My Best of the Year post takes time to complete. I go through all the meals of the past year and make a short list of the places that really impressed me with an unforgettable meal. It doesn’t have to be a fancy restaurant, it’s all about the food and the experience. Since 2011 was …
2011 has been my year of travel. I have never been on a plane this much ever. There were trips to new places – Bangkok and Beijing, a trip to my favorite city – Paris, trips to visit family – Buenos Aires and Las Vegas, several trips to see the doctor – Singapore, trips to …
On our last evening in Beijing, we attended the opening of the Bvlgari 125 Years of Italian Magnificence at the newly-renovated National Museum of China. We all met at the lobby of the Grand Hyatt hotel and then rode one of the many cars lined up on the driveway to ferry guests to the event at …
On Saturday, we had the whole morning and decided to explore 798 in Dashanzi. This area of former factories and dilapidated warehouses, including the main Factory 798 which produced electronics, has been transformed into Beijing’s trendy art district over the years. Most of the buildings and warehouses in Dashanzi were designed by the East Germans in …
After a whole day of sightseeing, we were looking forward to our dinner reservation at the Grand Hyatt’s Made in China which was highly recommended by several friends as the best place for the city’s eponymous Beijing Duck (a.k.a. Peking duck when the capital was still called Peking). We were meeting R & L at 8:00 p.m. …
We arrived close to midnight on the first of September at Beijing airport. First impressions were good – the airport was modern and clearing immigration was quick. We set off for the city, a 45-minute drive to the center where we whizzed through check-in at the Ritz-Carlton Beijing Financial Street and into our Executive Suite for …
After spending the whole summer in Bali, we are off on a mini-break to Beijing to attend the opening of the exhibition celebrating Bvlgari 125 years of Italian Magnificence at the National Museum of China. The 125 years was celebrated in 2009 with the opening of the exhibit in Rome which was followed in 2010, by an …
Travels with a Gourmet 