WORLD’S TOP TEN TRENDSETTING RESTAURANTS
The editors at Budget Travel magazine decided to list their picks for the top ten trendsetting eateries that have brought new food concepts global like New Nordic cuisine, the nose-to-tail experience and gastropub fare, according to Luxuo. On the list there are six restaurants from the US with others from Copenhagen, Paris and London. Somewhere Achatz is ranting on twitter… Momofuku Ssäm Bar, New York Chef: David Chang Food movement: Asian noodles momofuku.com Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark Chef: René Redzepi Food movement : “New Nordic” cuisine that uses earthy, foraged fare and emphasizes traditional cooking techniques like drying, smoking, pickling and curing under the umbrella of molecular gastronomyhttp://noma.dk/ Chez Panisse, Berkely, […]
IT’S A GOOD YEAR FOR SCARCE BUBBLES
First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne to go round this year. The good news: what there is could be outstanding. After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of champagne are bracing themselves for one of the smallest harvests in the last 20 years. But thanks to a hot and sunny August, all the signs are that the chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes that go into the king of sparkling wines will be packed full of flavour. “The vines suffered every possible disaster up to the middle of the summer,” admitted Champagne wine board (CIVC) spokesman Thibault Le […]