The world's best restaurants, by Wolfgang Puck The Fat Duck; Bray, England Sound of the Sea, one of The Fat Duck's signature dishes. When I'm in England I love going to The Fat Duck. I know Heston Blumenthal very well and when I went there I was really impressed by the restaurant's inventiveness and modern style of cooking. The food is excellent, of course, but it's not just about that - you go there for the entire experience. That said, I particularly remember some beautiful lamb chops I had. There was also a seafood dish, Sound of the Sea, where they gave me an iPod so I could listen to the waves as I ate; it was fun, clever and delicious. L'Oustau de Baumanière; Les Baux-de-Provence, France Image: Alamy I love the L'Oustau de Baumanière restaurant in Les Baux, near Avignon in the south of France. I worked there when I was 18 or 19 or so, and Raymond Thuilier was the owner and chef. Now, every three years or so, I have the opportunity to go back to eat there and stay there as a customer. The restaurant is within a hotel - it's a fabulous place to visit. In the restaurant they're very famous for their baby lamb in puff pastry, which they made when I worked there as well. People come especially for it. Thuilier really cooked from his heart, he did his own thing and he didn't cook from recipes. He had a huge vegetable garden and everything was brought in fresh and cooked to order. If you wanted carrots we peeled the carrots and cooked them; if you wanted a vegetable soup we cooked it to order, and we only used the best products. Le Louis XV - Alain Ducasse; Monaco I like Le Louis XV - Alain Ducasse in the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo. He has a chef there who cooks with olive oil and the food isn't overly rich or French. It's more like a mixture of France and Italy and it uses a lot of local products. The clientele is quite international - I used to work in that hotel before Ducasse came - and the dining room is very glamorous and romantic and grand, the way you expect a three-Michelin-starred restaurant to be. It's a good option if you want to go out for a birthday or anniversary, something special. Matsuhisa; Los Angeles, America One of my favourite places in Los Angeles is Matsuhisa. It's been open for 27 years and I like it because it's like wearing a great cashmere sweater. It's always good, it's always nice, it's always comfortable. It's not fancy-looking, but the people are friendly and the fish is as fresh as could be. When I eat out in LA I tend to know most of the people working there, and lots of the guests too so it's social. When I go to Matsuhisa I tell the chef to just fix me something. I'm never disappointed because when you ask them to do that it means they always try their hardest. Steiereck; Vienna, Austria Image: Relais & Chāteaux There's a restaurant called Steiereck in Vienna which is a family restaurant and probably the best restaurant in Austria. It's inventive but you can still get a Wiener schnitzel or other traditional food. When I go back to Austria that's what I want, so I tell the chef to cook me something Austrian. They've got a great Austrian wine list too. It's popular with locals but everybody goes there. If you are a businessman in Vienna and you have a colleague coming from London who likes good food you'd take him there. The interior is beautiful, elegant and modern, and so is the location; it's in a large park that would be similar to Hyde Park in London. Spago; Los Angeles, America Saying which of my own restaurants is a favourite is like asking me which child is my favourite, but I love Spago in Los Angeles because it was my first one. When I opened it in 1982 I wrote "Spago California cuisine" on the menu. Californian cuisine is a mixture, as LA or California is, of different cultures, so we have Asian influences, Italian influences, French influences. It's a mixture of different dishes and cuisines. When I started we made a pizza with smoked salmon and caviar and Peking duck. We had some interesting pastas and salads and grilled items. I'd recommend whole-egg ravioli with a Carbonara-style sauce that's really popular. The Peking duck is also still really popular and people still order the smoked salmon pizza even if it's not on the menu.