In the time my husband and I have been together, we have moved to eight countries in four continents and now, after almost four years in Singapore, we are moving once again. This time, it’s back to a place we lived for two years and a half in the early 2000s when our son was …
When we were growing up, Hong Kong was our weekend getaway. At just an hour and a half flight, I can’t recall how many times we visited with my parents and grandparents over the years. When I moved to Paris in the early nineties, Hong Kong was too far away to visit but when I went …
The Thoumieux is a 15-room boutique hotel, owned by the BeauMarly group of Thierry Costes (son of one of those Costes brothers) and operators of over a dozen hip and happening restaurants and hotels in Paris. It was a novelty for us since we always stay at Le Saint-Gregoire in the neighboring 6th, our favorite left bank arrondissement and we …
My last Tokyo post is all about Roppongi Hills, Tokyo’s so-called city within a city of modern skyscrapers, high-end hotels, luxury shops, green spaces, world-class museums, numerous bars and night clubs and lively back streets. My friend Rumi lived nearby so we decided to meet at the 45th floor lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo for a quick …
In mid-March, after almost 16 years, I finally returned to Moscow with A (who was on a business trip). When I left Russia in 1997, after living there for three years, I didn’t know it would take me that long to go back. In the last decade and a half, Moscow has certainly gone through …
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 …
In order to move on, I need to close our Dorado chapter and start our Singapore life so what better way to end than with my final Puerto Rico post on the dinners we had Mi Casa by Jose Andres. The menu is divided into four parts – Tapas and Antojitos (starters of mostly tapas), …
Travels with a Gourmet 