{"id":10327,"date":"2009-12-31T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T23:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=10327"},"modified":"2010-09-09T18:53:44","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T17:53:44","slug":"no-expert-annual-awards-for-2009-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=10327","title":{"rendered":"NO EXPERT ANNUAL AWARDS FOR 2009 – Other Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Foliage<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

2. Number One at The Balmoral <\/a>– Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

3. du Parc des Eaux Vives<\/a> – Geneva.<\/p>\n

Worst Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Craft<\/a> – New York. Choking man at next table ignored.<\/p>\n

2. Abobe<\/a> –\u00a0Canterbury. Dinning room empty of staff on more than one occasion, forgetful waiter, customer repeatly having to shut the door to keep out the draft.<\/p>\n

3. Benares<\/a> – London.\u00a0Guests having to\u00a0\u00a0make a real\u00a0 effort to attract the waiters attention.<\/p>\n

Funniest excuse for bad service<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I am so sorry, but your wine order did not get to me” from the waiter who took the order : Abobe – Canterbury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fastest Napkin folding time<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Craft<\/a> –\u00a0New York.\u00a0 All they were good at, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0The Foliage<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

3. San Pau<\/a> – Spain. They don’t fold them they bring you a new one on a silver tray!.<\/p>\n

Best Bread<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Number One at The Balmoral <\/a>– Edinburgh<\/p>\n

2. Tom Aikens<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0du Parc des Eaux Vives<\/a> – Geneva.\u00a0\u00a0Formally number 1, but they no longer do the seaweed bread.<\/p>\n

Best Dessert<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Tom Aikens<\/a> – London. Prune delight.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Semproniana <\/a>–\u00a0 Barcelona. White chocolate infantile.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0RSJ<\/a> – London. \u00a0Poached pear and Perkin ice cream.<\/p>\n

The Portrait Restaurants<\/a> Peanut Butter Cheese Cake would have been up here too, if they had not taken it off the menu.\u00a0 Hate when that happens \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

Worst Dessert <\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Harveys<\/a> – Ramsgate.<\/p>\n

2. Abobe <\/a>– Canterbury.<\/p>\n

3. Alkima<\/a> – Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Most disappointing –<\/strong> Places where the hype was\u00a0 really out of step with our experience.<\/p>\n

1. Hibiscus<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

2. Harveys<\/a> – Ramsgate.<\/p>\n

3. Alfie’s<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

4. Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

Best\u00a0value for money<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Bistro de I’Hotel de Ville<\/a> – Vevey.<\/p>\n

2. The Foliage<\/a> – London. Fixed price lunch.<\/p>\n

3. Tram Tram<\/a> – Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Worst value for money<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Hibiscus<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

2. Abobe <\/a>– Canterbury.<\/p>\n

3. Harveys<\/a> – Ramsgate.<\/p>\n

Best View<\/strong><\/p>\n

30|40 at the Gerkin<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

Best for Afternoon Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Berkeley, Pret a Portea<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

2. The Athenaeum<\/a> – London.<\/p>\n

Best Advertizing Video<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eleven Madison Park<\/a> – New York.<\/p>\n

Best Web site for a Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Eleven Madison Park<\/a> – New York.\u00a0Simple to navigate, easy to book, stylish with\u00a0very appetising pictures.<\/p>\n

2. Cinc Sentits<\/a> – Barcelona. Stylish, easy to find key information, good on-line booking facilities.<\/p>\n

3. Per Se<\/a> – New York.\u00a0Provides a lot of information, uses\u00a0a simple format.<\/p>\n

Worse Web site for a Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Sketch<\/a> – London. A complete nightmare to navigate. What were\u00a0they thinking when they choose this?. \u00a0A good design is one that is both stylish and practical, this one is just downright silly.<\/p>\n

2. El Celler De Can Roca<\/a> – Girona. Another navigational nightmare, although not in the same class as Sketch.<\/p>\n

3. Mugaritz<\/a> – San Sebastian. You have to put your cursor over flying images to see tooltips and access key parts of the site. Not very practical at all.<\/p>\n

For an interesting artical on this subject see:-<\/p>\n