{"id":39114,"date":"2025-10-15T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/?p=39114"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:39:34","slug":"fzn-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/en\/fzn-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"FZN: The Empire of Restraint"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Closed Door<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

There\u2019s a doorbell. Just a doorbell.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Dubai – a city that advertises everything in gold leaf and fifteen-metre-high letters – Bj\u00f6rn Frantz\u00e9n<\/em> hid his restaurant behind an unmarked door. You ring. You wait. The door opens, and the desert disappears.<\/p>\n

FZN replicates the philosophy of the Stockholm original with watchmaker precision: the closed door, the succession of floors that turn dinner into a vertical journey, the showcase where ingredients rest like jewels – half desire, half expectation.<\/p>\n

The cooks look as if they\u2019ve stepped straight out of a Scandinavian fashion editorial: young, elegant, concentrated.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But the real transformation happens when you step out of the lift. Something changes.
\nYou cross the hallway and suddenly Dubai – the gold, the noise, the heat that bends the horizon – dissolves.
\nYou are in another dimension, where humans are sharper, gentler, and every gesture quietly confirms you\u2019ve made the right choice.<\/p>\n

The pale wood breathes calm. The light is composed like music – its textures, pauses, and silences perfectly tuned. Everything is deliberate. Everything is calculated. And, strangely, none of it feels oppressive.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>They welcome us with a glass of <\/span>Chavost Brut Nature – <\/span><\/strong>bone-dry, almost austere, the kind of Champagne that makes you sit straighter.<\/span><\/p>\n

The team moves with choreographed subtlety, a daily theatre directed by <\/span>Torsten Vildgaard<\/span><\/strong> and <\/span>Karin \u00c5gren<\/span><\/strong>, who ensure that nothing and no one rushes. It\u2019s the sort of service that cannot be forced.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"choux<\/a>
Choux de Bourgogne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Prologue<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dinner begins in the lounge, where the snacks aren\u2019t mere appetisers -they\u2019re warnings.<\/p>\n

A hot, crisp <\/span>choux de Bourgogne<\/span><\/strong>, filled with Mornay<\/em> sauce and a lush blend of Comt\u00e9<\/em>, Brillat-Savarin<\/em>, Langres<\/em>, and Marc de Bourgogne<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, a brittle celery-root taco packed with langoustine tartare, finger-lime caviar, vanilla, orange, and fennel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The acidity strikes first, then the crunch of the shell, and finally, the citrus pearls explode and dominate everything. Aggressive – in the best way.<\/p>\n

\"taco<\/a>
Celeriac Taco, langoustine tartare, lime caviar, vanilla, orange and fennel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"t\u00e1rtaro<\/a>
Otoro tartare, ponzu, myoga, wasabi and sansho pepper from Arima.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next comes the Asian undercurrent so typical of Frantz\u00e9n\u2019s cooking: a buckwheat-blini<\/strong> crowned with <\/span>otoro<\/span><\/strong> tartare, seasoned with ponzu, myoga flowers, wasabi, and Arima sansho pepper.<\/strong> The ingredients are Japanese, but the intensity of flavour is anything but. The tuna is boldly seasoned and finishes with that sansho tingle that doesn\u2019t burn – it lingers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"r\u00e5raka\"<\/a>
R\u00e5raka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then a classic: Frantz\u00e9n\u2019s interpretation of <\/span>r\u00e5raka<\/span><\/strong>, the Swedish potato dish. A crisp potato base, cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche, lemon juice, shallots, pickled onion, chives, and whitefish roe. <\/span>Crispy, creamy, and with the acidity of the pickled onion balancing everything.<\/p>\n

\n

The Champagne cuts through the fat like a cold wind through fog, leaving just the right edge of acidity to move forward.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Before the transition, they present the night\u2019s ingredients – the ritual we\u2019ve all seen online.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The final snack arrives: a <\/span>yuba<\/span><\/strong> tartlet<\/strong> (the skin of soy milk) filled with ricotta, green asparagus, and vadouvan spices.<\/strong> Another perfect snap, another perfect equilibrium.<\/span><\/p>\n

The precision borders on obsession.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"tartelete<\/a>
Yuba tartlet, ricotta, green asparagus and vadouvan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By now, we were questioning the rumours – could they really be heading straight for a third star?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Theatre of the Real<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

We descend a floor, cross the wine cellar, and enter the prep kitchen.
\nA chef opens a live scallop in front of us, explains its anatomy, and slices out the adductor muscle – the part that will be eaten. It still twitches.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the moment you realise there\u2019s no illusion here – only product, attention and time.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Minutes later, seated at the main counter, that same scallop returns – translucent, sweet, served raw, seasoned with fermented apricot and colatura, topped with thin layers of turnip.<\/strong>
\nIts texture is silk; its flavour, a quiet marriage of butter and fruit sweetness, brushed with a gentle umami that seasons without overpowering.<\/p>\n

\"Vieira,<\/a>
Scallop, apricot, turnip and colatura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s beautiful, technically flawless, delicious.
\nBut it lacks the power of the opening snacks – as if someone had turned the volume down after a thunderous overture.
\nA pause in intensity, a measured breath before the next act.<\/p>\n

\"Lagostim<\/a>
Langoustine and Choron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Crispy Langoustine<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

A langoustine tail, the underside coated in puffed <\/span>koshihikari<\/span><\/strong> rice. <\/span>Beside it, a bowl with two sauces: a yuzu butter emulsion and a <\/span>choron<\/span> – <\/span><\/em>a tomato b\u00e9arnaise.
\nAnother small bowl holds only water to rinse your fingers. (Why did seafood restaurants ever abandon this ritual?)<\/span><\/p>\n

The room stills as it arrives.
\nThe langoustine is hot, freshly fried.
\nThe rice gives it a delicate crunch; the sauces evoke memories – tomato, butter, something that whispers of shellfish and spicy ketchup, yet refined, elevated,\u00a0irresistible.<\/span>
\nThe cocktail sauce above all cocktail sauces.<\/p>\n

\n

This is Frantz\u00e9n\u2019s signature dish: simple in concept, impossible in execution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>The <\/span>Riesling Kabinett \u201cOberh\u00e4user Leistenberg\u201d D\u00f6nnhoff 2022<\/span><\/strong> plays its part with elegance – residual sugar to embrace the shellfish\u2019s natural sweetness, acidity to cut through the buttery sauce.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Chawanmushi,<\/a>
Chawanmushi, smoked beef broth, grilled razor clams, and sea urchin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Smoke and Memory<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Next comes the <\/span>chawanmushi – <\/span>smoked beef broth, grilled razor clams, and sea urchin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The custard is pure silk; the smoke, a note that lingers in the air.
\nThe razor clams add texture, and the sea urchin melts into everything as if it always belonged there.<\/p>\n

It tastes of sea, of fire, of meat, of sweetness, and acidity.
\nDisorienting, in the best way, and that is precisely why it becomes addictive.
\nThe sauce gives depth, fat, and strength of character.
\nIt shouldn\u2019t work – but it does, brilliantly.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d come back every day for this dish.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pregado,<\/a>
Turbot, walnuts, tahini and caviar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Turbot with Tahini<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Then the mise-en-sc\u00e8ne shifts to caviar. Turbot arrives – <\/strong><\/span>beurre blanc<\/em>, chopped walnuts, tahini, and N25 caviar<\/strong>, finished with browned butter and walnut oil.<\/span><\/p>\n

The walnuts are the only misstep – crunch where none is needed, blurring the clean line between fish and caviar.
\nStill, the cooking is flawless, the sauce sharp and alive, impossible to stop dipping into.<\/p>\n

A surprising choice of wine: <\/span>Chardonnay Chacra 2021<\/span><\/strong>, from Patagonia, a collaboration between the Rocchetta<\/em> family (Sassicaia) and Jean-Marc Roulot<\/em>. Mineral, structured, textural – it mirrors the dish\u2019s richness and rises beautifully to meet the <\/span>beurre blanc<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"rabanada,<\/a>
French toast, mussels, sumac, japanese mustard and angus beef<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Not-So-French Toast<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Where others would send out a palate cleanser, here comes a \u201cFrench toast.\u201d Sourdough spelt bread, chive emulsion, grilled mussels, sumac, Japanese mustard, and cured Australian Angus<\/strong> sirloin aged thirty days, dressed with <\/span>ponzu<\/span><\/em> and lime zest – assembled in front of us under the half-smile of scrutiny and desire.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s an absurd list of ingredients, yet they fuse without confusion.
\nThere is sea, there is fat, there is the crunch of the toast, there is the acidity that keeps the dish from becoming heavy, and of course, there is that meat which, on its own, would be worth a good moment beside a good wine.<\/p>\n

Not the truffle-laden version that made headlines, but competent – too competent, perhaps.
\nThe problem of creating expectations over time.<\/p>\n

\"Cebola,<\/a>
Onion, almonds and liquorice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Onion Soup<\/h3>\n

Another Frantz\u00e9n signature, found in all his houses: onion, almond, and liquorice.<\/p>\n

A velout\u00e9 of pur\u00e9ed onion, with chopped toasted almonds, milk foam, liquorice cream, and almond oil.<\/strong>
\nThe caramelised onions and almonds dominate – a flirtation of sweetness and texture.
\nThe liquorice? Mercifully faint, confined to a cream and dusting.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a savoury dish that could easily pass for dessert – hence the pairing with <\/span>Madeira Barbeito 5 Years<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span>Young, bright, caramel-toned, its acidity <\/span>echoing<\/span> the onions perfectly. <\/span>It works. <\/span>Though an older Madeira, with more oxidation and gravitas, might have lifted it further.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Pintada\"<\/a>
Guinea fowl, white asparagus, wild garlic and morels with p\u00e9rigourdine sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Guinea Fowl<\/h3>\n

Why don\u2019t we see more guinea fowl on fine-dining menus?<\/span><\/p>\n

While the world of fine dining keeps serving pigeon and duck, here the bird is different – grilled whole, then plated: the breast, white asparagus, wild garlic, and <\/span>morels<\/span><\/em> stuffed with the bird\u2019s own farce.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finished with a truffle <\/span>p\u00e9rigourdine<\/span><\/em> sauce, mint, and cucumber flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The breast is firm, moist yet almost rustic\u2014probably on purpose. <\/span>The sauce brings acidity and umami once again. <\/span>The <\/span>morels<\/span><\/em> are irresistible: tangy on the outside, filled with a savoury mousse within. At this stage, the acidity is welcome; the dish needs it to stay light.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"parker<\/a>
Parker house roll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To accompany the final savoury course, Frantz\u00e9n\u2019s famous Parker House roll<\/strong> – the bread half the world insists on copying. These are the little American rolls of the 1870s, first created at the Parker House Hotel in Boston, which Frantz\u00e9n has reimagined with layered butter: salted French butter, truffle butter, and shallot-confit butter.<\/p>\n

Served hot and airy, gone in seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside<\/span>, <\/span>the famous <\/span>Parker House roll<\/span> – <\/span><\/em><\/strong>that buttery, pillowy bread Frantz\u00e9n has turned into a cult.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in Boston in the 1870s, reimagined here with laminated butters: salted French, truffle, and shallot confit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Served hot and airy, gone in seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n

The red was a Bass Phillip \u2018Estate\u2019 2019, an Australian Pinot Noir \u2014 elegant, yet with firm tannins.\u00a0 Complex and more structured than usual, a product of its vintage \u2014 a year that happened to coincide with the final harvest signed by founder Phillip Jones. And what a magnificent farewell it was.<\/p>\n

Its poise cuts the bird\u2019s richness without killing the pleasure.<\/p>\n

\"Marshmallow<\/a>
Lingonberry marshmallow, spruce oil, blackcurrants, aged balsamic vinegar, and rose powder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Farewell<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

First, a half-frozen lingonberry marshmallow with spruce oil, blackcurrants, aged balsamic vinegar, and rose powder. <\/strong><\/span>Intense red fruit flavour – cold, crisp, bright. Impossible not to like.<\/p>\n

Then, love is disguised as warm <\/strong><\/span>matcha waffles topped with roasted pistachios and vanilla oil.<\/strong>
Served with a m\u00e9lange of white cloudberry jam, matcha, pistachio brittle, caramelised <\/span>Earl Grey<\/span><\/em> mousse, milky <\/span>oolong<\/span><\/em> oil, and carrot ice cream.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A festival of teas and infusions, yet what stands out is the pistachios\u2019 crunch and the vanilla\u2019s perfume.
\nThe sauces and ice cream melt together into a creamy pool, and eating it with your hands – dipping a waffle into the mess – takes you straight back to childhood.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Matcha waffles, vanilla, pistachios, cloudberry, vanilla, oolong and carrot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To close, a <\/span>Domaine Huet Vouvray \u201cLe Mont\u201d Moelleux 2022 – <\/span><\/strong>a late-harvest Chenin Blanc where mineral tension meets the sweetness of fruit and honey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its acidity keeps everything alive.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Final Path<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

We return to the lounge. Tea, coffee, or something stronger – there are options for all tastes.<\/p>\n

First, a plate of fruit: Japanese melon<\/strong> and <\/span>Miyazaki mango<\/span><\/strong> with a touch of yuzu.<\/span><\/p>\n

The melon is flawless. The mango – perhaps the best I\u2019ve ever tasted. Sweet, creamy, almost indecent in its perfection.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Petit fours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it seems to be over, a flurry of <\/span>petit fours<\/span><\/em> appears, and tiny <\/span>cardamom madeleines – <\/span><\/strong>light, aromatic, vanishing on contact.<\/span><\/p>\n

The madeleines lingered in memory. I should have asked for a box to take home.<\/span><\/p>\n

The System<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Now, with time and distance, I can say it plainly: <\/span>FZN isn\u2019t a restaurant. It\u2019s a system.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything works. Everything is timed to the second.
\nThe service is exceptional, even by three-star standards – no intrusion, no pretence.
\nThere\u2019s integration, active listening, and<\/span> technical precision.
\nEverything seems effortless, which only means it was painstakingly engineered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frantz\u00e9n built an empire on precision, and Torsten Vildgaard runs this outpost with the serenity of someone who has mastered his craft.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Madeleines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The entire team \u2014 both dining room and kitchen \u2014 was recruited from all over the world, including Portugal, with many coming from Bj\u00f6rn Frantz\u00e9n\u2019s other restaurants. It is a global operation, almost military in its precision.<\/p>\n

\n

Frantz\u00e9n has built an empire upon precision, and Torsten Vildgaard<\/em> leads this outpost with the serenity of someone who has mastered the craft.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A flaw here and there brings us back to Earth, and that too has value.
\nAlmost a year since opening, and with its stars already in place, Vildgaard<\/em> is finally free to imprint his own signature on this already memorable project.<\/p>\n

And then comes the question:
\n<\/strong>Does a replica-restaurant deserve the same stars as the original?
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some say no.<\/p>\n

That Dubai merely imports a packaged genius.
\nThat Vildgaard is merely performing a score long written and already replicated.
\nThat this is nothing more than a luxury franchise.<\/p>\n

I disagree. Completely.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A week before the Michelin announcement, there were no doubts left.
\nNot because it copies the original, but because it works in its own context.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And that\u2019s what most forget: Vildgaard and his team are not mere executors. They are interpreters of exceptional calibre. The paradox of an \u201coriginal replica.\u201d
\nIf it were that easy, there would be more Bj\u00f6rn Frantz\u00e9ns<\/em> in the world.<\/p>\n

\n

The FZN we visited will not be the FZN to come.
\nAnd that isn\u2019t a weakness – it\u2019s a promise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Final Toughts<\/h3>\n

Some chefs build dishes, and others build worlds.
Frantz\u00e9n<\/em> belongs to the latter.<\/p>\n

FZN is a microcosm of rigour, time, and obsessive attention to detail.
\nFrantz\u00e9n<\/em> has built a system of his own and managed to transpose it onto Dubai\u2019s gilded, dizzying rhythm. The house runs with the serenity of those who understand true luxury: the absence of haste, the measured cadence of voices, the discreet gleam that appears only where it should.<\/p>\n

But not everything is reverence.
\nHere and there, some of the more subtle courses lacked the force of the opening snacks.
\nControl is absolute – almost excessive, almost Japanese in its restraint.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The question was never whether a replica deserves the same stars as its original.<\/p>\n

\n

The question is whether it can create its own universe, its own reason to exist.
And the answer here is clear: this is not a copy. It is a free translation – <\/strong>one in which we wonder whether three stars are enough for what Vildgaard<\/em> may yet build here – not merely another chapter in Frantz\u00e9n\u2019s<\/em> success, but his own new beginning.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dubai didn\u2019t need another signature restaurant.
\nIt needed an alternative.
And FZN delivers precisely that: a place where luxury is intelligent, where precision doesn\u2019t stifle pleasure, where everything works because someone cared about the smallest detail.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Yes, it\u2019s expensive – around 2,000 AED for the tasting menu, plus between 1,400 and 5,000 AED for the wine pairings, depending on the level chosen. It\u2019s the cost of importing the best of the entire world into the heat of the Arabian desert.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also the price of an experience that endures – not in your pockets, but somewhere where the things that matter tend to live.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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