1st YEAR of TAULES del MON !

Taules del Món (Tables du Monde) was 1 year old on 4 November!

Thank you all very much for keeping this blog alive through your great contributions and your enthusiasm from all over the world!

As you see, I decided to give the blog a very special present... a new look!

Since 4 November 2008, the blog has been visited 6,483 times (3,490 unique visitors, 2,210 first time visitors, and 1,280 returning visitors).

The top-5 countries where the blog is most visited from is the following one: 1) Belgium (43%), 2) France (20%), 3) Spain (18%), 4) Canada (2%) and 5) USA (2%), etc.

From the period between 4.11.2008 - 4.11.2009, there were posts from restaurants in countries such as Belgium (29), France (2), Greece (2), Sweden (1), The Netherlands (1) and the USA (1), totalling 36 different posts.

In addition to this, the blog has provided two recipees (thank you Isabel and Peredur), 6 articles on Belgian beers (thank you Olivier), and a wealth of photographs of specialities from several countries (from Brazil to Lithuania and from the USA to Spain).

I really hope we can celebrate the second year of this blog in 2010!

Antoni

THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE WORLD!

On 20th April, ‘Restaurant’ magazine published the ‘San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ list.

http://www.theworlds50best.com/page/home.html

As in 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2008, ‘El Bulli’ (Ferran Adrià, Spain) was considered the best restaurant in the world followed by ‘The Fat Duck’ (Heston Blumenthal, UK).

‘Noma’ (Rene Redzepi, Denmark, who had trained in Adrià’s ‘El Bulli’), was awarded as the third best restaurant worldwide.

The ranking of the ‘San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ is the following one:

1. ‘El Bulli’

Ferran Adrià, Roses, Catalonia, Spain

2. ‘The Fat Duck’

Heston Blumenthal, Berkshire, South East England, UK

3. ‘Noma'

Rene Redzepi, Copenhaguen, Denmark (up 7)

4. ‘Mugaritz’

Andoni Luis Aduriz, Renteria, Basque Country, Spain

5. ‘El Celler de Can Roca’

Joan Roca, Girona, Catalonia, Spain (up 21)

6. ‘Per Se’

Thomas Keller, New York, USA

7. ‘Bras’
Michel & Sébastian Bras, Laguiole, Aveyron, France

8. ‘Arzak’
Juan Maria Arzak, San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain

9. ‘Pierre Gagnaire’
Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France (down 6)

10. ‘Alinea’
Grant Achatz, Chicago, Illinois, USA (up 11)

11. ‘L’Astrance’
Pascal Barbot & Christophe Rohat, Paris, France

12. ‘The French Laundry’
Thomas Keller, Yountville, California, USA (down 7)

13. ‘Osteria Francescana’
Massimo Bottura, Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy (new entry!)

14. ‘St. John’
Fergus Henderson & Trevor Gulliver, London, UK (up 2)

15. ‘Le Bernardin’
Maguy Le Coze & Eric Ripert, New York, USA (up 5)

16. ‘L’Hôtel de Ville’ – Philippe Rochat’
Philippe Rochat, Crissier, Vaud, Switzerland (up 11)

17. ‘Tetsuya’s’
Tetsuya Wakuda, Sydney, Australia (down 8)

18. ‘L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon’
Joël Robuchon, Paris, France (down 4)

19. ‘Jean Georges’
Jean Georges Vongerichten, New York, USA (down 2)

20. ‘Les Créations de Narisawa’
Noshihiro Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan (new entry!)

21. ‘Chez Dominique’
Hans Välimäki, Helsinki, Finland (up 18)

22. ‘Ristorante Cracco’
Carlo Cracco, Milano, Lombardy, Italy (up 21)

23. ‘Die Schwarzwaldtube’
Harald Wohlfahrt, Baiersbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (up 12)

24. ‘D.O.M’
Alex Atala, São Paulo, Brazil (up 16)

25. ‘Vendôme’
Joachim Wissler, Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (up 9)

26. ‘Hof van cleve’
Peter Goossens, Kruishoutem, East Flanders, Belgium (up 2)

27. ‘Masa’
Philip Aviles, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (re-entry!)

28. ‘Gambero Rosso’
Fulvio Pierangelini, San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy (down 16)

29. ‘Oud Sluis’
Sergio Herman , Sluis, Zeeland, The Netherlands (up 13)

30. ‘Steirereck’
Heinz Reitbauer, Vienna, Austria (new entry!)

31. ‘Momofuku Ssäm Bar’
Thien Ho, New York, USA (new entry!)

32. ‘Oaxen Skärgardskrog’
Magnus Ek, Oaxen Island, Sweden (up 16)

33. ‘Martin Bersategui’
Martin Berasategui, Lasarte / Oria, Basque Country, Spain (down 4)

34. ‘Nobu London’
Nobu Matsuisa, London, UK (down 4)

35. ‘Mirazur’
Mauro Colagreco, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France (new entry!)

36. ‘Hakkasan’
Alan Yau, London, UK (down 17)

37. ‘Le quartier français’
Margot Janse, Franschhoek, South Africa (up 13)

38. ‘La Colombe’
Luke Dale-Roberts, Cape Town, South Africa (re-entry!)

39. ‘Asador Etxebarri’
Victor Arguinz Oniz, Axpe-Marzana, Atxondo, Basque Country, Spain (up 5)

40. ‘Le Châteaubriand’
Iñaki Aizpitarte, Paris, France (new entry!)

41. ‘Daniel’
Daniel Boulud, New York, USA

42. ‘Combal.Zero’
Davide Scabin, Rivoli, Piemonte, Italy (re-entry!)

43. ‘Le Louis XV’
Frank Cerutti, Monaco (down 28)

44. ‘Tantris’
Hans Haas, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (up 3)

45. ‘Iggy’s’
Ignatius Chan, Singapore (new entry!)

46. ‘Quay’
Peter Gilmore, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia (new entry!)

47. ‘Les Ambassadeurs’
Jean-François Piège, Paris, France (down 2)

48. ‘Dal pescatore’

Nadia Santini, Canneto sull’Oglio, Mantova, Lombardy, Italy (down 25)

49. ‘La Calandre’

Massimiliano Alajmo, Sarmeola di Rubano, Veneto, Italy (down 13)

50. ‘Mathias Dahlgren’

Mathias Dahlgren, Stockholm, Sweden (new entry!)

Classification by country:

1. USA, 8
2. France, 7
3. Spain & Italy, 6
4. UK, 4
5. Germany, 3
6. South Africa, Australia & Sweden, 2

7. Denmark, Switzerland, Singapore, Monaco, The Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Japan, Brazil & Austria, 1