On the way into the building for lunch at Fyn, don't be surprised if you have to step over sleeping bodies. It’s midday in Parliament Street in the Cape Town CBD and from the windows of the fifth floor fine-dining spot, you look across the square at a McDonald’s.

What other establishment on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list offers such contrast?..

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