Luxury Travel, Lifestyle, Food and Style
In this restaurant and bar guide you’ll find our foodie experiences, as well as in depth reviews.
My good friend Joe knew exactly what my fiancee, Simon, and I love. So for Simon’s birthday, he gave us dining experiences for two at L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon from Truly, a luxury concierge platform that offers gift experiences for a selected high-end range of restaurants, spas, and city breaks. Thanks Joe! I have been to L’Atelier many times
It was a hazy Saturday morning in Old Street, London. There was a bit of chill in the air but not too wet. The kind of typical weather that we experience over here in late February. 45 minutes ago, I had just rolled out of bed myself and quickly put on my weekend go-to-attire in cold windy weather,
You never forget your first love. One of mine happened during Chinese New Year in 2004, when I was consumed by a sudden urge of hunger pangs while I went on a dim sum pilgrimage with friends in the streets of Chinatown in New York. In a row of yellow taxis and frequent traffic light changes, we spotted
As I popped into the taxi with a handful of orders from On The Bab, the pungent yet delicious smell of the Korean bulgogi beef sitting comfortably in their spicy savoury marinade peeked out of my food haul. “What is it, is this Chinese food?” The lovely Turkish driver looked back through his thick rimmed
So as you all know me quite well by now, if I could just live on seafood (any of our fellow delicious crustacean friends), I would for 24 hours and 7 days of the week. Case in point, check out this photo of me digging into a crab claw in the Barcelona’s famous El Cangrejo Loco
I have been on a mission to find the best Japanese ramen in London! When I first heard of this ramen dish, I instantly thought of the ramen that I used to divulge quite a lot as a student. You know, the kind that comes in a little plastic wrapping with a cartoon looking Japanese
I really craved some pizza lately and I decided to meet up with a good friend at a top spot in London called Pizza Pilgrims. I first met these guys at the Southbank Food Festival and they were operating out of a food truck. An oven in a truck! But somehow, the pizza were some
The Corner Room has been hailed as one of the best kept secrets of East London town. I was keen to find out why. It was housed in the chic once-was-a-town-hall-and-still-kind-of-is Town Hall Hotel next to Bethnal Green station. Nuno Mendes, a culinary genius who trained at the California Culinary Academy and subsequently under Wolfgang Puck, Rocco
With the magnolia and cherry blossom trees in full bloom, the early Spring warm weather brought London alive with visitors and the daylight lasted a lot longer to enable everyone to stay out a little later. As I was meeting friends for an evening catch up meal, one foodie friend suggested the recently pop-up converted to semi-permanent