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Restaurants

"The belly rules the mind." - Spanish proverb.

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

"The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star." - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

First the basic definition: a restaurant prepares and serves food and drink to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models.

When it comes to food and drink, it is easy - in one sense - to identify the best. There are seldom any grounds for complaint about the meals served at El Bulli; the Château Pétrus is good even in indifferentv years; and Krug Grande Cuvée has no bad ones. This applies even to the humbler foodstuffs: the beans can be cooked badly, the truffle sliced too thickly. The champagne and the claret can be spoiled by serving them at the wrong temperature; and even a Paul Bocuse's legendary meals are less enjoyable if eaten in the wrong surroundings or in disagreeable company.

That, of course, is why divine providence instituted restaurants - to remove these elements of haphazardness from the only pleasure most people experience three times a day.

The restaurants which have been been awarded three stars in the MICHELIN GUIDES have been indicated with *** after the name of the restaurant.

The Michelin Guide Star & Rating System - three stars mean: "Exceptional cuisine and worth the journey"; two stars: "Excellent cooking and worth a detour"; one star: "A very good restaurant in its category"; the Bib Gourmand label: "Awarded to restaurants serving three-course meals at an excellent value for money." Restaurants awarded the Rising Star means that they may be in line for a MICHELIN star, or an upgrade from one to two, or from two to three stars.

The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants have been marked with SP; the restaurants marked with 'sp' have been voted among world's 51-100 best restaurants by San Pellegrino's list organised by Restaurant Magazine.

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