It tears my heart, when a superb, forward-looking restaurant shuts down. Ahead of its time in its particular location, SHED CLOSED just before the global mayhem of 2020. In my […]
Your tea ware should be considered for the aesthetic appeal, but also for the type and age of the tea being served. Millennia of connoisseurship has tested that the brewing […]
Cooking French food like Julia Child still sounds romantic to any home cook’s ear. Yet, we are in the twenty-first-century so let’s get the wisdom of the lifelong experience from […]
With his three Michelin restaurant Les Prés d’Eugénie, the octogenarian chef Michel Guérard stands as one of the last iconic personas of the French nouvelle cuisine. Set in a remote Relais […]
Les Deux Rocs is our favourite lunch bistro in one of the most beautiful villages in Provence. For almost a decade, annually our pilgrimage through in time perched Provencal villages […]
Marcus Tullius Cicero was the most eloquent Roman orator, wealthy statesman, but also a sensitive humanist. On the Good life is a classical collection of his most influential philosophical discourses […]
There are only five tables at the three Michelin starred Le 1947 restaurant. Not many restaurants can afford seating just a pinch of diners, but we are at the luxurious […]
In Manhattan, there is hardly a more authentic high quality Chinese tea room than Tea Drunk. No alcohol is being served here, but in Chinese tea drunk is a “romantic […]
Matcha is the essence of tea. The power of matcha, the stone mill ground fine Japanese green tea, is in its wholeness. Unless you eat the tea leaves after steeping […]
The French chef Joël Robuchon holds record 31 Michelin stars for restaurants bearing his name. I dined at L’Atelier in Paris, Monaco, London, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and in New York.