Grand Hôtel Stockholm
Noah travels to Sweden to dine and recline at the Grand Hotel Stockholm with the country’s most celebrated chef…
Noah travels to Sweden to dine and recline at the Grand Hotel Stockholm with the country’s most celebrated chef…
Cabana’s startling multi-coloured facade rears up at me as I approach from the west. Baby…
Sounds rather like a scrambled-up British pub’s name; it doesn’t sound quite right. The Bell and Dragon – yes. The Dragon & Bell – fine. But Bel & The Dragon?
“Outlaw’s at The Capital sounds rather dramatic, like a Sam Pekinpah Western. It is not; it is a very calm, well-mannered, perfectly turned out restaurant in Knightsbridge…”
“He told me I would feel like this, he told me it would change me. I am sitting, drinking sloe gin with a seasoned traveller, a wit, a sage of sorts. Let us for sake of discretion call him The Minister.”
So the first time I visited The Jugged Hare, I was impressed by how slick an operation it was. Impressed by the investment, the interior work, the transformation that had been achieved and the obvious immediate hit that this country-in-the-City gastropub was.
“Where on earth could you be expected to start when trying to write about a city like Florence? Florence is not a place that has a beginning, middle and an end, it is a complex, beautiful, multifarious metropolis.”
“The welcome is generous in its warmth, drinks are poured and recommendations proffered as you go over the check-in details.” Noah visits the Ritz Madrid…
Veteran American actor, comedian and director Mel Brooks reportedly stated “sex is like pizza, even when it’s bad, it’s good” and I am inclined to sort-of agree, although the focus of my attentions in this context falls on the pizza.
“If ever there was a day to be out in the British countryside, it is this day. Early-August and baking – the hottest day of the year.” Noah reminisces on a trip to the Cotswolds…