Dior des Lices: chic garden dining and life music in St Tropez
Dior des Lices is the verdant crown of polished hedonism in St Tropez. Envisioned by the multi-Michelin French chef Yanick Alléno of the Pavillon Le Doyen in Paris, and by […]
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Frenchie: the coiffeur of the new French bistro in Covent Garden
Embracing the outside world is the new Parisian attitude. At least in culinary terms. This means being influenced by global cuisines of the chef’s travels while using local, superb ingredients. Not […]
Offline In My Secret Garden
Please, consider doing this revealing self-pampering trick for your wellbeing and to open your awareness to truth. Once again I went offline for a week. My phone locked in some […]
La Bastide Saint Antoine: olive garden retreat with a perfume scent of Grasse
Jacques Chibois has brought the Royal Gray restaurant in Cannes to two Michelin stars (the first place in town that achieved this), so opening his own place was the most […]
La Chassagnette: Camargue in a fine vegetable feast
Dining at La Chassagnette is an immersive experience that does not show off, it simply is its natural self without facelifts, make up or pretence. She accepts herself as she […]
Photo essay: Autumnal beauty and poetry of Kyoto
The autumnal beauty of Kyoto stirs the inner naturalist in any one of us. It is poetic and by far my favourite season to be in the former imperial capital […]
Ristorante Piazza Duomo Alba
Ristorante Piazza Duomo in Alba is a dichotomy of delectable mystery. Located in the core of the cobbled Alba, the splendour of the Duomo cathedral levelled on the primo piano […]
Bastide de Moustiers: Alain Ducasse's coveted culinary baby rooted in Provençal nature
Bastide de Mustiers brings alive the nature-driven philosophy of Alain Ducasse’s Michelin-stared cooking. From an olive oil …
Silvacane Abbey: one of the three Cisterian treasures in Provence invites culture in
I reached the Silvacane Abbey on the spur of aesthetic and spiritual curiosity. After being intrigued by the island monks habitat on an island in the Mediterranean this summer, I craved […]
Japanese tea house in the heart of Monaco
Treasured inside the Japanese garden, built as a homage to the late Princess Grace of Monaco, and baptised as “The Garden of Grace” after her, the Japanese tea house