Dining Reviews

Chef Mark Hix Breaks Leg After Accident on His Motor Scooter Mark Hix, the chef who owns two London restaurants and opens a third in Selfridges next year, is in the hospital after breaking his leg in a traffic accident.

Four Seasons Hong Kong Eateries Win 3 Michelin Stars (Update1) The Michelin Guide gave top honors to three restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau, all in hotels, in the sophomore review of the southern Chinese cities’ eateries.

Michelin Promotes Brothers’ Restaurant to Three Stars in Spain Michelin & Cie. creates a new three- star restaurant and elevates four establishments to two stars in the new guide to Spain & Portugal, which goes on sale today.

Try Truffles at PizzaExpress, Take Butchery Lessons: Food Buzz Francesco Mazzei of L’Anima restaurant in London’s City financial district is to become guest chef for PizzaExpress, creating six dishes for the chain that will be rolled out across the U.K. from Feb. 2.

Bouley Matches $245 Dinner With Time-Warp Ambience in Tribeca A New York restaurant doesn’t need to feel like a New York restaurant to approach greatness. Such is the case with Bouley. It evokes neither this city nor this country and not even this century.

Michelin Awards Third Star to Family Restaurant, East of Milan Da Vittorio, about 60 kilometers northeast of Milan, today becomes the sixth restaurant in Italy to hold three Michelin stars. Another seven eateries are promoted to two-star ranking, while 24 gain their first stars.

Michelin Guide Promotes Boreas in the Netherlands to 2 Stars Michelin & Cie. increased the number of stars it awards to restaurants in the Netherlands to 91 from 83, with one venue achieving a second and 11 their first.

Osaka Dine & Deal: Michelin-Starred Cities Feature Hot Pot, Eel Visitors to Japan who confine their stay to Tokyo are missing out on culinary treats in the western cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.

Michelin Guide Gives Second Star to Four Belgian Restaurants Michelin & Cie. awarded four restaurants a second star, and 15 their first, in the latest edition of its dining and hotel guide for Belgium and Luxembourg.

Ramsay’s Right-Hand Chef Mark Sargeant Quits After 13 Years Mark Sargeant, who joined Gordon Ramsay 13 years ago and worked his way through the kitchens to become one of the chef’s closest friends and allies, has resigned and will join another restaurant company next month.

London Eateries Slash Wine Prices; Haggis Dim Sum Honors Burns Le Bouchon Breton has joined the ranks of London restaurants lowering the price of fine wines to draw in customers and to get us all drinking again. Among the bargains: La Tache, Domaine de la Romanee Conti 1995, down to 1,293 pounds ($2,150) from 3,900 pounds, and Charmes-Chambertin, Domaine Perrot-Minot 2001, cut to 105 pounds from 220 pounds. Let’s hope our employers appreciate the effort that is being made. Just think: The more you drink, the more you save.

Japanese Curry, Snubbed by Michelin, Finds Fans: Tokyo Dining The Michelin Guide’s list of top Tokyo restaurants features French eateries, sushi shops and even blowfish specialists. Left entirely unrepresented is one of Japan’s favorite foods: curry.