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A tiny beach restaurant located in an isolated South African fishing village was named Monday the best in the world.
Chef Kobus van der Merwe, who only learned to cook at the age of 30, feeds daily on Western Cape Wild Atlantic Wildlife near his restaurant Wolfgat, where he is also his bread and butter. The Wolfgat has just opened in a 130-year-old cottage and a cave on the beach of Paternoster.
His seven-course tasting menu costs the equivalent of 53 euros, a fraction of what you are likely to pay. at a Parisian table. But its modest setting and Van der Merwe's belief in sustainable cuisine and a return to fundamentals won the judges of the first World Restaurant Awards in the French capital.
This 38-year-old can only feed 20 people at a time. sitting, which usually lasts two and a half hours. With dishes such as twice-cooked bowl (seaweed), angelfish with sambal bokkom and wild garlic masala, limes, mussels and sea vegetables harvested at the sight of his "Steeple" (porch), he also won the prize for the best "Off-Map".
Bearded Van der Merwe – a former food blogger – said that, aside from the influence of the subtle spices of Cape Malay's local cuisine, his philosophy was "to interfere as little as possible in products and keep them pure, raw and untreated. "
Pasta with Pork Bladder
" It's a very minimalist approach – it does not make sense to collect incredible herbs, then turn them into a sauce that has nothing to do with them, "he added.
Restaurants known for their affordable food figure prominently in the prices, set up by one of the founders of the list Joe Warwick's 50 Best Restaurants to Defy His Primacy
50 Best Affected by Allegations of Lo Forcibly and biased against French cuisine, the new awards claim to be proud of "diversity and "Integrity", with 50 men and 50 women in juries.
They also are not afraid to send clichés of the industry with a range of languages. In-jouek of the "chef of the year without a tattoo" and "cuisine of the year without tongs".
The Moc animated oto of Sao Paulo, named for the cow hoof stew that he served, won the "No Reservations Compulsory" award, while the special house was awarded to the Lido 84, more imposing in Italy, which Overlooks Lake Garda and which encloses its pasta "cacio e pepe" in the bladder of a pig.
French Hat Tower
Andoni Luis Aduriz, considered the most innovative chef in Spain since Ferran Adria of El Bulli hung up his apron, won the Price "Forward Drinking" for the extent and value of the wine list of its Mugaritz restaurant in San Sebastian.
of the year "continued the down-to-e The main theme of the World Restaurant Awards, going to the Refugee Food Festival, which started in France and has now spread to 18 cities worldwide.
He completed a French hat trick with the grand prizes with the legendary La Mere Brazier in the country The culinary capital of Lyon wins the "Enduring Clbadic" prize, while the upscale Parisian table Le Clarence wins "Original Thinking ".
Judges, including René Redzepi of the Danish restaurant Noma, King of cookbooks Yotam Ottolenghi and North Irish chef Clare Smyth, the first woman to win three Michelin stars in Britain, also had to decide which restaurant had the best account in the world for desserts and Instagram accounts.
While Redzepi had missed the prize for original thought, her long-time German noma, Noma Thomas Frebel won the "Arrival in the Year" award for her new table in Tokyo, Inua, which has been hailed as the new "most exciting restaurant in Japan".
First published: February 19, 2019 10:44 IST
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