Not the world’s 50 best restaurants.. Had I but world enough and time, trotting the globe to eat wouldn’t be such a crime. I am a self-confessed World’s 50 Best Restaurants junkie. I find it commendable that the list is streamlined towards unearthing innovations where (occasionally) no ordinary foodie has reached. There is a catch, …
Happy New Year to You All ^_^ My 2012 started with a cancelled holiday, a lukewarm winter, a depressingly lukewarm washer-dryer, a cat that shuns me and no bloody decent restaurant opened during those festive days. No resolutions. Not too much to look forward to in 2012, apart from the grand opening of Pitt Cue …
This is the continuation of my Part I at Mugaritz. Make sure you have a peek of what came first here And my experience continued with another cross-culturally familiar item: Kuzu bread (10). Made from starch flour. So white it looks as if plastered up with ceramic. Sponge-y but dense. Quite heavy (yes I lifted …
BEN SPALDING .. is 24 years old and by the time he turns 27 his name will become firmly established in the UK’s foodosphere. That’s my prediction. Nonetheless, Ben has been talked of much since the opening of Roganic in London where Simon Rogan entrusts him with the “head chef” tag and collaborates his tasting …
I had an expectation that Suffolk would be a very sleepy county but my recent trip to Tuddenham Mill did open my eyes up to the countryside wonders. Firstly (and before the trip) there was a glowing review from Jay Rayner on chef Paul Foster whose nights at The Loft Project I missed (bugger!). Secondly …
On 13th April 2010 I walked into Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark, not knowing that three days after it would become the World’s Best Restaurant. Here is what so good about it.. The name “Noma” derives from “No” as of “Nordic” and “mad” meaning food. Head chef Rene Redzepi and his team, obviously, serves Nordic cuisine, though …