Every year, the culinary world gets excited for the best restaurants list. We take into account the newcomers which made a statement, the familiar names and whether they maintained their previous position or took it a notch higher. While the reviews come in left and right and the hype makes them part of some people’s tourist itineraries, we wonder: what is the one stand-out dish to get if you were to score a seat in these often fully-booked places?
The assumption that all dishes are good in a restaurant hailed as one of the best is valid. However, we picked out particular items on the menu that are worth the struggle to get a reservation for, that stand out because of the experience, and are photo-worthy.
We present the top-class menus from the best restaurants in the world.
The name aptly describes how the dish looks, which reminds us of a piece of abstract art. It’s a lemon tart that seemed to have been hastily put back together on a plate with a broken pattern. The taste, according to The Guardian, is “superb.”
An appetizer served with Peru’s favorite cocktail, the pisco sour, Lines of Scallops are fresh from the bay served with a variety of Peru’s favorite ingredients. They are “dappled with a sunny sauce of lime juice and pureed cocona (a citrus billed as the Amazon tomato) and moves upward with thin stripes. One line is whipped scallop roe, another is minced yellow chilies and cocona, a third finds a pink rope of scallop tartare, a fourth band is red with raw tuna. Little blocks of glazed sweet potatoes stand off to the side,” according to The Washington Post.
#5 Oyster with tapioca, shallot cream and pear at Mirazur, France
The dish looks like a vignette with purple flowers surrounding the fresh oyster. The World’s 50 Best calls the dish a modern classic as the tapioca pearls complement the softness of the oyster and the pear elevates the fresh, clean taste of the dish.