The World’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2006, organized by the Restaurant Magazine, was announced in a ceremony at London’s Science Museum, and published yesterday in the Restaurant Magazine. The Penfolds World’s Best Restaurant, Best in Europe went to Restaurante El Bulli, Spain, El Bulli had been holding this title since the first publication of this award in 2002. As per reports, the repute of this restaurant cannot be estimated, the very fact that this restaurant is booked by the diners three months in advance to taste the food made by 43-year-old chef Ferran Adria’s Michelin tells one half of the story and the rest half lies in the secret behind barnacles with tea foam and grilled vegetables with charcoal oil.
If we compare the list of the top five restaurants in 2006 with that of the list in 2006 we find that there is not the swapping is not much. The top 50 restaurants are as follows:
1 El Bulli, Spain – The Penfold’s World’s Best Restaurant, Best in Europe
2 The Fat Duck, United Kingdom
3 Pierre Gagnaire, France – Chef’s Choice
4 French Laundry, US – Best Restaurant in the Americas
5 Tetsuya, Australia – Best Restaurant in Australasia
6 Bras, France
7 Restaurant Le Louis XV, Monaco
8 Per Se, US
9 Restaurante Arzak, Spain
10 Mugaritz, Spain – Highest New Entrant
11 Can Fabes, Spain
12 Nobu, UK
13 Gambero Rosso, Italy – Highest Climber
14 Gordon Ramsay (Royal Hospital Road), UK
15 Restaurant Alain Ducasse, France
16 Jean Georges, US
17 Le Cinq, France
18 Daniel, US
19 Oud Sluis, The Netherlands
20 Chez Panisse, US
21 El Celler de Can Roca, Spain
22 L’Astrance, France
23 Hof van Cleve, Belgium
24 La Maison Troisgros, France
25 L’Atelier, France
26 Charlie Trotter’s, US
27 Le Gavroche, UK – Outstanding Value
28 La Colombe, South Africa – Best Restaurant in the Middle East and Africa
29 Enoteca Pinchiorri, Italy
30 Rockpool, Australia
31 Le Calandre, Italy
32 Le Bernardin, US
33 Noma, Denmark
34 Restaurant Dieter Muller, Germany
35 St John, UK
36 Hakkasan, UK
37 Martin Berasategui, Spain
38 Le Quartier Francais, South Africa
39 Chez Dominique, Finland
40 L’Ambroisie, France
41 Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany
42 Dal Pescatore, Italy
43 Bocuse, France
44 L’Arpege, France
45 Gramercy Tavern, US
46 Bukhara, India
47 De Karmeliet, Belgium
48 Oaxen, Sweden
49 Comme Chez Soi, Belgium
50 DOM, Brazil
