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Carme Ruscalleda, one of the world’s most decorated female chefs, runs this exquisite restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental with her son, head chef Raül Balam. Together, they dream up highly creative themed tasting menus. Past menus have paid homage to the movies (suckling lamb splashed with beet juice conjuring Silence of the Lambs) and opera (Ibérico pork in a gypsy stew representing Carmen). The contemporary gold and amber dining space features a window into the kitchen to watch the staff in action.