restaurants

Best and worst restaurants from all over the world, featuring some of our favorite or worst dishes and desserts.

Healthy Fast Food Lunches
Fast food is notoriously bad for you, and that shoddy reputation definitely is rightfully earned. Many fast food lunches can load you up with over 1,000 calories and several times your daily recommended intake of salt, fats, and sugars. Don't believe it? If you want to see how bad a fast food diet can be for you, just watch Supersize Me.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Feast
Posh Nosh
Restaurant menus are like blurbs for real estate properties. Colourful, descriptive, and mostly unintelligible language used with flourish to sell mutton dressed up as lamb. Heavy on the adjectives, a particularly pretentious and pompous menu might boast "slow roasted tenderloin of wild African boar, hand glazed with New Zealand Manuka honey, nestling on a bed of Moroccan couscous and finished with an Indonesian green pepper sauce." Our salivary glands should be full to overflowing with expectation at this magnificent dish, made with elements from no less than four different global locations.
By Dora Bona9 years ago in Feast
A Twist to Traditional Churros
Churros are a favorite to amusement park goers across the United States, and although the origin of where churros first came from and which country concocted these delicious sugary treats still remains uncertain, one thing's for sure—churros have been a family favorite for generations.
By Yvette Cordova9 years ago in Feast
Best Tacos in NYC
NYC is known as the city with the best pizza in the world. That's why everyone who really wants to get a good feel for the flavor of the Big Apple will go to a "dollar slice" pizza place at least once while they journey in Manhattan.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Feast
Is Your Favorite Burger on This List?
Does a tasty, juicy burger sound pretty good right now? I thought so. In a world seemingly overrun with kale and umami, we know what you want in the heart of your stomach. These are the hamburgers that call your name on a summer night. They fill your dream world with an aroma.
By Kim Hastings9 years ago in Feast
What Is Umami?
The other day, I got my friend to try a Vegemite sandwich. Though I'm American, I absolutely love Vegemite. I love the umami taste it offers, and I tried to explain why it's so tasty to people who aren't from New Zealand and Australia before. It's not easy. The conversation usually goes like this:
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Feast
33Greenwich
Just before I relocated to Florida my dear friend and amazing Chef, Anne Thornton, moved back to NYC from LA to lead the kitchen team and open 33Greenwich. Located on Greenwich Ave. in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village this southern inspired eatery does not disappoint and looks to have a long life ahead. Anne opened Little Pine, a vegan restaurant, in LA with singer-songwriter Moby, in 2015 and I know NYC is grateful to have her back.
By Lynn Wheeler9 years ago in Feast
The Greatest Meal I've Ever Eaten
I remember the date. January 2, 1996. The weather was mostly sunny, with light winds. It was a day in Dallas, Texas like many others, except that I was about to have a religious experience.
By Kim Hastings9 years ago in Feast
How Greek Culture Continues to Shape Melbourne
Among the most popular television shows in Australia is Masterchef — a high-pressure, high-paced reality cooking show that feeds into the nation’s obsession with food and cooking in all of its forms.
By Gareth Johnson9 years ago in Feast
A Fiesta of Spanish Restaurants in London
Barrafina — Drury Lane, Covent Garden Barrafina is a small chain of tapas restaurants in London. I'm often at the Drury Lane outlet in Covent Garden before heading to the theatre. It's a small space, generally jammed full with people, but the friendly and efficient team behind the counter effectively manage the queue for seats and keep everyone plied with drinks and snacks. The food they're serving is modern, fresh, and delicious.
By Gareth Johnson9 years ago in Feast
Brussels: A Restaurant Guide
In my mind, Belgium is always associated with a lot of delicious foods — chocolate, pomme frites (French fries), beer, moules frites (mussels with fries), and waffles (or gaufres as they’re referred to locally).
By Gareth Johnson9 years ago in Feast
It’s Not All About Cats at These Pet Cafés Around the World. Top Story - May 2017.
The ubiquitous cat cafés popularized in Japan have changed the way people think about boutique tea and coffee establishments. There was a time, not long ago, when these animal-themed eateries, sometimes located in pet shops or pet supply outlets, were the chief go-to locales for those seeking to pair a baked sweet and a warm cup of tea or coffee with the company of furred friends. Nowadays, the concept of the animal café has overflowed the country’s borders to find homes in countries across the globe. It’s no longer all about our feline friends, either. The cafés listed here, all of them found outside Japan, are thinking far outside the catbox in terms of resident animal friends to bond with on your next visit.
By Anthony Beal9 years ago in Feast