An Austrian-born multimillionaire chef, Wolfgang Puck – had you not heard of him – has found fame and success in his LA flagship restaurant Spago where he topples his pizza with caviar. His now clientele ranges from Obama, Oprah Winfrey to, well, Gordon Ramsay. Therefore, you can surely expect pomp in his first CUT outpost …
What is “fashion” and what is “fashionable”? Everybody, it seems, interprets those terms differently. I do admit I have a hard time editing content for my London “Fashion” Eat fortnight. If “fashion” suggests “trend” and “fashionable” means “trendy”, we will only be strictly talking about great food with great ambiance populated by fat and skinny …
My bags were packed for Hua Hin, another of Thailand’s seaside resort towns and a hub for Bangkokian urbanites, but before leaving I did not forget to google for places to eat. And I picked restaurant Kroui Pah Heed next to the Fishermen’s Pier in Cha-Am – called Sa-Pan Plah in Thai – which Thai …
River prawns, in case you do not know, are the much sought after dish by Thai locals. Forget the high cholesterol; just imagine the sensually white, bouncy meat, the luscious, lava-like shrimp oil – and the grease it leaves on your lips that get you licking for more – the fresh, tangy and fiery dipping …
Funnily enough, with one glance at the Barbecoa butchery, I tripled my expectations for this new British-meet-American venture by Jamie Oliver and Adam Perry Lang. As I walked in and greeted by the eager receptionist and the chatty, helpful bartender and in knowing that the restaurant is fully booked, I felt there should be something …
It might come as a surprise to you that having been to Paris so many times I never had the chance to go up the Eiffel Tower. The reason, apart from my spending half of my time eating and the other half loitering on Rue Faubourg St Honore bitching how expensive and uninspiring designers’ merchandising …