tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57001982011-09-09T04:09:30.848+02:00A collection of restaurant reviews, recipes and related information about food and wine.Øysteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02654516347886494400noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700198.post-90985762829364166792011-06-27T00:41:00.001+02:002011-06-27T00:41:37.564+02:00

The last time I was here was in 1996, 15 years ago, and it was very good then, even better this time. The Santini family holds a firm grip over this establishment, their son was 10 when I was here last, now he is part of the team that delivers their magic.     Classic and stylish dining room., Tomato terrine wrapped in Aubergine brings back memories of a similar terrine years ago.

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  Fantastic honest food with clearly accented flavors, make a detour if you are ever in the area. I started off with tartar with yellow peppers, zuchini and balsamico, a dish I will certainly copy myself. Then a local meat filled ravioli with a vegetable sauce, excellent (and warm, take that Villa Crespi) Then seabass with olives and cellery and potatoes, wow. I am sure dessert

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A nice hotel in a villa built in the Moorish style, after having spent 1 hour to drive 10 km as the GPS in my rental car failed to cooperate I finally arrived and was pleased to find I had been upgraded to a suite. The food however, while several dishes where very good, failed to impress much overall. The place reeks of the 5 star hotel curse. They try too hard to cater to the rich clientele

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This is the latest restaurant in Switzerland to be awarded 3 Michelin stars, and I tried to book a table for this summer back in January, but was unsuccessful. But I was on the waiting list and was fortunate enough to secure a table for lunch on Saturday 25th of June. It was a revelation, some of the best food I ever had.

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Mesa for lunch was indeed worth a visit, interesting flavors all over and delivers on a level above its one Michelin star.

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Arrived in Paris this morning,  just in time for queing up for picking up my ticket to my next destination, San Sebastian, and for a subsequent lunch at Astrance. After a rather lenghty taxi ride to my destination at 4 Rue Bethoven (in the 16th ad, across the river close to the Eifel Tower), my driver was unable to change a 50 Euro note and took no credit card (the fare was about 15). After

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This week, I find myself in Sydney, Australia, as a delegate for Sibos 2006, a conference hosted by SWIFT. Around 6000 delegates and exhbitors have gathered in Sydney, and I would think many restaurants in the area will notice their presence. From experience with past iterations of this conference elsewhere in the world, I know that booking a table in advance, is never a bad idea.So, I have,

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I tried and failed to get a table at the Fat Duck on my last visit to London, so when a friend of mine rang me up and asked if I would join him there for Sunday lunch, I dropped everything and booked a flight. We arrived in Bray quite early on Sunday morning, straight from the airport. Bray, a small village on the Thames river outside London. Bray, winner of a flower prize of sorts in the 2005

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The plan was to have dinner with a friend who was on business in Copenhagen today. However, for reasons not revealed, he chose to eat lunch and go back home post event. Reportedly lunch was good.I arrived, after a semilengthy walk torough Copenhagen, in Ovengaten Neden Vandet 33b around 18:30.I was the first guest to arrive, and was greeted graciously byt the hosts in a plethora of languages,

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Had dinner with a coworker in Philippe, a brasserie located in the pictureque "Grøbrødre Torg", just of the main shopping district, "Strøget" in Copenhagen tonight. Well prepared bistro style food, nice atmosphere and attentive service. Good value for money. I had a salad with hot chevre for starters. My buddy's prawn salad look equally appealing (and was reportedly nice). We accompagnied the

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Michelin is expanding its red guide in New York in Autumn 2005, then in other major US cities and Asia. On time. Bloomberg.com: Europe

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Well, I'm back. Afraid there has been little time for blogging lately. I'm off to China for a short trip. My new IPod is filled with my entire music collection, the bag is packed and I'm ready to go. I do not expect any gastronomic wonders in Beijing, but I don't mind being proven wrong. We shall see.

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Having visited two of the regions other top restaurants, it seemed natural to give Café de Paris a try. With a michelin star, situated close to the port, it seemed a natural stop for lunch when in Malaga visiting the the Picasso muséum (check out this if you comprehend Norwegan). A small and cosy restaurant, with decorative striped tapestry combined with strange angles, creates a near

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El Lago restaurant is situated in the midst of an appartment complex in Elvira, some 12 km east of Marbella. It offers modern innovative cusine in attractive surroundings. Next to it is an artificial lake which is the focal point of the Elivira Hills estate. Our flat is situated in this area, so I have visisted on a number of occasions, and it is usually very good. I like to think of it as the

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Tragabuches, Ronda, 7th of May 2004. Ronda is certainly worth a visit for the scenery alone, but as done the usual sights on previous occasions, this time I came for the food, and well, the Bandit Museum. Tragabuches offers some of the most exiting food in South of Spain, well all of Spain actually. Sergio López has really established himself as Andalucias answer to Ferran Adria. As is my

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If you are one of those people who thinks searing a steak helps it keep its moisture, have a look at The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking. A Wired article about chef Alton Brown (who refers to Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck where I miserably failed to reserve a table for lunch earlier this week). If even more interested you should definitively buy the book by Harold McGee, who has devoted his

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A very slow start indeed, ages since anything at all was posted here. Have been almost a month in Spain and after that to Glasgow and London. Of course I have dined a bit here and there and hope to write a few lines of the most  memorable experiences(as well as a few warnings on places to steer clear of). Coming soon, a review of the one michelin starred Tragabuches, Ronda, Spain, to which I

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Dinner: Braised deboned free range chicken thighs with thyme and chive risotto. Wine: Commanderie de Peyrasol, Cuvée Eperon d'Or, 1998, Côtes de Provence. This suprisingly good (and inexpensive) red from Provence was excellent with the chicken, and the risotto was perfect.

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