When the clock struck midnight on the 31st of December, the first decade of the 21st century ended. The past ten years have passed so quickly and so many important events have taken place. I began the noughties with my wedding in Napa, followed by several moves: first to Santiago, then Dubai, then Montreal and now Marbella. My two …
On our last morning in the city, we skipped the hotel breakfast and walked down the road to South Audley street to a London institution – Richoux. Opened in 1909 as a confectioner and patisserie, over the years it has become a cafe and tea room with several locations in London. Personally, I prefer Patisserie …
Our last evening in London was spent with a dear friend from Moscow who moved to London last year to start a new life. We agreed to meet at Olivomare, the third and newest of the Sardinian restaurant group which started with Olivo. Olivomare opened in spring 2007 after the success of casual Oliveto, which …
We had nothing booked for Wednesday noon so after spending more than an hour window shopping and buying a few things at Marc by Marc Jacobs, we went back to the hotel to dump our shopping bags and think about where we were going for lunch. Since we hadn’t had Chinese food yet, we decided …
One of my favorite London restaurants is trendy Zuma in Knightsbridge with it’s sleek interiors, good looking crowd and fantastic food. On this trip though, I wanted to try Zuma’s little sister, Roka in an up and coming area where many other hip, new restaurants line the streets. We arrived for our table booking on …
Our first meal in London was supposed to be at Yauatcha, Alan Yau’s funky dimsum restaurant so we hopped into a cab and went straight to Broadwick Street in Soho. When we arrived, we were surprised to find a very quiet restaurant and were greeted by the not-so-friendly hostess who informed us that only the …
Dinner on our first evening in London had to be somewhere special and it was going to be difficult to decide where to go with so many restaurants to choose from. This decision was fortuitously taken out of my hands when Mrs. B kindly booked us a table at one of London’s best seafood restaurants …
Travels with a Gourmet 