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I love Barcelona since the city brings together tastes from all over the world. With the amazing produce available there it is the perfect stage for a fusion of...
Kategorie: Food Experiences
The difficulty of being a (basque) classic: Arzak
On our first trip to Basque country Arzak came up immediately as a destination. Juan Mari Arzak made this restaurant an institution of fine-dining by bringing t...
Culinary timetravel: Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Praised to be among the best restaurants in the world (at least according to an Italian mineral water company) Dinner by Heston Blumenthal was a fix starter on ...
The art of soba: Muto in Nihonbashi (Tokyo)
Sitting in my room in Tokyo last year, suddenly a desire striked me: I love soba and what could be a better place to taste those lovely noodles than Japan itsel...
Vegetarian pleasures at Tian
I am most definetely not vegetarian. But as the Vienna-based and vegetarian restaurant Tian was awarded a Michelin star, it interested me a lot. Being (back the...
Please get in line for Sushi Dai…and wait 3 hours
Last year I had the chance to visit Tokyo for a conference. Having a really hard jet lag it was not much of a thing to get up at 3 in the morning to visit Tsuki...
25 years in a drop: A visit to Acetaia di Giorgio in Modena
After our lunch at Osteria Francescana in Modena we visited an acetaia – a small local producer of the iconic Aceto Balsamico di Modena. And our visit to ...
In Bourdain’s footsteps: Antica Macelleria Cecchini
Before going to Tuscany we watched the corresponding episode of Anthony Bourdain’s „No Reservations“ (S3E16) which is quite fun. In this episo...
A lesson about the difficulties of communication: Osteria Francescana in Modena
We spent our wedding-decenarry in Tuscany, Italy. Looking for something special on our anniversary date, I planned a visit to Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Fr...
El Cellar de Can Roca: Literally the best meal of my life
It started as a crazy plan with friends: After visiting Noma in Kopenhagen, the logical next step was El Cellar de Can Roca in Girona. Back then, reservations w...