Gee, you’ve gotta have bags of confidence to set up shop in the Bibendum… Otherwise known as Michelin House, the permanent UK headquarters for the famed Michelin organisation. You know the history, of course, a tyre company that started to tell folks about restaurants around the place…. Well, Claude Bosi is no ordinary kind of…
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New Chef at the Two Starred Caprice
I’ve been having a lot of fun lately Of course, there has been the regular dining at amazing restaurants…. Always fun But there’s something special about helping someone discover the joys of international cuisine and Fine Dining. One of our gym buddies, let’s call him Matty, is relatively late to the exquisite joys of ultra-fine-dining;…
Germany: Leipzig is home to the 2* Falco and not much else
What the heck is in Leipzig? Well, as it turns out, Leipzig is not the most exciting of German cities; possibly due to a couple of factors… It was almost bombed out of existence during World War II, then had the misfortune to find itself part of the East German (and therefore Soviet) side of…
Berlin: World #48 & 2* Restaurant Tim Raue
When we were planning our European vacation, it was undertaken with the knowledge that my birthday was smack bang in the middle. It meant that I needed to select where we’d go for my birthday dinner. Last time we were in Berlin, I had a fantastic time. So much so, I’ve often rated it as…
London: World #27 & 2* The Ledbury
I can’t think of too many restaurants that I’ve had both a strong desire to visit and an equally strong level of frustration to secure a table. Given the reputation of The Ledbury, a perennial #Worlds50 Best Restaurant and Two Michelin Starred establishment, I can understand that it’s a little difficult to get into. However,…
13 Stars in 13 Days: A Journey through Amsterdam and Germany
The number 13 is unlucky for many, but proved to be a happy number for the girl and I on our recent European holiday. You see, it was the total number of Michelin Stars we collected as we toured through Amsterdam and broader Germany. Many were planned, a few were not and almost all were…
NYC: The 2* Atera blew my mind
As I walked from possibly the greatest meal of my life, I stopped at the exit to chat to the head chef on the night. As chance would have it, a fellow Australian and all round good bloke. There was no doubt that I’d been pinged as a blogger quite early into my meal at…
NYC: 2* Aquavit the Nordic King
A long time before Noma… Well before Nordic cuisine became the new zeitgeist, there was Aquavit. A restaurant that was opened in 1987, espousing Sweden’s 500-year-old culinary traditions; literally the only restaurant to offer modern Nordic cuisine in New York and one of the first to really hit it outside of Europe. With the region…
London: 2* Dinner by Heston Blumenthal #39* in the world
Here’s what my Monday looked like: Flight arrives in London at 5:30am Check into Hotel at 7:30am F45 Training Session at 9:30am Visit to Lyle’s at 12:30pm Visit to Dinner by Heston at 6:30pm If ever there was a contrast between the old culinary world and the new, this was it. Lunch was at a…
Shanghai: 2* L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon
You know the drill, one of the greatest chefs of the last 100 years, and it must be said probably one of the most canny restauranteurs going today. How else do you account for the squillions of Michelin Stars the guy has. Of course I’m talking about Joel Robuchon. I’ve been collecting Joel Robuchon visits…
Frantzén’s Kitchen: A new Nordic King
For a city where restaurant openings are as common as the rising sun, I was surprised by the hype that surrounded the launch of Frantzen’s Kitchen. Perhaps intrigued was a better way of putting it, after all, the Nordic style had been tried by Chef Nurdin Topham’s NUR. And while I rated NUR as one my…
2* Greenhouse – Mayfair London
I’m glad we live in an age where Google Maps exists, because without it I’d have spent all day wandering around the back streets of Mayfair looking for the Greenhouse. The beautiful little restaurant was in the backstreets and mews of one of London’s best areas and was only identifiable from the street because of…
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