ElBulli, The Fat Duck, Noma, Mugaritz, El Celler de Can Roca. It's a menu that would have any food fan celebrating but how do the five best restaurants in the world stack up side by side? Masterchef critic Matt Preston hit the road across Europe to find out.
The initial plan was so simple. Reward myself for surviving my first season of MasterChef, and for signing off on the manuscript for Cravat-a-licious (a collection of my least worst writing from the last ten years), by popping around the world to eat at the five best restaurants on the planet as named by “Restaurant” magazine. This influential list is compiled from the votes of hundreds of leading foodies, critics and chefs each year. The 2009 list has three places in Spain, one in Denmark and one in London at the top making it a fun jaunt.
The idea, so robust in its conception, was that by seeing the world's top five in rapid succession I could reach some ringing conclusions about the nature of modern cuisine, which place really was “the best”,whether the list was totally bogus, and whether these gastro-temples were really worth the money.
Ah yes, money. First up can I advise you that losing all your credit cards the day before you set offon the world's most expensive dining trip is not recommended. Especially if it also means having to cancel all the cards your traveling partner holds as well. There is however a certain sense of abandon about getting on the plane with just a pocketful of coins and blind faith in the global banking system (that has not exactly bolstered confidence by its performance in the last 12 months). Somehow, surely, those new cards would find us in Europe so we could pay bills that could push $2000 a meal. The worry is that the first stop is likely to be the most expensive too.
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