First spring morning in Paris and we were jet lagged and up at 6:30 a.m. so after walking around the quartier, we managed to find a neighborhood boulangerie on the rue de cherche-midi and grabbed a buttery croissant in a paper bag and ate that on the street while we waited for the nearby café …
I had heard about Cafe Degan in Petitenget and was curious to try what was supposed to be Bali’s best Thai food so on a weekday, a friend and I had lunch there to taste if the restaurant lived up to its reputation. We arrived at around 12:30 on a Wednesday and were the only customers there …
In an easy-to-miss side street just off Sanur’s Jalan Danau Tamblingan is a tiny sweet-looking cafe called Putih Pino. A friend brought me here for a coffee and cake one afternoon in December and I have been back several times since to have a coffee, with beautiful latte art, and a slice of whatever …
June is always hectic – activities to do, sports events to attend and lots of lunches to say goodbye to those going away for the summer or for good. Right before the end of term last week, Catherine invited me along with another friend of hers to lunch. She had given me a choice where …
Sanur, on the eastern side of southern tip of Bali, is mostly residential. It is also where the first hotels on the island opened up many years ago. Today, Sanur still retains a more relaxed appeal with much less tourists (although lots of expats live around here) than overpopulated Kuta or hip and happening Seminyak. There is one …
On Saturday afternoon, we decided to drive around just to get familiar with the area. As we are still living in the hotel while looking for a house, we wanted to see what the local delicatessen had to offer. In nearby Jimbaran, the Gourmet Garage hides behind the busy bypass off a small road, and caters …
Sometimes I dread trying out a new place because I haven’t heard anything about it or no one has recommended it. Open since 2008, I’ve driven by Pan y Mermelada countless times when it was still a tiny cafe that had a nondescript storefront. I would tell myself to stop by but always ended up …
Travels with a Gourmet 