SYDNEY - The food at a top restaurant may be note-worthy but
what about the view? Food and Wine Magazine has come up with a list of the top
10 restaurants where the food is delicious but the view is as memorable.
This list was compiled by foodandwine.com,
1.The Aquarium, Dubai
A floor-to-ceiling aquarium stocked with hundreds of exotic
fish is the centerpiece of this stylish restaurant, which also boasts stunning
views of Dubai's Creek. The specialty? Seafood.
2. C5 Restaurant Lounge, Toronto
Cantilevered over the city in Daniel Libeskind's new addition
to the Royal Ontario Museum, C5 has a view of the skyline.
3. Catch, Los Angeles
No restaurant captures SoCal beach chic as beautifully as
this new seafood place with floor-to-ceiling windows off the beach in Santa
Monica.
4.Diwan Al-Sultan Brahim, Beirut
This restaurant has several branches, but the one in an
Ottoman building in the port area is the most appealing, due to its waterfront
location and exceptional seafood.
5.Herbert Samuel, Tel Aviv
This buzzy new spot has luxurious interiors by architect Alon
Baranowitz and a prime seaside location.
6.Kaiwa, Honolulu
Set near Waikiki Beach, the ambitious new Kaiwa has a
wall-size waterfall in the dining room and a space-age tatami room decorated
with gleaming fiber-optic strands.
7.Muzedechanga, Istanbul
The owners of Changa, Istanbul's coolest fusion restaurant,
opened this new spot inside the elegant Sakip Sabanci Museum on the Bosporus's
European shore.
8. Papadakis, Athens
In the three years since Argyro Barbarigou relocated her
restaurant from the island of Paros to Athens's residential Lycabettus
neighborhood, she has become a media darling, with her own TV show and cookbook
series.
9.Pierchic, Dubai
Housed in a wooden structure modeled on a traditional Emirati
home, this spot overlooking the Persian Gulf has amazing views of the man-made
Palm Jumeirah island.
10.The Wharf Restaurant, Sydney
At one end of a historic warehouse, this grand waterside restaurant brings in
guests via a walkway lined with posters of past performances from the Sydney
Theatre Company to a dining room with views of the harbor and bridge. -Reuters
