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If it’s wow factor you’re after, look no further than Aqua Shard, on level 31 of the U.K.’s tallest building. The food has to work a bit harder than at the average restaurant to grab your attention but does so with its attractively executed, classical British cuisine. Venison with parsnip and blackberry jus is a modern classic, so too Cornish Read more...
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Mario Payán runs what is considered the most authentic Japanese restaurant in Madrid. Working behind a custom-made 12-seat sushi bar fashioned from a huge marble slab allows Payán to have a direct dialogue with his guests. There is no menu: only the surprise nigiris that the chef places in front of you. Typically, your omakase will include between 15 and Read more...
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This restaurant from award-winning chef Jordi Cruz and his ABaC group has become a darling of the Spanish food media. Located in the heart of Barcelona, in the sophisticated and avant-garde Hotel Cram, Alberto Durá and his team offer a tasting menu that combines updated versions of Catalan dishes employing high-quality ingredients with a touch of modern culinary technique, and Read more...
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In the center of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Daniel Ochoa and Luis Moreno present a traditional kitchen with notes of creativity. Their signature is using artisanal and indigenous products from the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range, which is 50 miles north of Madrid. They do not have a printed menu, just a tasting menu that changes every week, subject Read more...
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In an establishment that is much less well known than El Cellar de Can Roca, its famous neighbor in Girona, Pere Massana has been behind the stoves of this emblematic family business for 35 years. The cuisine features the best of the Catalan coast as well as the rugged interior, which produces mushrooms, pork and game. Massana’s cooking is at Read more...
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Adam and Natasha Stokes’ central Birmingham restaurant started out in a former sandwich shop in 2013 before moving to its new, more chichi home – complete with chef’s table – in 2016. Stokes, formerly of Hambleton Hall and Glenapp Castle, combines fine-dining traditions with flashes of creativity. Who’s to say wagyu brisket and chimichurri or gâteau opéra can’t follow wild Read more...
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One of the new breed of bucolic getaways, Coombeshead Farm is a working farm, guesthouse, restaurant and bakery set in east Cornwall. It’s the co-creation of Pitt Cue ex- chef and mangalitza pig whisperer Tom Adams and New York chef April Bloomfield. Dinner is a five-course set menu, opening with snacks at 7:00 p.m. Talk about farm to table: Everything Read more...





