Sühring - Bangkok
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Sühring - Bangkok

A delightful dinner of German/French cuisine in Bangkok with great service

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Geranium - Copenhagen
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Geranium - Copenhagen

Modern Scandinavian cuisine focussing on single ingredients. Some terrific dishes, but also some that are merely “quite good”

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Trèsind Studio - Dubai
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Trèsind Studio - Dubai

The world’s first Indian three-starred restaurant serves dinner in a well-thought-out presentation. Several amazing dishes, but also a few that could have used more intense flavors

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Moonrise - Dubai
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Moonrise - Dubai

A chef’s personal take on growing up and living in Dubai, viewed through a fine-dining lens. Great fun with tasty dishes in an intimate setting

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Orfali Bros - Dubai
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Orfali Bros - Dubai

Middle Eastern bistro fare, incorporating other foreign cuisines. Enjoyable, with good service, but missing true standout dishes

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Atelier Crenn - San Francisco
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Atelier Crenn - San Francisco

Californian-French cuisine with lots of seafood, and several dishes bursting with flavors. The menu changed completely since our visit two months ago

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Mingles - Seoul
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Mingles - Seoul

An elevated version of Korean cuisine with some outstanding dishes and great service

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Odette - Singapore
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Odette - Singapore

French cuisine with Asian influences that give it a “sense of place”. A very enjoyable meal with a couple of truly outstanding dishes

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Meta - Singapore
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Meta - Singapore

Korean fine-dining cuisine is the name of the game here, maybe a bit more rustic than it’s three-star competition, but bursting with flavors

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Sorn - Bangkok
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Sorn - Bangkok

Intensively flavorful and often very spicy tour of Southern Thai cuisine. Truly unique among all the three Michelin starred restaurants

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Baan Tepa - Bangkok
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Baan Tepa - Bangkok

Cuisine that’s impressive in its use of barely known Thai ingredients, but not hitting quite the same highs in terms of pure taste experience

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Wing - Hong Kong
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Wing - Hong Kong

Well-executed fine-dining Chinese cuisine that doesn’t push the boundaries as much as its sister restaurant VEA

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VEA - Hong Kong
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

VEA - Hong Kong

An eye-opening dinner of French cuisine with Chinese ingredients. Not only tasty, but also shedding a new light on many ingredients that I thought I knew

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Steirereck - Vienna
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Steirereck - Vienna

Seasonal cuisine with Austrian influences that had some good moments, but ultimately didn’t justify its three stars

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Sézanne - Tokyo
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Sézanne - Tokyo

French cuisine with Chinese influences and Japanese ingredients. Consistently delicious and worthy of its three stars

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Kadeau - Copenhagen
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Kadeau - Copenhagen

A restaurant with a great sense of place - most ingredients come from a single island. There were some outstanding dishes, but the majority was oddly light in flavors

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Alchemist - Copenhagen
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Alchemist - Copenhagen

Not only a dinner, but an “experience”, complete with video projections and performances. Some of this worked, but some of it didn’t, which made for a memorable evening with some untapped potential

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Ikoyi - London
Matthias Ruhl Matthias Ruhl

Ikoyi - London

Lots of spices (often African) and frequent combinations of savory and sweet make for an exciting fine-dining experience. Most dishes are very good, but occasionally the interplay of flavors becomes a bit overwhelming

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