If you're traveling abroad and want to get a taste of some of the best foods on the planet, the World Restaurant Awards 2015 is the best place to start, considering CNN calls the event the "Oscars of the fine dining world."
The small Catalonian city of Girona, near Barcelona, Spain, hosts the top winner of the World Restaurants Awards 2015, and it's the second time the top eatery takes the coveted first spot, as it's beaten its biggest opponent, the Norwegian Noma in the Scandinavian country's capital city, Copenhagen.
The New York Times reports that the World Restaurants Awards 2015 haven't gone without their share of naysayers, as it has been said that there are growing concerns about the voting process as well as the general quest of honors and awards.
Eater reports that 12 percent of the World Restaurants Awards 2015 comprises South American eateries, a major boost in the region.
Here are the World Restaurants Awards 2015 winners!
1. El Celler de Can Roca (Girona, Spain)
2. Osteria Francescana (Modena, Italy)
3. Noma (Copenhagen)
4. Central (Lima)
5. Eleven Madison Park (New York City)
6. Mugartiz (San Sebastian, Spain)
7. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (London)
8. Narisawa (Tokyo, Japan)
9. D.O.M. (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
10. Gaggan (Bangkok)
11. Mirazur (Menton, France)
12. Arpege (Paris)
13. Asador Etxebarri (Biscay, Spain) -- this year's highest climber
14. Astrid y Gaston (Lima)
15. Steirereck (Vienna)
16. Pujol (Mexico City)
17. Arzak (San Sebastian, Spain)
18. Le Bernardin (New York City)
19. Azurmendi (Near Bilbao, Spain)
20. Ledbury (London)
21. Le Chateaubriand (Paris)
22. Nahm (Bangkok)
23. White Rabbit (Moscow) -- highest new entry
24. Ultraviolet (Shanghai, China)
25. Faviken (Fäviken, Sweden)
26. Alinea (Chicago)
27. Piazza Duomo (Alba, Italy)
28. The Test Kitchen (Cape Town, South Africa)
29. Nihonryori RyuGin (Tokyo)
30. Vendome (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)
31. Restaurant Frantzen (Stockholm)
32. Attica (Melbourne, Australia)
33. Aqua (Wolfsberg, Germany)
34. Le Calendre (San Pietro, Italy)
35. Quintonil (Mexico City)
36. L'Astrance (Paris)
37. Biko (Mexico City)
38. Amber (Hong Kong)
39. Quique Dacosta (Dénia, Spain)
40. Per Se (New York City)
41. Mani (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
42. Tickets (Barcelona)
42. Borago (Santiago)
44. Maido (Lima)
45. Relae (Copenhagen)
46. Restaurant Andre (Singapore)
47. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee (Paris)
48. Schloss Schauenstein (Fürstenau, Switzerland)
49. Blue Hill at Stone Barns (Tarrytown, New York)
50. French Laundry (Yountville, Calfornia)
Seeing as these venues are among the World Restaurants Awards 2015, it's fair to say they'll all include some fair spending - but it'll all be worth it in the end!
