We present to you the hottest list of restaurants around the world right now. Some of the best new restaurants and bars to try are listed below:
Potong, Bangkok
Many Thai dishes have Chinese influences, but they are rarely honored with the creativity and consideration that chef Pichaya Utharntharm brings to the table at her fine-dining spot in Bangkok’s Chinatown. Her 20-course menu, which pays homage to her Thai Chinese roots, reads like a personal memoir, with the setting—ancestors’ Utharntharm’s herbal-medicine dispensary—an captivating backdrop. Her refusal to adapt her cooking to today’s tastes is most impressive.
Cochinchina Bar, Buenos Aires
Argentina’s leading mixologist, Inés de Los Santos, is well-known for her cocktail collaborations. But CoChinChina, an aspirational bar and restaurant in Buenos Aires’ trendy Palermo neighborhood that serves Southeast Asian-inspired cocktails and food, is the star of her show. The bar has a theatrical feel with resin-sealed eggshells and a wall of fake goldfish in plastic bags. Serious drinkers, South American TV stars, and fantastic locals mingle at this party destination.
Orfali Bros, Dubai
The Orfalis are a trio of Syrian siblings who live in Dubai and manage a jewel box of a space in a posh plaza inside the Jumeirah township. When the weather is nice, the patio is packed with chairs, and you can see the Burj Khalifa in the distance. Their food is unmistakably Syrian, but their journeys and interests have influenced it; don’t call it fusion.
Mother Wolf, L.A.
Light-as-air squash blossoms, crispy artichokes in salty salsa di acciughe, and soft pizzas topped with goat’s cheese and black truffle are ready in a 3,000-square-foot kitchen steps from the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Evan Funke’s highly anticipated Italian brasserie, intended by Martin Brudnizki in the iconic Citizen News Building. The house-made pasta, such as rich pasta alle vongole and cacio e Pepe, are trendy.
Sessions Arts Club, London
This former judges’ dining table, charismatically chaos and a little naughty, opened in a gorgeous 18th-century building in London’s Clerkenwell neighborhood and immediately stole the show. It’s all about the food, with dishes like flatbread with daffodil and fish roe, but it’s also about the space, with abstract paintings by Shaan Syed complementing the peeling green paint and exposed plaster beneath.