1. Poulet Bresse, France
This must be the best chicken in world. You find it in a town called Bourg-en-Bresse in eastern France (36 miles north of Lyon) and it's a very simple idea – just chicken roasted in its own juices, served with a bowl of buttery mash. I've never tasted anything like it. It's absolutely top. At the Hotel de France's brassiere, you can try their Bresse menu, which includes the poulet, foie gras and some Bresse blue cheese. Add a good bottle of Burgundy, and you've got a heavenly meal.
2. Pho, Vietnam
This stuff is absolutely addictive. It's pronounced "fur" and it's a sort of broth made with fresh beef, noodles, chilli, lime, beanshoots and spices. It's essentially a dish of the street markets, although we also meet a chef, Didier Carleau, who has given it a high-end twist at the Spices Garden restaurant in Hanoi's Metropole. Here it will cost you around £5, as opposed to a few pence in the market, but it's well worth it.
3. Steak tartare, Brussels, Belgium
When in Brussels, head to the Belga Queen. They do an incredible steak tartare. It's Charolais beef served with a pot of caviar and an icy shot glass of vodka on top. Throw in a side order of chips and, bloody hell, it's great. It's a really posh place and yet this is just 20 euros a pop. It's such a good craic, a superb combination of flavours and a really special treat.
4. Pecorino cheese, Pisa, Italy
They serve a deadly but completely gorgeous starter at Il Campano restaurant in Pisa. They take Pecorino cheese, when it's at a young stage before it turns hard like parmesan, then they melt it under some spek, which is fatty bacon, and add a shaving of white truffle. Scrape some Tuscan bread over the top and it's as if all your birthdays have come at once. When it comes into the room, the smell just hits you. Of course, it will probably knock ten years off your life but it tastes fantastic.
Antica Trattoria Il Campano, 19 Piazza delle Vettovaglie; +39 050 580 585
5. Bife de Costilla, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Costilla de Lomo is the cut you need to go for at La Brigada in Recoleta; it's the tail end of the filet. In this silver-service restaurant the meat is so tender it's cut at the table with a spoon. Ask for it to be cooked "a punto", which is medium rare. I usually like it raw but, in this case, it's great to taste the flavour of the outside after it's been cooked. I've never had beef like it.
La Brigada, Peña 2475; +54 11 4800-1110
6. Entrecote au feu à rapasser, Strasbourg, France
Pierre Bois and Feu in Strasbourg does the most incredible entrecote. It's hung for five weeks and then cooked at your table with a flat iron. They bring one of those old Victorian things filled with coals straight to your table and use it to stomp on the steak until it's done exactly how you like it. It's great to get the outside slightly charred so it has this unique, slightly metallic tang on the outside. It's called Entrecote au feu à rapasser. It's not a gimmick; it makes a really tasty steak. The owner also makes his own fois gras and locals told us it is the best you can get.
Pierre Bois and Feu, 6, Rue Bain aux Roses 67000, Strasbourg; +33 (0)3 88 36 25 59
7. Seafood platter, Cape Town, South Africa
The Codfather serves the best seafood platter I've ever had. They do such a great selection of fish, which they grill with lemon, garlic or herbs. It's so simple but, because they have so much of it, they have developed the knack. You order it by weight so you get exactly what you want and you should wash in down with some cool Sauvignon Blanc. The prawns, from Madagascar and Mozambique, are so big they're more like lobsters – just without the claws. Panama Jacks in the docks also does a great platter. I went there with Dennis Hopper when I working as a make-up artist on one of his films. He went every night, insisting it was the best he'd ever had. And I'd bet he's eaten in some good places.
The Codfather, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, Cape Town; +27 (0)21-4380782.
8. Tagine, Marrakech, Morocco
Dar Zellij is a romantic, high-end joint where you can sit on the roof under the Moroccan sky. Their chicken tagine has a twist in as much as it involves a whole cooked poussin. It's stuffed with vermicelli, which really soaks up the flavour of the preserved lemons and cooked olives. The vermicelli is the star attraction. Mop it all up with bread and you'll be thinking, "Crikey, this is alright!"
9. Oysters, Brittany, France
Cancale, Brittany (along with Carlingford, Ireland) has to be one of the best place for oysters straight from the sea. In Cancale, which is near St Malo, you head to the beach and it's like a mini market in itself with stalls in the rock pools. You go up to someone, ask for a dozen and they pull them out, crack them open and you add lemon and eat. This is the cheapest, freshest and tastiest way to have oysters. In London you can pay £1.50 for each one; here you can get a dozen for that price.
10. Chequerboard ravioli, Milan, Italy
I had the best meal of my life here just the other week, at Villa San Carlo Borromeo. This is classic Milanesa food. Chef is a man called Gian Carlo Calciolari and he's incredible. He does salmon with ravioli made from squid ink – so it's black on one side, white on the other, like a chequerboard. On the top is a salmon roll and it's served with baby asparagus, which are as thin as pencils. It's a real feast for the eyes. It's quite expensive but it's not poncey like some of those Michelin places.
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