| Whether you are looking for French hotels, thinking | | | | organises the awards, said: "There's a consensus |
| of buying a holiday home or even renting a watermill | | | | among people who know about restaurants that |
| for the week it is always a good idea to check out | | | | France is definitely the strongest country and |
| the local restaurants. And it seems that France is | | | | probably deserves to be top of the list." |
| certainly not lacking in decent places to get some | | | | Eating in or out in France |
| grub after it was revealed that the country has yet | | | | Whether you decided to head to an expensive |
| again won awards for the world's best restaurants, | | | | restaurant or choose to eat in the comfort of your |
| taking 12 of the top 50 venues. | | | | own home, when it comes to mealtimes there are |
| The UK on the other hand had seven restaurants in | | | | certain differences between the French and the Brits. |
| the top 50 while eight were in the US. | | | | The French tend to eat a smaller breakfast than their |
| Fine French food | | | | English counterparts and tend to have dinner a little |
| More than 20 judges had selected the winners of the | | | | later. |
| prestigious awards which were announced at | | | | They are also big fans of bottled water despite tap |
| London's Science Museum this week. | | | | water usually being fine to drink and although France |
| Paris' Pierre Gagnaire restaurant was named best in | | | | is a wine-growing country, local people rarely drink it |
| France while the romantic city also appeared to be | | | | all the time. |
| the best place for food enthusiasts, with nine | | | | All regions of Francehave a version of their own |
| restaurants in the top 50. | | | | special dish, cheese and wine, making every place |
| Joe Warwick, editor of Restaurant Magazine which | | | | you visit that little more exciting. |