Michelin 1-star restaurants
This corresponds to the restaurant's rating at the time of our visit.
Epur Lisbon: simple yet sophisticated
Epur, the restaurant of French chef Vincent Farges in Lisbon, offers a cuisine of apparent simplicity but truly sophisticated, thanks to the meeting of several influences and perfectly mastered technique.
Eating well in Lisbon is not complicated, to say...
IN Diferente in Porto: a fine Michelin-starred restaurant and an ode to seafood
In Diferente offers fine gourmet cuisine that makes the most of local produce, all in a simple, refined setting.
So, after three evenings of upmarket dining, here I am, at the final dinner of this Portuguese escapade, with this...
Cortile Spirito Santo in Syracuse: a refined Sicilian Michelin-starred restaurant
Cortile Spirto Santo in Syracuse, awarded a Michelin star, offers refined Sicilian cuisine of excellent quality and attentive service.
To occupy my two evenings in Syracuse, I wanted to try a Michelin-starred restaurant and a simpler gastronomic one, and so...
Restaurant Gia in Hanoi: a good Michelin-starred restaurant that struggled to embark me on a laborious journey
Gia, in Hanoi, is a Michelin-starred restaurant offering creatively reinterpreted Vietnamese cuisine. It's good, but creativity has its limits: the property had a hard time drawing me into its dining experience and almost lost me along the way.
Unlike...
Anan Saigon Restaurant: fine, creative Vietnamese cuisine
Anan Saigon fully deserves its Michelin star, offering fine traditional Vietnamese cuisine with a touch of creativity.
As usual, I try to find restaurants in different price ranges in each city. As for finding a gourmet restaurant in Saigon, my...
Restaurant Project in Gothenburg: a Michelin-starred restaurant with a monotonous tone
Project offers fine, refined dishes that are not overly sophisticated, in a warm, friendly setting, without fuss. But the omnipresence of lemon in all the dishes during our dinner eventually became boring, and certain aspects of the service were...
Restaurant le Cerisier in Lille: good but boring
Le Cerisier, in Lille, offers quality cuisine for a Michelin-starred restaurant, but it's hampered by laborious service.
For my third dinner in Lille, after La Table du Clarance, I chose another Michelin-starred restaurant, Le Cerisier. Ideally I would have preferred...
La table du Clarance in Lille: a good Michelin-starred restaurant
La Table du Clarance's cuisine is quite inventive in its classic guise, with the quality you'd expect from a Michelin-starred restaurant, but with a few welcome creative touches. No more, but no less.
For my second evening in Lille, I...
Restaurant Au Crocodile in Strasbourg: a great experience in this prestigious venue
Au Crocodile, Strasbourg's iconic restaurant, offers traditional but not boring gourmet cuisine, and seems well on the way to regaining its former lustre.
When it came to finding a Michelin-starred restaurant in Strasbourg, I hardly gave it a second thought....
Restaurant 100 Maneiras in Lisbon: a surprising gastronomic journey
100 Maneiras takes you on a gastronomic journey into the world and life of chef Ljubomir Stanisic. It's an experience that's as surprising as it is impressive, and one that's easier to live than to talk about.
It's been several...