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 …
After a long wait in the fridge for the right opportunity, we finally had that bottle of Cour-Cheverny (T’s gift) that we brought back from our last trip in Paris a month ago. We went for an early dinner while it was still bright at La Veranda with K and C on the terrace. As …
After our gossip-filled breakfast with Daria, we jumped into a taxi and rushed to Les Halles and got off on the corner of rue Etienne Marcel and rue Montmartre to meet family/friend (it’s a long story), Tonger, for lunch at Comptoir de La Gastronomie. Last time we saw each other was for breakfast in late …
A friend invited my mom and I to spend Wednesday afternoon in her quartier (area) for some serious retail therapy. Rosemary Rodriguez who is the creative director of Thierry Mugler, had several vente-privée invites to the fashion boutiques nearby. It was a pity then that we had to cancel our afternoon rendez-vous to allow my mom to take a …
Snagging a dinner reservation at the nine-month old and very popular neo-bistro Itinéraires was difficult and I only had either Friday or Saturday night since the restaurant is closed on Sundays. After reading the rave reviews from the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Gourmet and FT Weekend, I knew I had to get a …
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 …
Yesterday, one of the world’s wine icons passed – Robert Mondavi of the famed Napa Valley winery. At 94, he had travelled the world and relentlessly promoted the food and wine lifestyle. I met him and his wife, Margrit, in the early nineties when my mom was still importing Mondavi wines to the Philippines. My …
Travels with a Gourmet 