Edible insects, wine labels worth framing, boutique hotels-cum-libraries. Welcome to this year’s Gourmet Traveller Hot 100. Consider this your global hit list (in no particular order), from the most exciting food and drinks trends to the latest and greatest in travel. Flip through our gallery for a taste of the Hot 100 in pictures or see the complete Hot 100 2013 list here.
PHOTOGRAPHY JULIE CRESPEL, CARLA COULSON, ANTHONY GEERNAERT, ANSON SMART, FRANCES ANDRIJICH, JULIAN KINGMA, ALICIA TAYLOR, JAMES EVANS, AJ MOLLER, PABLO MARTIN, JAMES GEER, ROSS HONEYSETT, JASON LOUCAS
In the round
From left: former Berta manager Kristen Allan, former Vini chef Dan Johnston and The Eat In floor manager Tom Merryweather are among Full Circle’s members.
In transit
Jamie’s Italian in London’s Gatwick Airport.
Warehouse chic
The Galería del Jamón at Salt Meats Cheese in Sydney’s Alexandria.
Green isle
Inis Meáin Restaurant & Suites in the Aran Islands.
Design duo
Aesop-Marimekko Sauna Duet, $80.
All Greek to him
George Calombaris opens his souvlaki bar this year.
Hot cuts
Clockwise from top: beef intercostal, pork neck and beef rib cap are the latest meat sensations.
Capital idea
The new Hotel Hotel at NewActon, Canberra, features recycled timber interiors.
Singular style
Designer Michael Delany.
Sass & Bide’s Hello Goodbye key ring, $60.
Bookish looks
The lobby lounge at House Hotel Nisantasi, Istanbul.
Outdoor room
Inside one of the Edition Residences at Miami Beach.
Pots of gold
Jao’s “bomade”, $30, and Indah’s Lalu organic travel balm, $25.
Cake lady
Jade Halloran and her pimped-out 1974 caravan, Cake Kiosk.
Go to Rio
The Copacabana Palace hotel, Rio de Janeiro.
Fresh in the city
Spring St Grocer in Melbourne’s CBD.
Mark makers
Mash wine label designs for (from left) Barringwood, Linnaea and Inkwell.
Top catch
Kylie Kwong’s dish of stir-fried crickets.
So many levels
Print Hall dining room and bar, Perth.
Oasis of calm
Poolside at the Yas Viceroy, Abu Dhabi.
Going ’pro
From left: Penny Watson-Green, Catherine Adams, Angel Fernandez and Khan Danis at Cipro, Sydney.
Alfresco dining
Hartwood open-air restaurant in Tulum, Mexico.
Casual chic
The bar at Bones in Paris.
History and whimsy
A garden view room at the Andaz Amsterdam hotel, designed by Marcel Wanders.
Alice’s after-dinner kuih
Clockwise from top: onde onde, pandan balls filled with gula melaka; serimuka, coconut cream sticky rice topped with pandan and coconut custard; angkoo, tortoise-shaped rice flour cake filled with sweet mung bean; and dadar, grated coconut with gula melaka in a soft pandan pancake.
Bijoux in Peru
Hotel B in Lima, Peru.
More than a feeling
Hand-blown decanters by Brian Hirst.
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