The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2012
It is not usual to see men sporting horn-rimmed glasses and unruly beards in the…
Browsing: The Foodie
A Cigar Dinner at The Montague
“Linen-draped table, sparkling glasses, bottles of inky wine, a pastoral outlook and a full humidor. That’s a recipe for success.” Nick ‘Monty Cristo’ Hammond dines and puffs at The Montague on the Gardens.
Stars Under Stars at Jumeirah
“Pleasure knows many boundaries. Dubai, a food desert, where water, ingredients and workforce are shipped in, and septic tanks pumped far out, has something of the pyramids about it.”
Frantzén/Lindeberg
‘A gastronomic journey led by the needs of each ingredient and with the freedom of our creativity’. Noah May experiences one of the best meals of his life at Restaurant Frantzén Lindeberg in Stockholm.
The Flavours of New Orleans
“Anxiously eying the turtle soup laid out on the table before me, I was hesitant to sample my first spoonful. It was a first, let alone at breakfast time, but it was only one of many exotic entrées to pass our lips…”
Not the Grapes of Wrath
Despite renewed tensions over the Falkland Islands, Argentina and Britain have peacefully collaborated to produce…
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
“It has always been my opinion, formed through long experience, that a culture can be judged, and yes I do mean judged, by the quality of its food and the quality of its philosophy.”
Hôtel du Nord, Paris
“More than the rustic façade of this understated restaurant lets on, the Hôtel du Nord isn’t your average Parisian bistro, but is a rare piece of French film history.” Rooksana investigates…
Floridita
If you were ever to find yourself back in 1930s Havana, my advice would be…
The Lanesborough Afternoon Tea
With daffodils all around them, Rebecca and her chap don their Sunday best for a stroll through St James’s Park, a visit to the Churchill War Rooms, and a lavish afternoon tea at The Lanesborough…
Ibérica Canary Wharf
It’s a real slog getting across to Canary Wharf. ‘The City’, as those in the…
Experimental Exports to New York
Whether he’s spreading the jolly spirit of Hendrick’s Gin, or popping in to say “salut” at the ECC bars in Paris and London, Xavier Padovani is always on. And now he’s on in New York, opening the new ECC on Lower East Side.