Talk About a Pretty Dish (2024)

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Feast your eyes on some of the most beautiful dishes from restaurants around the globe — from California to Tokyo and everywhere in between! These eye-pleasing creations prove that the kitchen leaders in these restaurants aren't just top chefs; they're also amazing artists. Looking for more edible eye candy? Check out these

crazy custom cakes and our favorite outrageous food art.

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Coi, San Francisco

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Dish: Inverted Cherry Tomato Tart
At Coi, visionary chef Daniel Patterson (an F&W Best New Chef 1997) showcases produce in dishes like this upside-down tomato tart, in which quickly charred, peeled cherry tomatoes sit on a bed of pesto and are topped with a tomato puree (made in a whipped-cream dispenser) and a crispy olive tart shell.

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Mugaritz, Errenteria, Spain

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Dish: Red Fruits from the Garden
A year's worth of experimentation went into Andoni Luis Aduriz's voluminous edible bubbles, made with sun-ripened berries and beetroot. The Michelin-two-starred Mugaritz was destroyed by a kitchen fire earlier this year, but Aduriz plans to reopen it this summer.

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Pierre Gagnaire, Paris

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Dish: Les Cristaux de Vent ("Wind Crystals")
Legendary French chef Pierre Gagnaire gives meringue a divine twist. He adds water to the classic egg white and sugar mixture to make it ethereally light — a discovery by molecular gastronomist Hervé This — and shapes it into gorgeous sticks.

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Bras, Laguiole, France

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Dish: Gargouillou
This beautifully composed salad by the super-cerebral Michel Bras can have up to 60 individually prepared vegetables, leaves, flowers, and seeds, which vary depending on the day.

Check out Food & Wine's recipes by French culinary masters.

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Le Bernardin, New York City

Dish: White Tuna Poached in Olive Oil
Seafood genius Eric Ripert juxtaposes the high and low in this playful dish of white tuna poached in olive oil, topped with delicate sea beans, crispy potato chips, and a light red-wine béarnaise sauce.

Check out Food & Wine's collection of Eric Ripert's recipes.

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Alinea, Chicago

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Dish: Heart of Palm
At Alinea in Chicago, the always-forward-thinking Grant Achatz (an F&W Best New Chef 2002) serves hearts of palm stuffed with five different fillings — from vanilla pudding to truffle-pumpernickel puree — on five separate pedestals.

Check out Food & Wine's collection of Grant Achatz's recipes.

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French Laundry, Yountville, California

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Dish: Confit of Moulard Duck "Foie Gras"
This new dish by chef de cuisine Timothy Hollingsworth at the renowned French Laundry combines carefully shaved frozen foie gras with pickled huckleberries and blossoms from the restaurant's garden.

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Jean Georges, New York City

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Dish: Eggs Caviar
Jean-Georges Vongerichten's elegant Eggs Caviar offers buttery, soft-scrambled eggs served in the shell, topped with whipped cream and a spoonful of caviar.

Check out Food & Wine's collection of Jean-Georges Vongerichten's recipes.

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Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris

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Dish: Sea Bream, Citrus Fruit/Peppers, Caramelized Ventrèche
Among the haute dishes at French megachef Alain Ducasse's grand restaurant is this fish-and-citrus creation in which sea bream is prepared two ways and dotted with colorful cubes of lemon, yuzu, and bergamot-flavored jelly.

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Eleven Madison Park, New York City

Dish: Royal Sterling Caviar "Vichyssoise" of Caraquet Oysters
Daniel Humm (an F&W Best New Chef 2005) of Eleven Madison Park juxtaposes extravagance (caviar pearls, oyster gelée) with classic French comfort food (a vichyssoise of potatoes and leeks) — all inside an oyster.

Check out Food & Wine's collection of Daniel Humm's recipes.

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El Bulli, Roses, Spain

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Dish: Snails on a Tin
At the much-celebrated El Bulli on the Catalonian coast, Ferran Adrià continually pushes food boundaries with dishes like Snails on a Tin. Adrià surprised the food world earlier this year by announcing that he would close his restaurant in December 2011.

Check out Food & Wine's collection of Ferran Adrià's recipes.

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Noma, Copenhagen

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Dish: Glazed Beetroot with Smoked Ox-Bone Marrow, Apples and Sorrel, Beetroot Sauce
At the Michelin two-starred Noma, René Redzepi's fierce devotion to regional ingredients like Nordic musk ox and beetroot from Sweden's Gotland island are on display in brilliant dishes like this one, composed of intensely flavored discs.

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Momof*cku Ko, New York City

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Dish: 48-hour Short Rib with Braised Daikon, Pickled Carrots, and Mustard Seed
At Momof*cku Ko, the 12-seat-counter dining spot from David Chang (an F&W Best New Chef 2006), chef de cuisine Peter Serpico and his sous-chefs prepare extraordinary dishes like ultratender short ribs cooked sous vide for two days.

Check out Food & Wine's collection of David Chang's recipes.

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The Bazaar by José Andrés, Los Angeles

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Dish: Mussels en Escabeche
At the Bazaar by José Andrés, mussels marinated in smoky pimentón-accented vinegar are served in a tin can, as an ode to Spain's excellent canned escabeche (seafood preserved in vinegar).

Check out Food & Wine's collection of José Andrés' recipes.

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Manresa, Los Gatos, California

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Dish: L'Arpège Farm Egg
At Manresa, David Kinch pays homage to the iconic farm-egg dish at Paris's L'Arpège: egg yolk poached in its shell with sherry vinegar, cream, and maple syrup. Among Kinch's twists: He accents it with Tasmanian pepper.

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The Fat Duck, Bray, England

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Dish: Sound of the Sea
Avant-garde chef Heston Blumenthal's multisensory approach to food at his Michelin three-starred Fat Duck incorporates taste, touch, aroma, and sound. His infamous Sound of the Sea is served with an iPod nano tucked inside a seashell for listening to the lull of waves crashing on a beach.

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Aronia de Takazawa, Tokyo

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Dish: Fish with Powdery Dressing
At his two-table restaurant, Yoshiaki Takazawa's complex, almost theatrical dishes includes one that mimics falling snow: a piece of yellowtail, mountain vegetables, and edible lily bulbs are served tableside with a dressing chilled so low — minus 328 degrees Fahrenheit — that it takes on a powdery texture that steams on contact.

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Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo

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Dish: Matsuba Crab Extravagant Hot Pot
Among Seiji Yamamoto's super-inventive kaiseki dishes is this extraordinary hot pot, with Matsuba crab from the Japanese region of Tajima, 10-hour-steamed abalone, and blowfish milt in a gingery dashi broth. Attached to the dish is a diagram of how it was created.

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L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Las Vegas

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Dish: La Tomate
French master Joël Robuchon reinterprets the classic Caprese salad by serving a thick-cut slice of tomato that's been marinated in basil-infused olive oil alongside a tomato gelée topped with mozzarella dotted with basil pesto and tomato puree.

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Combal.Zero, Rivoli, Italy

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Dish: Cyber Egg
The innovative Davide Scabin is known for conceptual dishes like the Cyber Egg: caviar and poached egg in a plastic bubble, served with an X-acto knife.

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FAQs

How do you compliment someone's dish? ›

If you say something tastes amazing, you're saying it tastes even better than great or really good. Wow, this pasta salad is amazing! This is an informal way of saying something tastes good. If you find something to be delicious, you could simply say “Yummy!” or you could expand it into a sentence.

What makes a dish attractive? ›

If a dish won't look appetizing and appealing, there is a lesser chance of people even tasting it. To make your food look attractive, you may add colours to your plate. Adding brightly coloured vegetables, edible flowers, sauces, tomatoes or even herbs can lift the look of a dull dish.

How do you describe a dish to a customer? ›

2. Use sensory words to describe the dish
  • Tasty, Yummy, Delicious, Delectable, Appetizing.
  • Savory, Spicy, Zesty, flavorful, mouth-watering.
  • Creamy, Rich, Scrumptious, Flavorsome.
  • Sweet, Succulent, Juicy, Delish.

What makes a perfect dish? ›

The dish must be harmonious and balanced; its colours, shape, presentation or originality must be eye-catching. It must arouse our curiosity and make us really want to taste it, regardless of the technique or culinary style used (classic, new-style or evolutionary).

How do you describe a good dish? ›

Delicious meals are tasty, appetizing, scrumptious, yummy, luscious, delectable, mouth-watering, fit for a king, delightful, lovely, wonderful, pleasant, enjoyable, appealing, enchanting, charming and hihgly pleasant to the taste. You wouldn't call delicious that what is tasteless or unpleasant.

How do you say a dish is delicious? ›

Contents
  • Tastes great!
  • Really good!
  • Wow, [this food] is amazing!
  • Yummy.
  • Flavorful.
  • Mouth-watering.
  • This [food] is too [flavor] for me. / This taste is too [flavor] for my taste.
  • It could use a little more / It could use a little less…

What makes a dish special? ›

Exceptional Quality of Ingredients

They're the best of the best, sometimes rare or specially picked. Think of fresh organic veggies, handcrafted cheeses, or unique spices from around the world. It's these high-quality ingredients that lift a dish to gourmet levels.

What does it mean to be a dish compliment? ›

an attractive person, especially a female: His wife is quite a dish. Slang.

How do you say food is nice? ›

Synonyms of delicious
  1. tasteful.
  2. flavorful.
  3. edible.
  4. tasty.
  5. delightful.
  6. yummy.
  7. lush.
  8. scrumptious.
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How would you describe an excellent cook? ›

Passion: A great chef has to be passionate about food and cooking. They have to genuinely enjoy the whole process of procuring, preparing, cooking and serving food and have to be able to design menus too. Stamina: An essential quality of a true chef is stamina.

What is the short description of dish? ›

A dish is a shallow container with a wide uncovered top. You eat and serve food from dishes and cook food in them.

What makes a dish attractive and appealing? ›

Try to find a coherence between colours, shapes and textures, by showing variety. Add some visual interest and increase the taste for food even before it is tasted. It is also important for the same harmony to be found in food. As such, balance the amount of protein, carbohydrates and vegetables.

What makes a delicious dish? ›

The most important part of great taste comes from selecting good ingredients that are carefully prepared by a skilled chef, so that each dish has a great, impressive flavour. It's as if when you close your eyes, you can still feel the sweet, sour, oil, salt, and spice tingling throughout your mouth.

What are the 4 elements of a good dish? ›

The required reading for this course focuses on the concept that mastering the use of four elements will make any food delicious: salt, which enhances flavor; fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; acid, which balances flavor; and heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food.

How do you appreciate a sweet dish? ›

"Taking the cake with this dessert perfection." "Having a berry good time with this dessert." "Savoring the sweet moments that dessert brings."

How do you appreciate cooked food? ›

there are so many nice things you can say! You could tell them that their food is absolutely delicious and bursting with flavor. You could also mention how impressed you are with their culinary skills and how much you appreciate their effort and attention to detail.

How do you compliment someone's feed? ›

If friends or family: “Wow, this tastes great! I've never eaten anything so tasty”. In a restaurant: “Tell your chef that this is outstanding!” By the way, everyone loves a compliment . It may be so simple to some, but it is everything to someone else.

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