"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."
- Virginia Woolf
I’m Epicurus. I travel the world, I drink and I eat.
I’ve spent the past 15 years gallivanting around the world and trying the best restaurants wherever I land. At one point, I tried to dine at every 3 Michelin star restaurant in the world. Made it pretty far down the list.
Since then, I’ve learned that Michelin stars are not the “be all, end all” of fine dining, and I’ve ventured out to try not only the best of high-end cuisine, but also local haunts, interesting delicacies, and travel off the beaten path to try everything the world has to offer.
Over the past decade, I’ve collected a list of unique and interesting restaurants around the world. Some are renowned culinary institutions, but there are also street-side dai pai dongs, izakayas, food carts and takeout stands as well, as well as hidden speakeasies, watering holes and dive bars.
Before visiting a restaurant, I look into the history of the chefs, their backgrounds and where else they’ve worked, the cuisine itself and techniques used, any specialities that the restaurant is famous for and even the building the restaurant resides within. More recently, I started documenting tasting notes to try to improve my own palate and recollection.
I hope to present more than just pictures of the food itself, but speak to some of the history and heritage, techniques and preparation of the cuisine and learn more about different cultures through their food.
If you are looking for food porn, want recommendations the best of fine dining for cities you’re visiting, reviews of some of the hardest-to-get reservations in the world, this is the place to be.