Tag: restaurants
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PARIS | Two rival cafés | Café de Flore & Les Deux Magots
On Boulevard Saint-Germain-des-Prés, sitting a short block away from each other, are rival cafés Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots. They became rivals in the early decades of the twentieth century, when the intellectuals, writers, and artists of the period became loyal to one or the other. On one of my trips to Paris, I made…
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EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES | Buenos Aires |Desnivel
In Buenos Aires, you must eat meat. There’s beef for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and it’s the best beef you’ll ever have. At Desnivel, you get the full monty. A word about Argentine beef, and why it’s so good: For starters, the cows spend their lives, happily roaming, and eating, among the Pampas grasses. (I’m…
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EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES| Vancouver | Nelson the Seagull
Bread and coffee are the mainstays of the menu at Nelson the Seagull, but that’s not all – and it’s not just any old bread and coffee… The bread is freshly baked all day long, and the expertly brewed espresso coffee is perfection. Jonathan Snelgar and his two sisters, Jodi Balfour and Lee Snelgar, moved…
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EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES | Vienna | Café Diglas
When I’m in a new city, I love to try out the local cuisine in as many different restaurants as I can fit in. The exception to the rule was in Vienna – I discovered a charming café where I wanted to try out each and every meal of the day. Oh, I tried other…
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EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES | Como | Pane e Tulipani
Pane e Tulipani (translation: Bread and Tulips) can be found on a quiet street corner in Como, Italy. Both design and cuisine are perfection. Sit down at a scrubbed pine table with the warm breeze drifting through the door. Crisp carrot sticks and freshly-baked bread will be placed in front of you . . . …
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Glasgow | Breakfast, Lunch, Tea, and Dinner
Starting in the trendy West End of Glasgow, Scotland, here are my recommendations for breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner – and a little tour of the city as a bonus. Sandy Welch (above) is a well-known Scottish actor, who also makes the best croque-monsieurs in Scotland, if not the world. His shop, Felix and Oscar,…
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Dublin | The Fumbally
On the corner of New South Street and Fumbally Lane in Dublin is a large, modern apartment building. Follow your nose into the door at its corner, and step into the cavernous, cozy, warm, welcoming café that is The Fumbally. Here’s the exterior: And here’s what you encounter when you step through the door: The…
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Dublin | Pub Crawl
[A repeat post for St. Patrick’s Day] It was my first day in Dublin, and I had covered a lot of ground – but when I wandered into the Temple Bar neighborhood, and heard the music coming out of each and every pub, I really felt like I was in Ireland.
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Italy | The Joy of Cooking
Passing by Ristorante Buca di Bacco in Positano one day, I noticed a raucous group of tourists with aprons on, and wine glasses in hand, in the kitchen. It looked like a party, but upon further inspection, I discovered that it was a cooking class. I signed up immediately. The next day I arrived at…
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Reykjavik | Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur
No matter how cold it is in Reykjavik, there’s always a long queue at this hot dog stand.
