From the world’s best restaurant Geranium, lightly smoked lumpfish roe, with layers of milk, kale & apple.
Foodie travellers alert: Now we travel freely again, it’s a great time to go to Spain, Italy, Mexico, and Latin America. Asia and Australia, not so much.
Restaurants from those countries take out the lion’s share of the top 10 restaurants in the world on the prestigious 50 Best Restaurants list for 2022, announced on Tuesday morning New Zealand time.
The number one restaurant in the world is Geranium in Copenhagen, Denmark, which placed second last year behind its neighbour Noma (once a restaurant has placed first it becomes ineligible for further lists).
The judges – 1,080 international restaurant industry experts, with a 50/50 gender balance, from 27 separate regions around the world, each with its own panel of 40 voters – said: “Co-owners Rasmus Kofoed and Søren Ledet have never rested on their laurels, keeping it fresh and exciting for regulars and destination diners alike. In 2022 they reach the zenith of their careers.”
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Starting in 2022, Geranium is a meat-free restaurant, focusing solely on local seafood and vegetables from organic and biodynamic farms in Denmark and Scandinavia. Judges said of the new menu: “Each dish is an intricate work of art served on nature-inspired crockery.”
At number two is Central in Lima, Peru, which moved up from fourth on the 2021 list. Last year’s third placed restaurant, Asador Extebarri in Atxondo, Spain, has moved to sixth and is joined in the top 10 by two other Spanish restaurants, Disfrutar in Barcelona (third; fifth in 2021) and DiverXO in Madrid, which barrelled up the list to fourth place after coming in 20th in 2021.
There are two Italian restaurants in the top 10 – Lido 84 in Gardone Riviera, at eighth, and in 10th place Le Calandre in Rubano, which were placed respectively 15th and 26th in 2021.
The two Mexican restaurants in the top 10 are both in Mexico City: Pujol, in fifth place, and Quintonil, in 9th.
The remaining spot in the top 10 is A Casa do Porco in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
It was a poor showing for Asian restaurants this year. After taking out two of the top 10 spots in 2021, the highest placed restaurant in Asia was Tokyo’s Den, which moved to 20th after placing 11th last year. Odette in Singapore, which was eighth in 2021, came in 36th this year, while last year’s 10th-placed restaurant, Hong Kong’s The Chairman, is 24th.
There are no Australian restaurants in the top 50 but one was named among on the 50-100 list: Gimlet at Cavendish House in Melbourne, which debuted on the list at 84.
Attica, owned by New Zealander Ben Shewry, dropped off the list entirely after placing 97th in 2021. It peaked at 21 in 2013.
No New Zealand restaurant has ever made the top 100.
Of course, if you are planning on eating at any of the top-placed restaurants, you’ll need to save your pennies. The degustation menu at Geranium is NZ$460 a head without drinks, while the cheapest menu at Central will set you back $325.
If you’re popping across the ditch, however, and want to sample the top 100, Gimlet’s set menu is a much more reasonable $166 per head, and there is also an a la carte menu.
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