THE FACTS ABOUT A FEW NOTABLE RESTAURANTS

Next time you travel, check out a few of the special restaurants featured in (www.cntraveller.com). The following are a selection: Fischers Restaurant (Berlin) Regensburger Strasse 5, 10777 Berlin (00 49 30 2181 883). There is a menu at this quirky restaurant but it is surplus to requirements as Helmut Fischer prefers to ask guests how they are feeling and what they would like to eat before cooking up something appropriate from whatever fresh produce he has in his kitchen at the time. Cristal Room (Paris) 11 place des Etats-Unis, 75116 Paris (00 33 1 40 22 11 10). Baccarat's glittery home is a showcase for its glassware, for Chef Thierry Burlot's excellent classic cooking and Philippe Starck at his extravagant best. Reserve Salon Rose with its pink ceiling and satin walls, black crystal chandelier and private terrace for the full experience. Aqua Spirit (Hong Kong) 29th and 30th Floors, 1 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (00 852 3427 2288) Hong Kong restaurants pride themselves for their spectacular views but Aqua Spirit, the cocktail bar overlooking two Aqua restaurants, beats the rest hands down. Aqua Tokyo serves up delicacies such as smoked aubergine wrapped in tender, paper-thin grilled beef fillet from its open robatayaki grill.