The Wandering Palate Restaurant of the Year - Brasserie Gavroche, Paris-Singapore

It might be ageing or just over-exposure but I now much prefer wholesome dishes; unadulterated seafood, grills, rotisseries, slow roasts, casseroles and ‘nose to tail eating’ - simple cooking with exemplary produce.

Such a subjective predilection is perhaps not the sort of prejudice that a food commentator should have, but that’s what it is. Besides I ge…