Suggestions of 5 of the best restaurants in the world to visit in November

We will present suggestions of some of the best restaurants in the world that can be great experiences to visit in November:

Le Bernardin – New York, USA

Le Bernardin offers several tasting menu options. The classic four-course menu is divided into three sections – Almost Raw, Barely Touched and Lightly Cooked – with dishes combining French and global influences, especially those from Asia. Think of the kampachi sashimi with Niçoise olives and a Greek-inspired salad; and grilled octopus with tomato sauce and red wine mole sauce.

Completely remodeled in 2011, the dining room is a comfortable and modern space, with waiters in Nehru-style jackets taking care of the wealthy clientele in the dining room with a white tablecloth.

Established in Paris almost 50 years ago by brother and sister Gilbert and Maguy Le Coze, Le Bernardin expanded to New York in 1986. New York chef Eric Ripert has been running the kitchen for more than 20 years, after the premature passing of Gilbert.

Alinea – Chicago, USA

The main ingredient infused in every meal at Alinea is not a mountain of caviar or a disk of foie gras. Since Alinea’s debut in 2005, chef and owner Grant Achatz has built a reputation for designing dishes full of emotion; eliciting playful nostalgia from his customers through sophisticated riffs of a peanut butter and jelly or pheasant sandwich served with steaming oak leaves that he calls Aromas of Fall

Alinea has remained at the forefront of modern creativity through edible vanilla beans, crayfish yuba, crystalline pumpkin pie and what has become Alinea’s most famous dish: an edible floating balloon filled with helium designed by a former executive chef Mike Bagale.

To celebrate Alinea’s 10th anniversary, Achatz closed its hugely successful restaurant for four months, giving the place a complete makeover. With the reopening of Alinea, in June 2017, the haute cuisine temple emerged with a clean and cheerful look, in addition to a new gastronomic experience: a glass kitchen table. With space for four to six people, The KT (The Kitchen Table) is where guests embark on an extensive personalized menu, usually with more than 22 dishes with interaction with the chefs.

Hiša Franko – Kobarid, Slovenia

Chef Ana Roš put Slovenia on the food map after being named the world’s best female chef in 2017 and starring in her own episode of the cult Netflix series, Chef’s Table

Roš was destined to be a diplomat, having completed her international diplomatic studies, before meeting her husband Valter Kramar and agreeing to take over her family’s restaurant with him. She taught herself to cook and now specializes in elaborate ravioli and dishes that focus on products produced just a few kilometers from Hiša Franko.

Roš and his team offer an eleven-course tasting menu based on seasonal products, which can start with the restaurant’s homemade spelled sour dough, pumpkin seed meringue with trout liver and local smoked cheese. The rest of the menu can include anything from the chef’s “no waste” salami broth – a recipe she learned from her father – Drežnica lamb and pulled crab or sole in her own pil pil.

A Casa do Porco – São Paulo, Brazil

The Pig House is a celebration of the pig in countless ways. On a farm in his hometown, São José do Rio Pardo, in the state of São Paulo, Jefferson Rueda raises pigs with a natural diet of whey and vegetables. After being slaughtered in his own slaughterhouse, the chef uses every part of the animal in inventive dishes, such as sushi with pork jowl and homemade blood sausage. The atmosphere is more fun than fine dining, with a main room adorned with miniature pigs, colorful decor and interesting artifacts from the chef’s travels.

Guests can go to the à la carte pork or even sandwiches to take to the fast-food showcase, but anyone waiting in line at this restaurant without reservation should order the O Porco É tasting (Pork is …). Includes pork tartar and crispy toasted pancetta with guava jam, as well as the main dish Porco San Zé and a version of his wife Janaina’s stew of feijoada.

Starting as a butcher, Rueda stood out at the Italian restaurant Pomodoro, in São Paulo, before moving on to Attimo, which entered the list of the 50 best restaurants in Latin America in 32nd position in 2013. He gained international experience at El Celler de Can Roca in Girona and opened A Casa do Porco in 2015.

Restaurant Tim Raue – Berlin, Germany

Located in a two-story building in an old-fashioned neighborhood in the German capital, close to the working-class neighborhood where Tim Raue grew up, the chef serves a fusion of flavors inspired by Japan, Thailand and China. Raue fell in love with elements of Asian cuisine when he traveled as a young man and brought them back to Berlin, where his namesake restaurant opened in 2010. The dining room is overseen by business partner Marie-Anne Raue, who specializes in relaxed but sophisticated. hospitality benchmark.

Raue’s classics include the chef’s interpretation of the Peking Duck, as well as piqueperch with kamebish soy and leeks. The current menu includes Sichuan royale hare, wasabi crab and Ikarimi salmon with tomato, star anise and Thai green pepper. Diners can choose between a la carte or two options from the tasting menu.

Always ahead of the curve, Raue has long advocated dishes that release energy for the body instead of stressing it out, so there are no supplements like bread, pasta or rice. Refined sugar, dairy products and gluten are also absent.

Article Written by Luís Leão