RILEY’S FISH SHACK, Tynemouth, United Kingdom

Ever since I met the jovial Adam and Lucy Riley at the inaugural World Restaurant Awards in Paris in 2019 (we were co-nominees in the category for off-thebeaten-track restaurants), a visit to their beachside restaurant on the north-eastern coast of England has been top of my wish list. Riley’s offers sustainable, traceable seafood in simple preparations served in a tiny, makeshift container building perched on a dune. Weather permitting, first prize would be a spot on the veranda – or, even better, slouched in one of their signature deck chairs right on the beach, eating Lindisfarne oysters three ways: au naturel, Rockefeller and with mignonette sauce. rileysfishshack.com