Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, New York
Cat Food.. You know…Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare is a three-Michelin-starred, 18-seat restaurant appendixed to a supermarket. You know, chef Cesar Ramirez is Mexican but inspired by the Japanese...
View Article41° Experience, Barcelona
41° Experience There is so much brilliance I can recall about this meal, but I have decided not to put all into writing. Lazy blogger, no. Necessity, yes. The “elements of surprise” are crucial,...
View ArticleHKK by Hakkasan: The Morsels of Modern Chinese Banquet in City
City, culture(s) and HKK Despite my being harsh – you will see – I actually like HKK very much. I am talking a new concept modern Chinese restaurant in the City by Hakkasan Group that, contrary to...
View ArticleAn Intermediate Guide to Fine-Dining in Japan (Tokyo/Autumn)
Why not for the beginners… This is an “Intermediate” guide for aspiring fine diners visiting Japan. My “Intermediate” means something between knowing the basic (i.e. different types of Japanese...
View ArticleKaiseki (Japan) + Late Spring/Early Summer Produce
Kaiseki only.. This is a catching-up of my Intermediate Guide to Fine Dining in Japan, with a focus only on kaiseki (multi-course haute cuisine) and the availability of produce in (late) spring and...
View ArticlePassage 53, Paris
Fated! My visit to Passage 53 was accidental. The first minute I rested my wearied buttocks in Paris I received an apologetic phone call from a hard-to-book, 2-Michelin-starred restaurant whose table I...
View ArticleAqua Restaurant, Wolfsburg
Cars.. Restaurant Aqua is, practically, a restaurant in a car park. Situated on the ground floor of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in a small, kind-of-chaavy industrial town of Wolfsburg, this is a fine dining...
View ArticleFrantzén/Lindeberg, Stockholm
To front the line.. (Very) luckily, I was among the first few to brave the newly erected kitchen table at two-Michelin-starred + World’s 50 Best‘s ‘One To Watch’ Frantzén/Lindeberg in Stockholm,...
View ArticleFaviken Magasinet, Jarpen
(Since the review below, I also returned to Faviken twice. You can graze through my August 2012 album and January 2013 album here) Snow and a frozen lake My first impression of Faviken was that it...
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