| an food is truly global - from New York to New | | | | served with delicious meringue and black sesame |
| Delhi, Buenos Aires to Bournemouth, you will find | | | | ice cream. |
| plenty of restaurants serving up pizza, spaghetti | | | | Run by the same company that owns the Ivy, |
| bolognaise and Mama's secret recipe meatballs. | | | | Daphne's in Draycott Avenue, London, is |
| Gambero Rosso in Livorno, Italy is certainly one | | | | beautifully decorated in an understated manner, |
| candidate for the world's best Italian restaurants. | | | | with cinnamon-style walls and a spacious |
| For 28 years, the chef-patron Fulvio Pierangelini | | | | conservatory at its rear. The service is |
| has been serving up gourmet dishes such as | | | | well-renowned, as is the food, ranging from basic |
| burrata soup with ravioli of herring and roe and | | | | starters such as baby artichokes with lemon and |
| chickpea puree and prawns, against a beautiful | | | | rosemary to amazing mains like tagliatelle with |
| backdrop of the Tyrrhenian Sea. | | | | boar ragu. Save space for dessert and choose |
| Arguably New York City's best Italian restaurant | | | | the tiramisu. |
| is 'Cesca, which offers big, hearty portions of | | | | It's back to Italy with Ristorante Cracco, serving |
| lamb shank and gnocchi with braised-veal-breast | | | | up puntarella rice salad, buffalo mozzarella-crusted |
| ragu. It has a real party atmosphere to match | | | | oyster with cream and mortadella black tartufo. |
| the flamboyance of the food. | | | | Chef-owner Carlo Cracco has reinterpreted |
| Based in Mantova, Italy, Del Pescatore has been | | | | tradional Milanese cooking in his own unique and |
| run by various generations of the Santini family | | | | modern way. He used to be partners with the |
| for over 80 years. The restaurant is known | | | | Stoppani family with whom he founded the |
| equally for its commitments to both innovation | | | | Cracco-Peck restaurant, he is now devoting |
| and tradition, offering mouthwatering dishes such | | | | himself to his personal vision of cuisine. Ristorante |
| as spicy lardo and rosemary, roast pigeon with | | | | Cracco has been gorgeously updated by the |
| port and pan-fried foie gras with raisin wine and | | | | architects Roberto Beretta and Gian Maria. Not a |
| pears. An interesting fact is that the city of | | | | lot of people know that Carlo Cracco attended |
| Mantova, where Del Pescatore is based, features | | | | Scuola Alberghiera, opting to study cooking there |
| in both 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'The Taming of the | | | | simply because he liked the look of the purple |
| Shrew' by William Shakespeare. | | | | building the hotel management school was housed |
| Enoteca Pinchiorri is an unintentionally retro-looking | | | | in. |
| restaurant in Florence that, from a cooking point | | | | If you want real quality and don't mind paying for |
| of view, moves with the times. Recently it | | | | it, then try Le Calandre, located in the small Italian |
| opened a sister restaurant in Japan and signed up | | | | village of Sarmeola di Rubano. You can pick up a |
| the acclaimed pastry chef Loretta Fanella. Its wine | | | | bottle of 1995 Dom Perignon for around $10,000, |
| list is certainly something to get excited about, as | | | | but the dishes, such as beef seasoned with |
| are its double ravioli filled with burrata cheese and | | | | truffled egg is thankfully cheaper. |
| guinea fowl, or peach and lemon liquer gelatine | | | | |