On the rare occasions that I fly back home for a visit, I make sure to go to restaurants I haven’t been. It’s so easy to go back to my favorites again and again but it’s also fun to eat at the new restaurants that have opened up in Manila recently. Wildflour actually isn’t new, they opened their …
Can it already be August? Here’s a flashback Friday post from our Christmas holiday in Punta del Este. Breakfasts usually involve coffee and the medialunas con dulce de leche (the local version of croissants, slightly sweet and served with a caramel spread) and Les Delices in the town center of Punta del Este (or Punta, as …
To finish off my long-delayed posts on Moscow is a list of a few restaurants I went to that I really enjoyed. Most are located either in the center or just off the garden ring road. Here they are in no particular order: Moloko Cafe Ulitsa Bolshaya Dimitrovka 7/5 Moscow Telephone: +7495 692 0309 *Open …
In early April I left for the Philippines to visit my ailing 94-year old grandmother (who has since sadly, passed away) and spent several days in Manila with my sisters having a taste of home. As we were all jet lagged and awake at dawn, we were all dressed and ready to go for breakfast …
After a recent walk around Puerto Banus, I noticed that the storefront near Pizza San Marzano (aka Pizza Express), which was still under construction a few weeks back, is now open. La Moraga Sweet, operated by chef Dani Garcia and his team at nearby always-packed tapas bar La Moraga Iberica, is a little cafe with a …
All of a sudden the temperature has dropped and from warm sunny days of 22C, it’s become overcast and 16C. We’ve been waiting a long time for some cooler weather and the opportunity to light a fire and have some warming food – pot au feu, cocido, onion soup with melting hot gruyere. Along with …
On our second to last evening in Tenerife, we had dinner at Kabuki. We had been to the original Kabuki in Madrid in the summer of 2007 and still haven’t forgotten the wonderful meal we had then that we were so looking forward to trying the one at Abama. The restaurant is located within the …
Travels with a Gourmet 