Hélène Darroze at The Connaught is celebrating Valentine's Day in London with a special menu, showcasing the best of fine French dining and fresh British ingredients. The meal begins with caviar paired with sea urchin and dashi jelly, continuing with indulgent dishes such as black truffle with cacklebean egg, Dover sole from Newlyn in Cornwall, and veal from Corrèze, France. Dessert comes in two parts: rhubarb and chocolate courses.
Famous for its bridges, its black-and-white-striped football team, its big-hearted warmth (the people, if not the temperatures), Newcastle has usually been dismissed as a dining hot-spot. That would be unwise. The city gained its first Michelin star over 35 years ago; it now has two Michelin-starred restaurants as well as a jostling handful of serious wannabees. And that's just at the fine-dining end, the tip of an eating-out scene that crackles like the Geordie humour.
Over the summer, Houston's only Michelin-starred Indian restaurant found a second home in NYC. Translating to traveler from the Hindi and Urdu word, is a culmination of corporate executive chef Mayank Istwal's 100-day journey across India, where he picked up techniques, stories and subsequently dishes along the way. His resulting 72-hour cooked Dal married with its grand "labyrinth-like layout" of a space housed within a Houston shopping mall earned the restaurant a Michelin Star on Houston's inaugural listing.
The Four Horsemen made its debut on Grand Street in June of 2015, fundamentally shifting Williamsburg's dining landscape with its focus on natural wines and simple yet precise food.
Chef Gilbert Cetina’s Holbox, recognized as L.A.'s most affordable Michelin-starred restaurant, offers exquisite seafood dishes at accessible prices, especially its $17 lunch special.