3. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy. Expense of a dinner for two, without wine: $360-525.
Behind a stately outside, the world’s most emotive culinary expert, Massimo Bottura, cooks flights of imagination and memory. The primary sign this is not your common upscale Italian eatery originates from the dynamic contemporary compositions on the divider, however the workmanship proceeds on the plate. The mortadella sandwich of each Italian tyke’s memory is transformed into an outlandishly light mousse, a Magnum frozen yogurt bar turns into an advanced, foie-gras stuffed chomp.