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Restaurants

Every meal I actually paid for

The blog, sorted by the table rather than the room. Tasting menus, hotel dining rooms, and the beach shacks worth the taxi — how each one is booked, what to order, and whether I’d book it again.

Tasting menusHotel diningIsland tablesIs it worth it?

Start here — the five tables I get asked about most.

A mound of bright orange roe with a charred prawn tail arching out of it in a speckled black stone bowl
Restaurant

Bangkok

Sorn — three stars, and worth planning a trip around

Masa, and the most expensive meal in America
Restaurant

New York City

Masa, and the most expensive meal in America

Jônt, and the reservation scramble
Restaurant

Washington, DC

Jônt, and the reservation scramble

A rolling rack of labelled preserving jars and bottles in the kitchen
Restaurant

Istanbul

TURK Fatih Tutak, the best table in the city

Alkimia, Barcelona
Restaurant

Barcelona

Alkimia — modern Catalan alchemy

The tasting menus

Bangkok · New York · Washington · Istanbul

Three stars, two stars, and the reservation scrambles — what the long menus actually deliver once you’re sitting down.

Eating in the hotel

Hong Kong · Bangkok · Mexico · Tokyo

The dining rooms you never have to leave the lobby for — and whether they beat the city outside.

Beach shacks and island tables

Turks & Caicos · Fiji · Bahamas · Hawaii

The plastic-chair institutions that beat the resort restaurant — and the ones that don’t.

Is it actually worth it?

The bills I still think about

The meals that cost more than the room — and the honest verdict on whether they justified it.