Thailand / Fes / France / Hong Kong / Italy / Japan / Morocco / Spain
on 2 October 2024 at 7:20 am ×
Over the past 40 years we have journeyed to many places on this planet searching for food and drinks that are prized by the locals. Many of the food items and the drinks we have searched for we have found in restaurants or tiny cafes. However others we have found […]
Italy
on 1 October 2024 at 6:59 am ×
Ristorante del Cambio – Introduction Ristorante del Cambio is an elegant, gracious mansion in the centre of Torino housing one of the best restaurants in the region. It serves fine, authentic Piedmontese food. We were a bit concerned about eating at Restaurant del Cambio. It certainly was highly recommended. But […]
Breakfast / London
on 28 July 2024 at 10:30 am ×
Towpath – Introduction Sometimes we stumble across a place that we come to love, on other occasions we are taken to a place someone else loves and we instantly love it. The latter is the case with Towpath in London. We were taken there by our friend Will Gleave who […]
France
on 6 July 2024 at 1:00 pm ×
Manat in Perpignan – Introduction Manat in Perpignan is a seriously good restaurant in Perpignan run by Yuka Okugawa and Marc Meya who have cooked together in both Japan and France and now run this very popular restaurant in the centre of Perpignan. As can be imagined from the first […]
France / Paris
on 7 June 2024 at 5:39 am ×
Septime la Cave – Introduction Septime la Cave is a small, sparse bar and cave quite close to its mothership Septime. It serves a short, but nicely conceived list of wines by the glass at very reasonable prices, or you can buy a bottle from the shelves that line two […]
Uncategorised
on 6 June 2024 at 4:38 am ×
Richard Olney’s Provence Cookbook Provence: The Beautiful Cookbook by Richard Olney is a ‘coffee table’ book that looks good but also contains solid, well-structured recipes that capture the essence of Provence. We normally overlook ‘beautiful’ books because they often fail to deliver rigour and authenticity, however Richard Olney was incapable […]
France
on 22 May 2024 at 3:54 am ×
French natural wine bars – Introduction We get so many requests for information about natural wine bars to visit in France that we thought it might be useful to summarise our thoughts about places to visit when you are touring around this great country. Here are a few of our […]
Australia / New South Wales
on 14 May 2024 at 1:28 am ×
Bar Heather – Introduction We have been following the career of Ollie Wong-Hee for some time now. Ollie cooked at various locations in Hobart and we also experienced food by he and Luke Burgess when they did a pop-up in Arles in southern France some years ago. Ollie has also […]
Australia / New South Wales
on 14 May 2024 at 1:24 am ×
Introduction to New South Wales dining Sydney in New South Wales is a great place to eat – there are just so many wonderful restaurants and bars and places to enjoy serious coffee. However, there are many places outside the Sydney metropolis where you can also enjoy great food and […]
Japan
on 12 May 2024 at 4:37 am ×
Rokurinsha – Introduction Rokurinsha at Tokyo Station has queues lining up prior to opening time for a reason – the tsukemen is some of the best in town. Beautiful, chewy noodles served with sliced pork, deeply-flavourful stock and a topping of bonito power makes for a very satisfying lunch. Get […]