Europe
Slow Food Takes Time at Eataly
Stepping into the flagship Milan branch of Eataly, it’s immediately apparent what makes it such a popular venue. Visually it’s stunning… […]
Food & drink
Croatia
Highly Recommended, Restaurant Lungo Mare in Zadar
Why have we never reviewed Lungo Mare in Zadar before I wonder? Maybe we subconsciously didn’t want to share it. It was the first place we ate in Croatia… […]
Food & drink
Steak Haché in France, More Than Just a Burger
I have to confess I ordered a steak haché in a cosy, cool little brasserie in Beauvais because I thought I was asking for a local dish that had been concocted… […]
Europe
A Return to Bohemia on Gran Canaria
The adults-only, Hotel Bohemia Suites & Spa is dedicated to pleasure. Everything about the hotel’s design appeals to the senses; from its funky, retro-chic rooms with their open plan space, their leather sofas and warm, earthy colours to its gourmet 360º Restaurant… […]
Food & drink
Crazy Canaries Cafés
From chicken cooked in a crater to lunch in a lighthouse, when it comes to crazy places to put a café, the Canary Islands take the biscuit… […]
Europe
Food For Thought, A Guide To Expo Milano 2015
From 1st May to 31st October 2015 an estimated 20 million visitors will descend on Milan and its satellite host sites expecting to be entertained, informed and amazed. And Milan is gearing up to deliver on all three fronts… […]
Food & drink
Drink Like a Local? You’d Have to be Mad
On a battered wooden skiff, we’d glided across the dappled, pea soup surface of a mangrove swamp into the jungle to reach a small clearing with a chunky log table… […]
Europe
Seven Nights of Eating Our Way Around Lisbon
These are the delicious delicacies, the so-so, the surprising and the never-again places of the Lisbon restaurant scene where we unrolled our napkins. […]
Europe
Reinvented Portuguese Classics at Tasca da Esquina in Lisbon
You’re not likely to accidentally stumble across Tasca da Esquina. It sits on a corner (hence the name) at Campo Ourique, a newish area of Lisbon built on… […]
Europe
A Night of Authentic Fado in Maria da Mouraria, Home of Lisbon’s First Fadista
We had seen José Malhoa’s painting ‘Fado’ all over Lisbon and as we entered Casa Maria da Mouraria it was there again, filling one wall of the tiny house. Only this time, the woman’s left breast was completely exposed… […]
Europe
Lisbon’s Gourmet Fast Food Scene at Mercado Da Ribeira
The Mercado Da Ribeira has been Lisbon’s main food market since 1892 and in May 2014 Time Out Lisboa transformed one of the enormous halls into its current foodie’s paradise for hipsters and bohemians, family treats, healthy eats and gastronomes on a budget… […]
Europe
The Stylish World of Tasca Telémaco on La Gomera
There is an air of imagination and ambition swirling around Tasca Telémaco. The inside dining area shares space with an art exhibition… […]
Europe
Going Local at Albergo Ristorante Parmigiano in Novara
Walk through the doors and unassuming gives way to an unexpected and rather grandiose vestibule and dining room with chandeliers and scarlet tablecloths that… […]
Austria
Mozart and the Art of Dining in Salzburg
When the aria was finished, the waiters brought the culinary overture to a dinner based on menus from the 18th century but with the benefit of contemporary preparation and presentation, not to mention fresh vegetables from Padre Prior’s garden… […]
Austria
The Problem with Austrian Food
Words like ofenerdäpfel, kräuterrahm, röstkartofflen and faschiertelaibchen punched us relentlessly in the eyes. Desperately, and in vain, we tried to match… […]