The Best-Ever Barbecue
Forget everything you think you know about barbecue, because deep in the rolling hills of the Atxondo valley in northern Spain, grill master Victor Arguinzoniz will blow your mind. At his lauded restaurant, Asador Etxebarri, the freshest in local seafood, meat and veg is smoked and charred with a precision that raises cooking over wood to a fine art. The climax of his multi-course menu? A thinly sliced, chargrilled beef chop topped with nothing but a sprinkling of salt. Also known as: the best steak you’ll ever eat.
The Perfect Japanese Feast
Japan has some of the most lauded restaurants in the world – but it’s not just the eateries that are the foodie stars. Global hotel site Booking.com has more than 8,000 places to stay in this culinary mecca alone, many with fantastic food in their own right – from glam Tokyo skyscrapers serving the best sushi to hot-spring ryokans with multi-course kaiseki, or self-catering villas with a Mount Fuji view.
The Gourmet Slim Down
‘Diet’ and ‘delicious’ are two words that don’t go together – unless you’re at Les Prés d’Eugénie, a sumptuous country house hotel in France’s deep southwest. Three Michelin-starred chef Michel Guerard’s life-changing ‘slimming cuisine’ is nothing short of magical – his crafted three-course menus taste like they’re dripping in butter and cream, but in fact can come in at under 500 calories. Between meals, burn calories by wandering through the heavenly garden grounds or get any lingering cellulite massaged away in the extensive on-site spa.
