Posted in Cantonese, China, Chinese, dim sum, dining out, food, Hong Kong, Michelin star, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, vegetarian on Oct 27th, 2008
This is the fourth in a series of Postcards from the recent Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing traveleating trip. Rather than writing up each food experience in separate posts, which would have taken me up to Christmas, I thought it would be more fun to outline the trip in diary form, to include travel and [...]
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Lunch in Trento was a spur of the moment decision. It would take around an hour to drive there from Limone Sul Garda, where we were staying, and as we unusually had no plans for the day, a trip to Trento seemed like fun. It was Monday, so almost everything was closed until 3.30. Luckily, [...]
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Posted in dining out, food, Italian, Italy, Michelin star, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, wine on Jun 26th, 2008
I had not heard of Dal Pescatore until I read about it last year in a Condé Nast Traveller supplement on Italy. It has three Michelin stars, and currently ranks 23rd in the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. Big deal, I thought. The Michelin guide covers few countries, while the San Pellegrino list [...]
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I’ve heard that the Taste Festivals are a good opportunity to try cuisine from some of the top restaurants in both the UK and Ireland. But I’ve been somewhat reluctant to attend Taste of London in previous years, thinking that the entrance fee and cost of ‘crowns’ (the currency at the festivals) was rather steep. [...]
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[UPDATE: 13/04/2009 I revisited Nahm, so please read my review here. Full disclosure, the restaurant invited me] It was London Restaurant Week recently, during which set £15 lunch and £25 dinner menus were on offer at top restaurants around the capital. Fellow food blogger Charmaine from tasty treats! and I decided to join forces and [...]
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