 One Indian restaurant, Bukhara in New Delhi, has been adjudged as the
36th best among the first top 50 Tables in the world. No other
restaurant in the whole of South Asia or Far East has been included in
the list drawn up by "an international panel of 300 restaurateurs,
chefs, critics and journalists" assembled by the Restaurant
magazine.It is quite telling that none of the 10,000 Indian
restaurants, including 1200 in London itself, has come even within the
fringes of those providing classic haute cuisine.
The rating for best cuisines and service has been annually complied
by this London-based magazine, which is now an established guide for
the gourmet and is as well regarded as the award of Michelin star.
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BUKHARA |
| Known the world over for its delectable
North-West Frontier cuisine, the restaurant is set amidst a
charming ambience. A rugged style, where you tie on checked
aprons and are encouraged to eat with your fingers! Acclaimed by
the food critic of Newsweek and winner of the Golden Fork Award. |
Britain has been credited with over a quarter of the first 50, it
has 13 of the 50, nine in London alone and three others within
comfortable commuting distance from the capital. But, the French with
13 top restaurants in the list prove, once again, that they still have
the most popular cuisine in the world.
The Restaurant's Award was presented by restaurateur Sir
Terence Conran at the Royal Exchange in Central London on Tuesday
night. The title of the "Best Restaurant in the world" was won, for the
second successive year, by The French Laundry in California. The
Runner-Up was the Fat Duck in Berkshire, which had also won a third
Michelin star this year.
The Fat Duck has also been rated as the best in Europe. However, the
menu that includes snail porridge, salmon poached with liquorice,
poached breast of Anjou pigeon, veal kidney, pot roast best end of pork
and desserts sardine on toast sorbet and smoked bacon and egg ice cream
would provide problems for not only vegetarians but even for the less
"initiated". It hardly matters for it, having a turn-over of £1.2
million a year with the charge of £60 for a three-course meal.
The listed London restaurants which many Indians from India are
familiar with include Gordon Ramsay (8th), The Ivy (24th), designer
Chinese Hakkasan (14th) and designer Japanese Nobu (7th).
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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