Enjoy Buddhist Vegetarian Cuisine With Sake and Wine Pairing at Sougo in Tokyo
We’re fresh off a winter trip to Tokyo but we’re already looking forward to our next visit in the spring, this time to the Kansai …
Award-winning Food
Articles on award-winning restaurants and street food stalls. Most are cited by the Michelin Guide and/or included in the World’s 50 Best lists.
Alfonsina Restaurant: Destination Dining in Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxaca City is home to many excellent restaurants serving elevated Mexican cuisine. Some of the most popular include Casa Oaxaca, Los Danzantes, Restaurante Catedral, and …
Crudo, Oaxaca: Experience Mexican-Japanese Omakase in Oaxaca, Mexico
If you’ve seen Netflix’s Street Food series, then you’ll know that the food in Oaxaca is some of the tastiest and most celebrated in Mexico. …
Balai Palma: Is This the Best Tasting Menu in Manila, Philippines?
We couldn’t get reservations at one of our favorite fine dining restaurants in Manila – Toyo Eatery – so a well-traveled gastronome friend suggested something …
Colombia’s Biodiversity in Eight Courses at Restaurante Leo in Bogotá
I love food that tells a story. At highly-acclaimed Restaurante Leo in Bogotá, Colombia, the story is about Colombia’s biodiversity. Colombia is consistently ranked among …
Dos Pebrots: Not Your Everyday Tapas Bar in Barcelona, Spain
Dos Pebrots is the second restaurant of Chef Albert Raurich, former head chef at Ferran and Albert Adria’s mythical El Bulli. Located in Barcelona’s Raval neighborhood, the restaurant offers an interesting menu of tapas inspired by historic Mediterranean dishes.
La Tasqueria de Javi Estevez: A Michelin-Starred Offal Restaurant in Madrid, Spain
Opened in 2015, La Tasqueria de Javi Estevez features offal as the star ingredient. Chef Estevez hopes to reignite the people’s passion for offal by presenting it in an elegant, fun, and more modern way.
Stand25 Bisztró: Refined Traditional Hungarian Fare at Hold Street Market in Budapest, Hungary
Stand25 Bisztró is helmed by Chefs Szulló Szabina and Tamás Széll, the latter a winner of the Bocuse d’Or European Chef Championship in 2016. The restaurant earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand award within a year of opening.
Locavore: Creating Modern Cuisine with Local Produce in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Locavore is a modern European-Indonesian restaurant located in Ubud, Bali. As its name suggests, they’re all about using local products. About 95% of their ingredients are sourced from within the country, from the Balinese Kintamani coffee and hand-crafted sea salt to the pickled seaweed from Lombok to the beef short ribs from Malang, Java.
Toyo Eatery: The Most Inventive Filipino Restaurant in Manila?
Nationalistic in his cooking approach, Chef Navarra is known for his playful and inventive takes on classic Filipino dishes like lugaw (rice porridge), relyenong pusit (stuffed squid), and pork bbq. His presentation may be contemporary but the dishes themselves – and ingredients used – are staunchly Filipino.