EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA
Where: Girona, Spain
Rank on the World's 50 Best Restaurant's list: 2
Chef: Joan Roca.
Cost of a tasting menu? In 2015, their tasting menus were priced from R2,600 per person. No updated prices are available.
What does that get you? This is a mystery meal. The restaurant doesn’t publish menus or prices on their website. You should expect multi-course, high-art fine dining, capped off by unconventional desserts by the world's best pastry chef, Jordi Roca. Neither wine nor service are included.
According to the World's 50 Best Restaurant's website, the eatery is know for its contemporary Catalan cuisine. Signature dishes include ‘Frozen olives’ plucked from a bonsai olive tree and a dessert that's infused with "the essence of old book".
MIRAZUR
Where: Menton, France
Rank on the World's 50 Best Restaurant's list: 3
Chef: Mauro Colagreco with Antonio Buono
Cost of a tasting menu? From R1,734 per person.
What does that get you? Once again, the actual course descriptions are missing from this eatery's website. What you will find is an enigmatic description which reads “a journey in a few steps to learn the culinary philosophy of Mauro Colagreco" and that the restaurant's cuisine is inspired by produce from the sea, gardens and hinterland farmers.
Eat all the hinterland you want, but it's an additional R945 per person for wine pairing and service is not included.