Partly due to this current pandemic, my eating habits have dramatically changed. First, no going out to Michelin 3-stars restaurants, as I haven't traveled in 2.5 years and there isn't even one 1-star in Hawaii. Second, I am mostly consuming vegetables, and almost totally avoiding rice and bread. However, the sensational result is that I have lost perhaps a dozen pounds. I do have a trip planned for this coming fall, and if that falls apart because of COVID, certainly next year. In the meantime the World's 50 Best Restaurants just announced their honorees for 2022 . A change recently occurred, and a #1 restaurant cannot repeat anymore. Noma of Copenhagen was the Best last year. About this restaurant: I was in Copenhagen in 2010 and ate at Chef Rene Redzepi's restaurant . He was at that time #3 to El Bulli of Spain and Fat Duck near London. Seven years ago I stopped by again. Denmark is very cold in the winter. ...
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