleven Madison Park is one of them even though I had previously only visited it once. So when I was going a week to New York with my wife and I had just gotten a new job celebrat...
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A new wave of creativity at Noma
20 dishes without any use of meat or seafood. That was the challenge that Rene and the rest of the crew at Noma gave them self. The hardest one so far according to Rene, which I think everybody can understand.
As the restaurant was all ...
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Japan, France and New Nordic combined at Restaurant Jordnær.
I love marriages between unlike elements and my dinner at Restaurant Jordnær would display some dishes that did just that.
The restaurant is located a bit north of Copenhagen in what some might call the suburbs in an old hotel without being a ...
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Delicious Venezuelan and Peruvian fusion at Merito
Another two Central alumnis decided to open their own restaurant this month is opening his own restaurant at restaurant Merito.
The idea with Merito is to unite the Peruvian and Venezuelan cusine in a casual and social restaurant, but with high ...
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Restaurant Statera brings french sauces to Lima
A small Maruviel bowl appeared at our table containing the most delicious sauce. It was the first time in 5 months that I had a sauce, not a salsa, not a stew or a chili but a classic french sauce. Something that I had missed for a while.
Andre ...
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Chilean tapas at Restaurant 040 in Santiago
A “popsicle” was presented, but the menu said sushi. I thought to myself they really are inspired by the molecular kitchen from Spain. Biting in to it I knew that I was in for a treat.
In the basement of a hotel in the ...
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Central: building for the future
The future, Mater Iniciativa and Pia. These 3 words sum up the reason for Central moving from their old location in Miraflores to Barranco.
The old Restaurant Central was located in a residential building in Miraflores with buildings ...
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