Gourmands crown the best chef in the world, and we set off on a quest to discover the secrets of the culinary masters...
With India making the world notice (and appreciate) its various strengths, comparisons with the pioneers of the world have been inevitable. While the daily grind of reviews and comparisons our country goes through doesn’t draw my attention, it is the world lists of the likes of the ‘top 10’ and ‘top 50’ and ‘top 100’ that make me anxious. Perhaps this restlessness stems from the eagerness to learn about the distance covered on the fine line between ‘their’ suave and ‘our’ graceful manners. Well, to my relief, this year’s results of the prestigious list charted out in a glamorous culinary art event in London, ‘The S. Pellegrino’s World’s Best Restaurants’, bring us to number 54 from last year’s 70. It is the restaurant Wasabi of The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai that made us proud through its ‘vast range of delectable vegetarian dishes besides the seafood selection flown in fresh from around the world – exotic Kumamoto oysters, shrimp tempura and sashimi at the Sushi Bar.’
But there’s a 42-seats Danish restaurant, Noma in Copenhagen that has surprised the world by unexpectedly displacing the King of Gastronomy, Ferran Adria’s restaurant, elBulli (Roses, Spain) from the world No.1 position. It is the novelty of Noma’s chef, Rene Redzepi’s recipes and the nobleness of his ideology of creating an eco-friendly menu that must have led to the 100,000 email booking requests at the restaurant since grabbing the top slot in the last week of April ’10. Redzepi tries to cook with products that surround him and with extremely seasonal products. Noma’s chefs work with farmers, nature and wild products and try to bring something uniquely Nordic on the plate. Their style has greatly appealed to the gourmands who till last year couldn’t get over Ferran Adria’s unique experiments with food from all over the world.
With India making the world notice (and appreciate) its various strengths, comparisons with the pioneers of the world have been inevitable. While the daily grind of reviews and comparisons our country goes through doesn’t draw my attention, it is the world lists of the likes of the ‘top 10’ and ‘top 50’ and ‘top 100’ that make me anxious. Perhaps this restlessness stems from the eagerness to learn about the distance covered on the fine line between ‘their’ suave and ‘our’ graceful manners. Well, to my relief, this year’s results of the prestigious list charted out in a glamorous culinary art event in London, ‘The S. Pellegrino’s World’s Best Restaurants’, bring us to number 54 from last year’s 70. It is the restaurant Wasabi of The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai that made us proud through its ‘vast range of delectable vegetarian dishes besides the seafood selection flown in fresh from around the world – exotic Kumamoto oysters, shrimp tempura and sashimi at the Sushi Bar.’
But there’s a 42-seats Danish restaurant, Noma in Copenhagen that has surprised the world by unexpectedly displacing the King of Gastronomy, Ferran Adria’s restaurant, elBulli (Roses, Spain) from the world No.1 position. It is the novelty of Noma’s chef, Rene Redzepi’s recipes and the nobleness of his ideology of creating an eco-friendly menu that must have led to the 100,000 email booking requests at the restaurant since grabbing the top slot in the last week of April ’10. Redzepi tries to cook with products that surround him and with extremely seasonal products. Noma’s chefs work with farmers, nature and wild products and try to bring something uniquely Nordic on the plate. Their style has greatly appealed to the gourmands who till last year couldn’t get over Ferran Adria’s unique experiments with food from all over the world.
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