Niman Ranch pig’s tail—braised to softness before being caramelized over a fire and served with lettuce cups, a platter of mint stems, and fish sauce—is a seamless dish of stunning integrity. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: macaroni au gratin, quiche, boudin noir. Rory Herrmann, executive chef at Bouchon gave us his recipe for buttermilk panna cotta with blood orange confit. Follow the link... Mehr erfahren.
His lamb’s tongue with beans and niçoise olives is a crunchy evocation of carnitas, while his farro salad is spared the vegetarian blahs by a dice of turnip and crushed pistachio. Mehr erfahren.
He grills the squid to a pearly transparency, reinterpreting fish and chips with lightly battered halibut cheeks.... Mehr erfahren.
Simply dressed kale chiffonade with pumpkin and burrata showcases his more restrained side, while the blowtorched dollops of maple foam crowning the chicken with waffle... Mehr erfahren.
Plates of sliced Benton’s country ham arrive heaped with warm corn bread and honey butter. Alligator schnitzel is topped with hearts of palm slaw that’s shot through with a Myers’s Rum sauce. Mehr erfahren.
The traditional fatoush salad—crisp pita chips among Little Gem leaves that are bathed in a lively sumac vinaigrette—places you on the Beirut corniche Mehr erfahren.
Choclo, or crunchy dried corn, is folded into fiery leche de tigre (citrus marinade), cubes of sweet potato, slivers of sea bass, and strands of seaweed for the city's definitive ceviche. Mehr erfahren.
The Mus-Have Dishes: Foie gras custard and sautéed foie gras with a rustic buckwheat crepe and contrast marbled hunks of wagyu with dabs of salt herring served in a spot-on sauce poivrade. Mehr erfahren.
The wild fennel minestra—freighted with greens and Calabrian chiles, a fried egg its sole protein—could be the breakfast of shepherds in Padre Padrone. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: sujuk, a spicy sausage, is exquisitely leveled out by the slow-cooked chickpeas of the hummus, with just a hint of olive oil peeking through. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: Meatier offerings such as a giant pork chop, a superjuicy chicken marsala Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: The menu changes frequently, but try the bacon-cheddar biscuits, softshell blue crab, Moroccan BBQ lamb belly, and Vietnamese caramel pork jowl. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: Wood-roasted chile stuffed with chorizo and dates, young chicken, squid ink pasta with chile, mint, opal basil, and bottarga. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: This menu changes so often, it’s hard to say. We loved the lamb neck dish with chickpea poutine, the kale-burrata salad, and the octopus. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: Shrimp toast, spot prawns, the chicken sandwich. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: Poached egg shakshouka, bone marrow, lamb belly. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: Thick-cut bread with lardo, pork meatballs, any pizza. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: Rendered Chinese sausage—almost toffeelike—whips around the char of seared savoy cabbage that’s been deglazed with fish sauce. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: abdoug, a traditional summer soup of yogurt dotted with raisins and mint. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: silky bowls of Middle East-conjuring hummus, yogurt cheese known as labneh, and the buttery rendering of crisp chicken Kiev. Mehr erfahren.
Rodarte on Display: The dresses, which are displayed thoughtfully in the museum’s Italian Renaissance gallery, are chalky but vibrant... Mehr erfahren.
...tender, thinly sliced veal tongue redolent of tea and cinnamon stick, as much a spice box as a perfect dish. Mehr erfahren.
A crackling pancake, made with a wheat dough that’s hand rolled behind the counter and wrapped around a pinch of braised pork and soft-cooked leeks, has the airiness of a great pupusa. Mehr erfahren.
Cured meat is a staple in western China, and the fry-up of belly bacon with green onions and blistered, brittle-skinned pepper pods is potent stuff, each flavor powerful and distinct. Mehr erfahren.
Phalanxes of steam carts roll out from the kitchen hauling potstickers laden with bamboo shoots, wrinkly siu mai chock full of succulent ground pork, and char siu bao. Mehr erfahren.
The Must-Have Dishes: Chiu chow dumplings, congee, Hong Kong-style Dungeness crab. Mehr erfahren.
The duck is brought out with its lacquered hide separated from the moist flesh (a bland soup is made with the carcass), which you wrap in a rice-flour pancake... Mehr erfahren.
Tahitian squash velouté? Balanced, vegetal, and lovely. Smoked tuna with caviar? Like sitting on the wrong side of a campfire. Sea bass, cooked perfectly, is elegant albeit a tad underseasoned. Mehr erfahren.
crunchy artisanal bread-inspired pizzas offered margherita style or with toppings such as pork belly sausage and braised greens. Branzino ceviche with fennel is a surprise... Mehr erfahren.