Inside The Best Restaurant In The World: Osteria Francescana | MR PORTER

the country of slow food and fast cars.... bella italia

This is for those complaining: I have been a chef for 12 years, managing hotels, restaurants, cooking in mom and pop shops, fine dining and most things in between. When you walk into a restaurant like this, you KNOW the food is going to be good, amazing even. However, the dining experience is what you are spending money on. Your time on. Your loved ones time on. To say "I can't experience this food, in this setting anywhere else in the world" is powerful. When I was in Japan, I experienced some of the best raw fish from tsukuji fish market I have ever had. I paid around $9 for some rice, a few slices of fish, green onions and soy sauce. It was amazing. I was smelling seafood, I was feet from fisherman who had been out at sea all morning. I was surrounded by things I absolutely could not experience elsewhere. When I was visiting Maui, I had Kailua pork, Roasted in the ground. We ate it on the beach in our sandles with friends. We had drinks. We could smell the ocean. Smell the pork. Hear the waves. See the sun setting. I can find that anywhere else. If I could visit this man's restaurant in my lifetime, I would expect an experience I could never ever forget. I would easily pay $100 for his menu, his experience, his setting, his craftsmanship. Good food is easy to come by these days. Hell, I am surrounded by it where I live. Experiences with food? True, one off experiences? Now that, my friends, is hard to come by. Stay hungry, much love.

There is a netflix series called chef's table that has an episode about him that is really good.

Italians have such a unique point of view when its come to food.

The tempo, the music, Everything about this video was perfect..

Mr. Bottura has a fine taste in music, that Velvet Underground & Nico is one hell of an album.

I love how he calls his restaurant a "laboratory of ideas." That's exactly how startups are referring themselves. And I feel it's the right framework through which we should evaluate how to operate.

Five different aged parmigiano reggiano in five different textures and five different temperatures. Holy shit that's unbelievable amazing.

I am a 14 year old with a huge passion for food.Everyone here thinks he’s arrogant or pretentious but i only heard a man who spoke about his love for art and food.He really spoke from his heart and i respect him.I hope one day i’ll be able to be just like him.

Classy, alongside every single element, each minute detail in this video, I loved seeing that Velvet Underground record put into the vinyl player.

This Mr. Porter videos are exquisite.

The first thing I did when I got a break from an assignment in Afghanistan was to eat lunch at Osteria Francescana. I literally got off the plane, rented a car, and went to lunch here. It was just what I needed.

I am falling in love with this place named Modena 😍

That vinyl collection tho. Dang i'm in love.

I don't really get the hate since he's actually one of the nicest and most positive guys in the business. At the moment his main occupation is taking care about his network that gives free food to poor people

Hi and Raymond are the greatests chefs to date in my eyes! Complete legends

I love this. The video was very well done.

I don't know him, but he doesn't sound arrogant at all!

ITALY IS ART EVERYWHERE.

So much Portlandia in here....a comedic cornerstone to my day.