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ARZAK Restaurant

No.8 Best Restaurant in the world for 2012

ARZAK Restaurant

Juan Mari Arzak and Elena Arzak Espina's plates look fantastic: striking, colourful and imaginative, yet for the most part unfussy.

Father and daughter, collaborate in a salmon-hued building with old school awnings that has been in the family for four generations, and started its life as a humble tavern back in 1897.

J' aime Paris

Alain Ducasse's Culinary Guide to Paris

J' aime Paris

If Woody Allen's latest film, Midnight in Paris, was a love letter to the City of Light, then Alain Ducasse's book with its unequivocal title is the consummation of a lifetime's love affair with the city considered to be the most beautiful in the world.

With his attractive book, J'aime Paris, published by Alain Ducasse edition, Ducasse shares some two hundred of his favourite addresses in the French capital, addresses which include grocery stores, butcher's shops, fishmongers, cheese specialists, wine bars, tea rooms (Mariage Freres, of course), as well as those traditional French "brasseries" full of charm which date back to the mid 19thcentury.

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

An elegant study of food as avant-garde art

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

From the inception of new recipes, through experimentation and creation, El Bulli: Cooking In Progress gives audiences the chance to experience the process behind the wide tapestry of cuisine developed each year at El Bulli by master chef Ferran Adria.

El Bulli has been called the best restaurant in the world and Ferran Adria, its creator, deemed a brilliant innovator, the father of molecular gastronomy, or sometimes just a crazy chef.

'Coup de Coeur' with Alain Devahive Tolosa

A breath of Spanish cuisine in 99% Moto Bar

'Coup de Coeur' with Alain Devahive Tolosa

If you (or not) are an owner of a magnificent Harley Davidson, and you're in Barcelona - Spain, now you're in luck.

In the district of "Les Corts", very close to the Stadium "Blaugrana", an enclave "biker" is striking for its cuisine. In it, you can find in front of the stove a "pearl" of Spanish gastronomy.

L' Astrance

The 'Non Menu' Restaurant

L' Astrance

Gastronomes here were taken aback when L' Astrance won three stars in the Michelin guide, because it did not meet the usual three-star requirements at all.

L'Astrance seats only 25 guests, there's no silverware, decor is minimal, the size of the kitchen is that of a Manhattan condo and there's not even a menu!

This year L' Astrance leveled up to the 11th position of the 50 World's Best Restaurants in St Pellegrino's list and here is its story...