An afternoon at chocolatier Jacques Génin’s salon is every gourmand’s sweet-toothed, Parisian dream. A must when in Paris.
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An afternoon at chocolatier Jacques Génin’s salon is every gourmand’s sweet-toothed, Parisian dream. A must when in Paris.
Read MorePatisserie Ryoco stands tall as one of Tokyo’s best patisseries, ranked just third in Tabelog’s Tokyo listing.
Read MoreChef Zaiyu Hasegawa’s playful interpretation of classical Japanese cuisine at his restaurant, Den, is celebrated as the front-runner of modern kaiseki in Tokyo. For the lack of a better phrase, a meal at Den is one of good vibes only.
Read MoreHere’s 10 of our favourite dishes this year, plus 5 outstanding desserts (because who can resist a sweet temptation?)
Read MoreFrench artisan baker Christophe Vasseur’s motto to “do something different, but exceptional” has earned him a reputation for being one of the best bakers in Paris (Gault & Millau, 2008), in just six years of opening his popular Du Pain et Des Idées boulangerie. And hand on heart, we speak from experience that his signature wood-fired pain des amis loafs and gorgeous swirls of sweet escargots are some of the best breads ever created.
Read MoreIn the heart of Omotesando’s fashionable shopping district lies Sakurai, a one-of-a-kind, contemporary tea house that has quickly garnered a reputation for serving the ultimate Japanese tea experience.
Read MoreAt ¥5,000 for a course of 13 nigiri, Sushi Ochiai, an edomae style sushiya, offers one of the most valuable sushi lunch deals in Tokyo.
Read MoreBarcelona, Spain – Our visit to Bodega 1900, a modern vermouth bar helmed by Spanish culinary superstar Albert Adrià, was the salve we very much needed to remedy a disappointing experience at the popular Tickets tapas bar earlier this Spring.
Read MoreLocated in the idyllic fishing town of Getaria, Elkano is one of Basque Country’s best fish restaurants to savour turbot. Its specialty turbot dish, cooked whole on an open-air charcoal parrilla grill outside the restaurant, is served on the bone with sea salt and olive oil.
Read MoreTickets, a one-star Michelin tapas bar opened by the world’s most influential modern chefs Ferran and Albert Adrià, is often revered as a pilgrim culinary pitstop in Barcelona, Spain, as it lends gastronomy devotees a small footing into the world of its legendary three-star preceder ElBulli (which closed in 2011). With Tickets, chef Albert Adrià imagined a very different…
Read MoreWhen you have flown 7,000 miles away from home, travelled (and dragged along 90 pounds of luggage) across the Hendaye border by train from Paris to spend a weekend at the sleepy seaside town of Donostia-San Sebastian in Spain’s Basque Country, you would want to make it your most perfect 48 hours – of no…
Read MoreChef Arguinzoniz’s shokunin-like approach to ingredients and wood-fired grilling is worth the most arduous of journeys. Our meal here made us reconsider the way we look at the flavour potential of vegetables and seafood, and how sometimes simple is best.
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