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Thailand / Fes / France / Hong Kong / Italy / Japan / Morocco / Spain

Amazing food and drinks “worth a journey”

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 […]

del Cambio
Italy

Ristorante del Cambio – Amazing food

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 […]

Towpath, London – Canal-side dining
Breakfast / London

Towpath, London – Canal-side dining

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 […]

Manat
France

Manat – Serious food and wine

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 […]

Septime la Cave
France / Paris

Septime la Cave – Memorable Venue

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 […]

Richard Olney’s – Provence: The Beautiful Cookbook
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Richard Olney’s – Provence: The Beautiful Cookbook

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 […]

Natural wine bar
France

Natural wine bars to visit in France

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 […]

Bar Heather – Charming Byron Bay Restaurant
Australia / New South Wales

Bar Heather – Charming Byron Bay Restaurant

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 […]

New South Wales
Australia / New South Wales

New South Wales – Best eating and drinking outside Sydney

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 […]

Rokurinsha
Japan

Rokurinsha (Tokyo Station) – Stunning Tsukemen

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 […]