One of the first weekend brunches we tried in Singapore was at The Knolls in the Capella hotel. Located right beside the terraced pools of the hotel, The Knolls is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner and brunch on Sundays. Brunch is a gastronomic affair with a large seafood buffet (fresh oysters, king …
The last few days before we were meant to return to Marbella, I went to dinner with my sister and her husband to one of our favorite restaurants in Las Vegas – L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon. It’s always a pleasure to go back to L’Atelier because it’s concept of haute cuisine tapas eaten at the bar …
On our last day in Geneva, we had breakfast at Le Sud of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel du Rhone – I had a perfectly baveuse (runny) omelette aux fines herbes (omelet with fresh herbs), fresh orange juice, double espresso and crusty mini-baguettes. Afterwards, we took the train at noon to Vevey where we were meeting up …
After hearing so much about the newly refurbished Mercado San Miguel off Plaza Mayor, I knew that I couldn’t avoid going there and seeing what the fuss was all about. Since its’ construction in 1916, this Beaux Arts iron and glass was always a working market until then over the years, the structure was left …
On our last evening in Paris, we met up with friends from Dubai, Daria and Chad, who moved to Paris in March last year. We had drinks at their apartment in the 5th then walked the few blocks to Brasserie Balzar, another of Paris’ traditional brasseries. The place was packed for a Sunday evening so …
I know it’s been ages since my last post but being on the last weeks of pregnancy has made me lethargic and slow and prone to bouts of lying around in bed reading or napping. In any case, we’ve been out to restaurants a few times (Sushi des Artistes for lunch and dinner at Asador …
Just got back from a morning of errands at El Corte Ingles, Spain’s largest department store chain. We wandered around a bit and ended up at the Gourmet Shop on the top floor looking for something that we could have for lunch. There were lots of goodies to choose from but we zeroed in on …
Travels with a Gourmet 