Are good restaurants multiplying?

After over two years serving as head chef at Noma, Matt Orlando will be leaving René Redzepi's restaurant to open Amass, his own venture. Orlando tells the local paper Politiken that he's decided to stick with Copenhagen, settling on a picturesque location right on the city's harbor. The restaurant is set to debut on July 1st, 2013. Orlando has no intention of doing New Nordic food. He's taking trips to Brazil, Japan, and Australia, not just for research, but so he “can rediscover [his attitudes] toward food.” He tells Politiken, “People should be able to detect immediately that the chef is American. It has to be honest.” To that end, he's considering putting items like his take on short ribs on the menu.