IanT Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Brooklyn Fare (by a pretty wide margin, my favourite meal of the year) Abac Cellar Can Roca Bras The Ledbury (BYO New Years Eve dinner with Krug '98, Coche Dury Meursault '04, Solaia '04, Chateau Climens '82) Nathan Outlaw River Café (always good but one exceptional meal on terrace with sun shining, very rare wild salmon, spring lamb, a bottle of Quintarelli Valpolicella...) Tickets Trishna Pressed duck at Otto's Good, a couple of cracking courses, but after 4 visits I still don't see what everyone else raves about: Hedone Also overrated: Story, Marcus Dependables: Sushi Tetsu, Bar Shu, Hawksmoor, Roka, Berners Tavern 17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adrian Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 No rankings, but not a huge travel year this year and a way down year for Toronto dining, but France next year and maybe another West Coast trip. In no particular order: Luksus, Del Posto, Club Chasse et Peche, Joe Beef, two private meals at Nota Bene, Pied Bleue, Nora Gray and Bar Isabel as always. Meals at Carbone, Edulis, Le Serpent, Hotel Herman, were close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Saturne in Paris--no question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daisy Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Not ranking anything but I had meals at Blanca, Locanda Locatelli, St John, Torrisi Italian Specialties that were all very pleasant. Best breakfast in ages at Hawksmoor Guildhall as well. Some good home cooking this year, too, including Stone's venison and charcuterie extravaganza, and a family lobster feast on Cape Cod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lippy Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I keep thinking about the veal chop I had a few weeks ago in Rome -- grilled over an open fire, smothered in fresh porcini. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SobaAddict70 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Every meal I've had with B wins over every other meal in 2014. How fitting that I'll be in San Francisco next week. Can't come soon enough. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wingding Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Hey there,just 1 fancy shmancy meal this year at Manresa,and it was memorable ...as was a lunch at Chez Panisse Cafe,and a fish dinner in Siracusa at a place whose name I can't recall. A few meals at LaVara in Brooklyn were the only local place that I consistently enjoyed last year in N.Y.,though I don't go out here much anymore. But the best were mostly home cooked...one Long meal made by my hosts in Palazzolo Acreide,Sicily was just pure delicious fun + food that I cooked there and there.Grilling,roasting,braising,shopping....cook at home ! Revive the lost art of Inviting people over ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Ryan Sutton's top 13 new restaurants in New York, 2014: 1. Contra/Estela (tie) 2. Marta 3. Cherche Midi/Dirty French (tie) 4. Cosme 5. Ivan Ramen 6. Bar Bolonat 7. All'onda 8. Bar Primi 9. Batard 10. Aldo Sohm 11. Root & Bone I can see how someone who loves Estela would also love Contra, and vice versa. Says a lot about his palate (I found both places quite good, but certainly not best-of-year level). (Surely Estela opened last year. Yeah, June!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Brown Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Ishikawa, Tokyo. Deserving of its top Michelin rating. Matsukawa, Tokyo. A cult kaiseki restaurant very near the Hotel Okura and the American Embassy that won’t accept reservations unless you drop the right name or have been there before. Twice the price of Ishikawa, but no better than. Komatsu Yasuke, restaurant of an 84-year-old legendary sushi chef in Kanazawa. Two lunches. Nakashima. Three-star Kaiseki restaurant in Hiroshima. Tenko Honten. Two-star tempura restaurant in Hiroshima. Le Louis XV. Monaco Bistrot de la Marine (Jacques Maximin). Cagnes-sur-Mer FR Antica Corona Reale da Renzo. Cervere IT Ciau dei Tornavento. Treiso IT Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare. (This was the only sought-after restaurant I visited in NYC and the only one of such restaurants that I was curious to visit. No complaints. I would go back.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irnscrabblechf52 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Off the top of my head: L'Ambroisie, Saturne, Bistro Paul Bert, Bones, Radio (Copenhagen), horse meat bresaola and fresh figs in Padua, Central Grocery (New Orleans), lobster rolls at Johnny Ad's, Glenwood Drive-In Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 My life is too fucking boring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 My life is boring too, but this week I had a really good dish involving cured venison, blood sausage, pistachio, and a blackberry coffee sauce. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Evelyn Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Manresa Ishikawa Seizan Mita Hatsunezuzhi Coquette Takumi Shingo Highlands Bar and Grill Le Cirque (LV) Bottega (Birmingham) Kabuto Potsura Potsura Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Brown Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Evelyn, I must have missed you at Ishikawa, the price of being in a room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Evelyn Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Evelyn, I must have missed you at Ishikawa, the price of being in a room. I was there 12/13 (and 4/1). I am envious of your Matsukawa meal. It and Saito are the two places I want to try most on my next visit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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