Phil Rosenthal Favourites

~ The best two things in Thailand: soup and fruit.

~ One of the more delicious things he has eaten in his life: crab omelette made by Jay Fai in Bangkok.

~ Fish: Scorpion, grilled sardines.

~ Champion of Meats: Roast Goose.

~ Absolute favourite food: French Fries.

~ Loves anything in pie form.

~ Store-bought cookies: Fortnum & Mason Dark Chocolate coated Chocolate Pearl biscuits.

~ Ice-cream: Chocolate!

~ Fruit: Mango and mangosteen.

~  Khao Soi from Khao Soi Loong Prakid Gard Gorm, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

~ Seafood dish: Steamed king crab followed by crab fried rice using the crab fat (stall 010 5334 3317, Noryangjin Market).

~ Best shawarma: Shawarma King, Glasgow, Scotland

~ One of the best desserts in the world: Stephane Jego's version of rice pudding.

~ Absolute favourite place on earth: Florence, Italy.

~ One of the best seafood restaurants in the world: Gverovic Orsan in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

~ Favourite things: garlic; trying everything on the menu; chocolate croissants from Tartine in San Francisco; sandwiches and booze.

~ One of his favourite actresses in the world: Patty Heaton.

~ Favourite Phil: Phil Krajeck.

~ Happiest place on earth: The French Laundry in San Francisco.

~ One of the best things ever: Portuguese chicken.

~ Best restaurant in the world: Noma in Denmark.

~ Worlds best bread for dipping is made out of just pork.

~ One of the best restaurants in Washington DC: Rasika.

~ One of the best restaurants in Philadelphia: Laser Wolf.

~ Best burger: Orfali Bros, Dubai.

~ Unique experiences: Bedouin food.

~ One of his favourite drinks: tequila.

~ Best veggie sandwich that tastes better than most burgers he has ever had: Shawarma sandwich made with celeriac at Rovi (Yotam Ottolenghi's restaurant).

~ Favourite funny movie of all time: MacGruber.

~ One of the best seafood restaurants he has been to in his life: Saint Peter in Sydney, Australia.

~ One of the thrills of Phil's life: to see the Grand Canyon.

~ One of his favourite things in the world: hand pulled noodles.

~ One of his favourite thing about travelling: finding stuff in unusual places. 

For example, Big Dan's Shanxi Taste. A restaurant specialising in hand pulled noodles found at the back of a supermarket located 15 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip.

~ One of the best restaurants in the Phillipines: Toyo.

~ The best place to have stroopwafel: Rudi's in Amsterdam.

~ One of the best restaurants in the Netherlands: De Kas.

~ The greatest pancakes in the Netherlands: Upstairs Pancake House.

~ One of the worlds best restaurants: Asador Extebarri.

~ One of his favourite unique pizzas: wood grilled pizza with pumpkin and spicy oil at Al Forno in Providence, Rhode Island.

~ The best duck he's ever had: jerk marinated roasted duck leg with some Jamaican style rice and peas and Haitian pikliz at Comfort Kitchen, Boston.

~ One of his favourite kinds of tower: seafood tower.

~ One of the better lamb shanks he's had: at La Royal in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

~ One of the best breakfasts he has ever had: the big brekkie at Speedos Cafe, Bondi Beach.

~ The best 'alt burger' he's ever had: the cheeseburger at Saint Peter in Sydney. Interpreting fish more as meat.

~ One of the best Thai places he's ever been to: Porkfat in Sydney.

~ His absolute hero: Mel Brooks.

~ One of the best lunches he has had in his life: Asador Alphonso at Tagaytay, Phillipines.

~ One of the best, if not the best waffle in the world: the sweet potato waffle at Gritz Cafe in Las Vegas.

~ One of the best sausages he has ever had: smoked sausage at Barriga Llena.

~ One of the best fried chicken he has had in his life: made by chef Mario Godinez at Barriga Llena. Marinated in buttermilk for 24 hours and served with black garlic mayo and fries.

~ The oldest and maybe the best sweet shop in Guatemala: Maria Gordillo. Opened in 1872 and serves sweets that are milk based combined with fruit.

~ One of his favourite dishes in the world: Michael Solomon's lamb shoulder with molasses and pomegranate.

~ Some of his favourite chicken and sauce ever: chicken barbeque sauce from Damien Brockway's food truck called Distant Relatives, located at Meanwhile Brewing in Austin.

~ Everything he loves about life: to eat with your family and friends in a great place and working with people you love.

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