Noma Restaurant World’s Best 2011

By Privé | June 14, 2011 at 11:58 am | 2 comments | Lifestyle, Privé | Tags: Elbulli, Noma, Rene Redzepi

Last year (2010) More than 800 food critics, chefs and restaurateurs voted on the best restaurant in the world as part of the ninth annual S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards. This year Noma has been voted the best restaurant in the world for the second year running.

Left to right, Lynda and Steven Latner, Noma Chef/owner Rene Redzepi, Dr. Josh Josephson, Chef David Lee

The Danish establishment hit the headlines last year when it deposed the famed elBulli from the top spot on the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. The Spanish restaurant had held the title for four years. ElBulli was not included this year because it is closing in July.

Noma Chef/owner Rene Redzepi

Noma is located in North Atlantic House, a cultural center located in Copenhagen’s Greenlandic Trading Square . For over 200 years the square served as the center of trade between Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland — in short, trade that plied the waters of the North Atlantic. The word Noma is a conflation of the words Nordic and mad (food) and, according to Chef Redzepi, his ambition is to create dishes that have this sense of Place, the North Atlantic.

Noma Restaurant Entrance

At NOMA, there are no waiters but only Chefs. One of the particularity is that the Chef who cooked the dish is serving you. It means that during all our 20 courses, we met with 20 different talented and passionate chef who explained us everything about “their” dish especially made for “you”.

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Amuse-bouche smoked quail egg

AEbleskiver and muiiko. Lightly fried dough ( Aebleskiver) filled with fried muiiko, a small fish from Finland, which we ate, head and tail.

Langoustine with Oyster, Parsley and Seawater Emulsion, and Rye Crumbs

Artichoke ice cream

Video from this years 2011 S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards