The 100 best vegetable restaurants in the world were presented at the We’re Smart® Taste Summit in Amsterdam on Monday 6 May. This is the TOP 10:
1. (1) Xavier Pellicer El Menjador, Barcelona, Spain
2. (2) Vrijmoed. Ghent, Belgium
3. (4) La Distillerie, Bourglinster, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
4. (8) L’Arpège, Paris, France
5. (60) Joia, Milan, Italy
6. (5) Graanmarkt 13, Antwerp, Belgium
7. (29) Humus & Hortense, Brussels, Belgium
8. (17) Arabelle Meirlaen, Marchin, Belgium
9. (6) De Librije, Zwolle, The Netherlands
10. (10) Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
In the top 100 of this year we find 26 new restaurants. Villa Aida in Wakayama (Japan) it the highest newcomer in 17th place. Restaurant Joia in Milan is the highest climber in this Top 100, as it goes from the 60th to the 5th place.
More than 800 restaurants
This year, the We’re Smart® Green Guide 2019 includes more than 800 restaurants from 38 countries. That is 311 restaurants more than last year and 9 additional new countries. The Benelux received a total of 98 new restaurants. Xavier Pellicer restaurant in Barcelona was voted “Best Vegetables Restaurant number one of the world 2019” for the second time in a row.
Xavier Pellicer: for the second time Best Vegetables Restaurant of the World
The reason for this has to do with El Menjador, the new concept that Xavier Pellicer has elaborated in his restaurant. El Menjador is an intimate and exclusive space, with a separate entrance and space for 16 customers, where he presents his most personal dishes. The customer can choose from three different tasting menus: a vegan, a vegetarian and an omnivore.
Each menu consists of 9 courses in which he always makes a creative dish with a seasonal product, inspired by nature.
Frank Fol talks about El Menjador: “In the past year I have opted five times for one of the vegetable menus. And I have always found that Xavier Pellicer cooks in a different dimension. His vegetable preparations are even more creative and refined than anything he has made before. Whoever cooks gastronomic vegetables at such a high level, deserves this title for the second time ”.
