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Address: Restaurante Andreu Genestra, Camí de Sa Torre, 8, 7, 07609 Llucmajor, Illes Balears, Spain Pauline Gouablin/Datil Pauline Gouablin/Datil Take the sought-after roving chef Manon Fleury, a predominantly woman-led team, a plant-focused culinary ethos, and an earthy and bright interior, and you have Datil - the talented young chef's first restaurant, located in the north Marais. Fleury has always given locally sourced produce the starring role in her cooking, treating meat and fish as condiments. But here, dishes are more than just the sum of their sustainable parts; they come out of the semi-open kitchen-like artistic compositions meant for reflection. The menu shifts seasonally, but standouts have included rutabaga and pink radishes layered with garlic cream, almond, harissa, and thinly sliced scallops, as well as a celery and mushroom consommé-congee mashup sprinkled with a few comestible flowers. Lindsey Tramuta Address: Datil, 13 Rue des Gravilliers, 75003 Paris, France After departing from a Michelin-starred restaurant Feitoria, and partnering with food group Paradigma, chef João Rodrigues returned to Lisbon to establish a casual restaurant that honors his hometown's heritage. Canalha is a quintessential "neighbourhood restaurant" - increasingly rare in a city gentrified by overtourism. Everything here exudes a sense of nostalgia: the yellow tram gliding past on the street, the extensive counter for meal service, the sturdy dark wooden tables adorned with marble tops, and a menu brimming with culinary delights, such as line-caught squid with sheep butter sauce, open-face omelettes prawns and onions, and traditional Portuguese bitoque (steak crowned with a fried egg and signature pan sauce). But Canalha is also a haven for exceptional local produce and charcuterie. An imposing green charcoal oven nestled in the kitchen serves as a shrine where Rodrigues and his team grill to perfection fresh red scarlet prawns, clams, and fish sourced from Portugal's bountiful coast. Rafael Tonon Address: Canalha, R. da Junqueira 207, 1300-338 Lisboa, Portugal Maizajo's conception began eight years ago when chef Santiago Muñoz began focusing on the recovery of maíz criollo, which for years had been losing the battle against the industrialisation of tortillas. After opening a tortillería in Mexico City's Roma neighbourhood, he moved to Condesa to open this three-in-one restaurant. Downstairs, fresh tortillas are sold daily, made with 100 per cent nixtamalised corn, either by hand or with special equipment, and always highlighting different regional varieties. Upstairs, a completely Mexican menu features street food with a boost, including wedding tamal and glazed tongue with salsa verde, and longaniza (pork sausage) tacos paired with either fried shrimp or rib eye. Paula Móvil Address: Maizajo, Fernando Montes de Oca 113, Colonia Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06140 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico Chantal Arnts/Le Pristine Tokyo A vast open black doorframe hinting at the gates of a Shinto shrine marks the threshold of Le Pristine Tokyo, Michelin-sprinkled Dutch chef Sergio Herman's first foray into Asia. The restaurant is located in Hotel Toranomon Hills, whose softly minimalist Nordic-meets-Japanese interiors by Space Copenhagen hide behind a new twisted-façade skyscraper. The street-level venue is home to both a café and restaurant, the latter of which offers an escapist gourmet journey through modern European cuisine with a fresh Japanese twist. Dishes include marinated mussels, dashi, yuzu, and verbena; hamachi (a type of yellowtail), hairy crab, pistachio, mikan (Japanese mandarin), and black radish; and Sergio's signature seafood orecchiette. Food is not the only winning ingredient, however: Diners also soak in the intimacy of the elegant lines and crafted textures of the plant-scattered decor, with the mushroom-like Como SC53 Portable Table by Space for &Tradition tabletop lamps, Rotgazen wall-clinging melted disco balls, and Fredericia Furniture chairs playing into the theatre of the central open-plan kitchen. Danielle Demetriou
Website: andreugenestra.comDatil, Paris, France
Website: datil-restaurant.frCanalha, Lisbon, Portugal
Website: instagram.comMaizajo, Mexico City, Mexico
Website: maizajo.comLe Pristine, Tokyo, Japan