WORLD’S TOP TEN TRENDSETTING RESTAURANTS
The editors at Budget Travel magazine decided to list their picks for the top ten trendsetting eateries that have brought new food concepts global like New Nordic cuisine, the nose-to-tail experience and gastropub fare, according to Luxuo. On the list there are six restaurants from the US with others from Copenhagen, Paris and London. Somewhere […]
IT’S A GOOD YEAR FOR SCARCE BUBBLES
First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne to go round this year. The good news: what there is could be outstanding. After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of champagne are bracing themselves for one of the smallest harvests in the last 20 years. But […]
101 SPOTS TO SAVOR THE WORLD’S BEST HOTEL-DINING
Paris leads a list of the 101 best hotel restaurants around the world, as compiled by popular food site The Daily Meal. Spanning six continents, more than 40 countries and 80 cities, the list was curated by consulting ‘trusted sources’ like the Michelin Guide, and recommendations from The Daily Meal’s editors. The City of Light […]
PICKING PARIS’ PERFECT PAIN
The title of Paris’s best baguette has, for the fifth time in six years, gone to one of the bakeries situated in the city’s 18th arrondissement. And while first-time visitors to Paris may delight in any which baguette from any which bakery, not all are created equal. Here’s primer on how to tell a good […]
SKIP FRANCE + DINE IN JAPAN
If you are a foodie, you might be better off planning a trip through Japan this year as it has surpassed France in 3-starred Michelin restaurants, 36:26. Plus the Ritz closes this summer and won’t reopen until 2014. Thanks to AFP-relaxnews, here are all the three-starred restaurants in Japan, by city and area: Hokkaido Sushi […]
FOOD TRUCKS PARKED ON LUXE HOTEL GROUNDS
Luxury hotels, the likes of Ritz-Carlton, Auberge Saint-Antoine, Setai Hotel, and the SLS Hotel, have decided to park food trucks on their premises to promote gourmet fast food by their top chefs. The blog PSFK overs a round-up explaining the hotels want to draw in hungry guests and visitors that prefer their Michelin-starred bites in […]
ELBULLI ARRIVES STATESIDE
Renowned performance chef Grant Achatz is offering a tribute to Ferran Adria and the close of elBulli with a 29-course menu at NEXT. For $365 diners can experience Achatz’s interpretation of elBulli’s top dishes and drinks from the last 25 years. Here is the menu in Spanish and English. Expect to savor nitro caipirinha with […]
WORLD’S 11 TOUGHEST TABLES TO GET
Eater.com just released a list of the top eleven hardest restaurant reservations to get in the world. Reportedly the renowned Danish chef Rene Redzepi’s restaurant Noma receives 20,000 reservation requests a day. 1. Noma, Copenhagen 2. Sukiyabashi Jiro, Tokyo 3. Next, Chicago 4. Tickets, Barcelona 5. Quintessence, Tokyo 6. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire, England […]
PANDA [POO] TEA
Panda Tea, a new tea brand is launching with its first batch to hit hit shelves Spring 2012, is made from panda poo and costs roughly $2,000/oz. An ounce of tea generally makes twelve cups of tea, averaging $167 per cup. Made in China by a 41-year old tea harvesting novice, entrepreneur An Yanshi believes […]
STREET FOOD GOES LUXE
This month gold dipped dosas transform Indian’s street food to upmarket delights in Banglore while America’s fastfood chain Wendy’s is serving up foie gras burgers in Japan. An all new Wendy’s has re-emerged in Tokyo with a menu that boasts the regular buns found in the US but served with foie gras burgers (1280 yen/16 […]