TranslationSeafood time!! (Warning: I’m still cringing at how much I ate during the NYC trip. This post might lack excitement). Marea Marea is a two-Michelin-starrred Italian/seafood restaurant overlooking the south of Central Park. If standing outside the restaurant on a breezy, sunny day, you will certainly entice yourself with smell of fresh horse poo from …
TranslationRelocation, relocation Cotidie, meaning ‘everyday’ in Italian, is a brainchild of Chef Bruno Barbieri, who is a much respected chef in Italy as he not only appears on Masterchef (there) but is also a possessor of two Michelin stars, respectively at Il Trigabolo in Argenta and Arquade in Verona, neither of which I have been. …
TranslationApple and pear That’s the meaning of “Mele E Pere”. The designer took it quite literally and mounted a polychromatic window display of apples and pears – some metallic ones, some Murano glass ones – on the street level of this mysterious Italian eatery on Brewer Street. In fact, the entrance was pretty much a …
TranslationA millionaire’s hotspot.. Mayfair restaurants are usually filled with properly rich people but at Novikov the degree of wealthiness verged on being obscene. There was a catch, still. The ambiance at Novikov’s “Italian” was strangely and grandiosely relaxed. The dark bar entrance led the way, via a glitzy wine cellar, to a brightly lit dining …
TranslationAnother “Mayfair” Italian.. There are many Italian restaurants in Mayfair. (Don’t ask me why). There are many “Burlington” streets, gardens and places in Mayfair. (Don’t ask me why). And putting the two together it took me and The Other Bib 10-15 odd minutes to find this new site of world’s renown Cipriani restaurant in Mayfair. …
TranslationHappy 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 …