The world’s best restaurant is Italian
It whipped the Noma of Copenahen and El Celler de Can Roca, winner of 2015, and won the title of World’s Best Restaurant 2016 in a huge ceremony held in New York. The winner is Osteria Francescana and its chef is the well-known Massimo Bottura, who enchanted the judges with its restaurant and its star dishes.
Osteria Francescana, with its 12 tables, is situated in the heart of Modena and its cuisine is a collision of ideas, cultures and technique, as Chef Bottura said. The dishes are characterized by colours, consistencies and a wide culinary research, that culminate in creations that nominate this jewel of Modena as the top of the top of the world’s restaurants.
Bottura founded the Osteria in 1995, in 2002 he obtained the first Michelin star, doubled in 2006 and in 2012 he gained the third star.
50 Best Restaurant nominated the World’s Best Restaurant
Osteria Francescana reached the top of 50 world’s best restaurants, after years when it nearly achieved the podium; in 2013 and 2014 it has reached the third place and in 2015 it achieved a second position after El Celler di Girona, that this year moved to the second position. In the top ten there are the Eleven Madison Park in New York, the Central in Lima, the Noma in Copenaghen and other star restaurants in Tokyo, Vienna and Spain.
On the list, other restaurants stand out, they are situated in Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Peru and Denmark, also the Italians perfectly defeated their reputation, placing also four Italian restaurants on the list: in addition to Bottura there are Piazza Duomo in Alba in the 17° position, 39° position for Le Calandre of the Alajimos in Padua and 46° position for the Combal Zero in Rivoli of the renowned chef Davide Scabin.
Osteria Francescana: the Menu of the World’s Best Restaurant
All these four restaurants have to be tried! If you are so lucky to be seated in one of the 12 tables of the Chef Bottura you can taste: sweet foie gras ambrosia served with red turnip, mixed berries and Modena balsamic vinegar aged for 45 years, Spaghetti alla chitarra with amberjack and grilled green tomatoes jelly and lobster with a double spumy sauce sour and sweet… are you curious?
