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The World Emerging eateries: the top 50 April 29, 2013 9:55 pm by Barney Thompson
Natalie Whittle, of FT Weekend, reports that a gastronomic boom in emerging economies has propelled restaurants from Peru, Brazil and Mexico up the rankings in a prestigious annual list of the best places to eat in the world. The highest riser in the latest S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, compiled by Restaurant magazine, is Astrid y Gaston from In at number one: Joan Roca of El Celler de Can Lima, which jumped 21 paces to number 14. And Roca (Getty) if you’d never thought of Lima as a gastroparadise, think on this: it now has the same number of eateries on the list as London. As for top spot, Copenhagen’s Noma, which has been at number one for three years running, was finally knocked off its perch by the Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca, self-styled purveyor of “emotional cuisine” run by the Roca brothers. Since many of The World’s readers are the jet-setting type – and, dare we say it, the type that likes to chalk off another long lunch at the planet’s finest restaurants – we supply the top 50 below. Bon appétit… 1 El Celler de Can Roca – Girona, Spain 2 Noma – Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Osteria Francescana – Modena, Italy 4 Mugaritz – San Sebastián, Spain 5 Eleven Madison Park – New York, US 6 D.O.M. – São Paulo, Brazil 7 Dinner by Heston Blumenthal – London, UK 8 Arzak – San Sebastián, Spain
9 Steirereck – Vienna, Austria 10 Vendôme – Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 11 Per Se – New York, US 12 Frantzén/Lindeberg – Stockholm, Sweden 13 The Ledbury – London, UK 14 Astrid y Gastón – Lima, Peru 15 Alinea – Chicago, US 16 L’Arpège – Paris, France 17 Pujol – Mexico City, Mexico 18 Le Chateaubriand – Paris, France 19 Le Bernardin – New York, US 20 Narisawa – Tokyo, Japan 21 Attica – Melbourne, Australia 22 Nihonryori RyuGin – Tokyo, Japan 23 L’Astrance – Paris, France 24 L’Atelier Saint-Germain de Joël Robuchon – Paris, France 25 Hof Van Cleve – Kruishoutem, Belgium 26 Quique Dacosta – Dénia, Spain 27 Le Calandre – Rubano, Italy 28 Mirazur – Menton, France 29 Daniel – New York, US 30 Aqua – Wolfsburg, Germany 31 Biko – Mexico City, Mexico 32 Nahm – Bangkok, Thailand 33 The Fat Duck – Bray, UK 34 Fäviken – Järpen, Sweden 35 Oud Sluis – Sluis, Netherlands
36 Amber – Hong Kong, China 37 Vila Joya – Albufeira, Portugal 38 Restaurant Andre – Singapore 39 8 1/2 Otto E Mezzo Bombana – Hong Kong, China 40 Combal.Zero – Rivoli, Italy 41 Piazza Duomo – Alba, Italy 42 Schloss Schauenstein – Fürstenau, Switzerland 43 Mr & Mrs Bund – Shanghai, China 44 Asador Etxebarri – Atxondo, Spain 45 Geranium – Copenhagen, Denmark 46 Mani – São Paulo, Brazil 47 The French Laundry – Yountville, US 48 Quay – Sydney, Australia 49 Septime – Paris, France 50 Central – Lima, Peru Read Natalie Whittle’s article: Emerging economies move up world’s best restaurant rankings – FT.com Tags: 50 best restaurants, Astrid y Gaston, eating out, El Celler de Can Roca, food, Noma Posted in Foreign affairs | Permalink