Joseph Gann

6 days ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Here’s a claim made with absolutely no research preceding it: Bruton may well have the tightest concentration of Michelin-regarded restaurants per square mile anywhere on the planet. Forget Baiersbronn, Nara or our very own Aughton. For this tiny parish of under 3’000 residents, Bruton is a big draw where restaurant tastemakers and really posh folk escaping London (often the same person, quite frankly) are concerned. We’re going to be honest here, we needed a hook.

2 weeks ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Ho Chi Minh City’s evolution into one of Asia’s most thriving fine dining destinations has been nothing short of sprawling in scope and breakneck in speed, the latter quite the opposite of the ponderous pace of traffic on basically every road and thoroughfare in the city.

2 weeks ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Though certain Vietnamese dishes are among the world’s most cherished and the Hanoi’s street food vendors are rightly revered, the capital city’s restaurant scene has – until recently at least – felt simultaneously overlooked and undervalued. Hanoi is a place where you can have the best meal of your life on just about any street corner, but it’s also fast becoming one of the world’s most ambitious fine dining destinations, marked by Michelin’s arrival in 2023.

2 weeks ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

If ever a city existed in a liminal space between meals, it’s Chiang Mai. The ancient capital of the Lanna Kingdom feels like it’s perpetually gearing up for its next feast, with never ending plumes of smoke rising from charcoal grills, steam billowing from bubbling curry pots, and the rhythmic pounding of clay pestle and mortars providing the city’s distinctive soundtrack.

3 weeks ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Here’s a claim made with absolutely no research preceding it: Bruton may well have the tightest concentration of Michelin-regarded restaurants per square mile anywhere on the planet. Forget Baiersbronn, Nara or our very own Aughton. For this tiny parish of under 3’000 residents, Bruton is a big draw where restaurant tastemakers and really posh folk escaping London (often the same person, quite frankly) are concerned. We’re going to be honest here, we needed a hook.