Top chefs’ favourite meals
Tuna belly with white membranes, grilled and put on sushi rice.
Where
Masa, a New York Japanese sushi restaurant with three Michelin stars which charges a flat rate of $595 (£450) per head.
“It was sushi cooked by the owner Masa Takayama himself. It was incredible in terms of both taste and experience.
“I was with two of my own chefs and the whole experience was phenomenal (one of the best in my life), and the sushi was exceptional.”
Why Dish Mike Reid,
35, group executive chef at M Restaurants and Great British Menu contestant.
Tipsy Cake, a Victorian dessert centred on brioche balls laced with brandy and Sauternes, a sweet white wine from Bordeaux.
Dinner, Heston Blumenthal’s Michelin-starred restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London’s Knightsbridge.
“For a dessert this dish just never disappoints. The first time
Dish Where Why
I ate it I’ll never forget and I will keep going back to dinner just for a coffee and a Tipsy Cake. The roasted smoked pineapple, the brioche balls, the unbelievably moist cake.
“It’s just an incredible creation and never fails to impress me.”
Aldo Zilli,
61, chef consigliere with the San Carlo restaurant group, TV pundit and Daily Express Saturday magazine columnist.
Black pig stuffed with porcini mushrooms and white truffle.
A small restaurant in Quadri, in Italy’s Abruzzo region.
“I was on a white truffle hunting trip in the Abruzzo at a place called Quadri where I ate at a little restaurant run by a husband-and-wife team. I had white truffle carbonara followed by a black pig dish stuffed with porcini and white truffle, which was amazing.”
Dish Where Why Frederick Forster,
40, executive head chef of The Don restaurant in the City of London, former head chef at The Ritz and National Chef of the Year 2012.
Butter-poached Maine lobster tail.
The French Laundry, Thomas Keller’s legendary restaurant in California’s Napa Valley.
“It was a lesson in the art of simplicity and first-class ingredients treated with minimal fuss.”
Dish Where Why
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