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Hedone – London’s best fine dining restaurant, at least for me

Hedone – London’s best fine dining restaurant, at least for me

Hedone – London’s best fine dining restaurant, at least for me

Each time I go to Hedone (1*) each time I feel that it’s getting better and better. I don’t know how far a chef can go in search for perfection, but Hedone’s chef Mikael Jonsson is not far from it.

12
Apr '14
Bento de luxe

Bento de luxe

Bento de luxe

This kind of bento box is available for lunch at Joël Robuchon’s Japanese restaurant Yoshi (at hotel Metropole in Monaco). The executive chef Takeo Yamazaki used to work at Robuchon in Tokyo. Oishii Yoshi!

10
Apr '14
Shake Shack

Shake Shack

Shake Shack

Shake Shack in London’s Covent Garden works on the same principle as the flagship stand in Manhattan. You queue the line, get the buzzer and then wait until it rings as soon as your food is ready. Unfortunately, my experience at Shake Shack London was not much better than in…

10
Apr '14
Dim sum at A Wong

Dim sum at A Wong

Dim sum at A Wong

Not your everyday dim sum at A. Wong in London, whose chef Andrew revisits and modernizes traditional regional Chinese recipes. Pork buns with a sugar coating deserve a special mentioning. (and some desserts, such as “coconut ice cream with glutinous dumpling, apple, pandan jelly and peanut cream” …) Besides the…

9
Apr '14
Spring on the plate #2 : Joël Robuchon

Spring on the plate #2 : Joël Robuchon

Spring on the plate #2 : Joël Robuchon

Eggplant caviar with raw spring vegetables at Joël Robuchon – Hôtel Metropole Monte-Carlo, in my opinion, the best Robuchon in Europe thanks to the executive chef Christophe Cussac. It’s amazing how much the quality of a restaurant will depend on an executive chef when Michelin starred “chains” like Robuchon or…

6
Apr '14
Celebrating cherry blossom season with baumukūchen (バウムクーヘン)

Celebrating cherry blossom season with baumukūchen (バウムクーヘン)

Celebrating cherry blossom season with baumukūchen (バウムクーヘン)

Cherry blossoms are not only viewed and admired, but also used for cooking during their blooming season in Japan. The very short and almost ephemeral life of cherry blossoms can be an embodiment of many things – changes in nature, fragility of our lives and also seasonality in cooking, for…

5
Apr '14
Best Steak in Tokyo – Dons de la Nature

Best Steak in Tokyo – Dons de la Nature

Best Steak in Tokyo – Dons de la Nature

Out of all these most amazing steakhouses and teppanyaki restaurants in Tokyo, Dons de la Nature ( Kawai Building B1F, 1-7-6 Ginza, Chuo-ko, Tokyo; tel. 03- 3563-4129) is considered one of the best. Tokyo chef and book author Yukari Sakamoto went there recently and kindly allowed me to republish her…

3
Apr '14
That bread…

That bread…

That bread…

When Hedone’s chef Mikael Jonsson decided to bake his own bread, he didn’t just improvise, instead, the ingredients quality-obsessed chef did his bread baking training at Alex Croquet boulangerie in Wattignies, France. Michelin has described Alex Croquet as a bread-making genius, whose approach to baking is almost scientific. (Read the full…

30
Mar '14
The most magnificent cheese shops

The most magnificent cheese shops

The most magnificent cheese shops

In a country known for its breath-taking array of cheeses, it can be hard to know where to find the best or how to narrow down the selection. Luckily, Paris is home to some of the world’s best cheesemongers and affineurs, those talented men and women who find the most…

30
Mar '14
Foodies documentary update

Foodies documentary update

Foodies documentary update

I finally had a chance to watch the final cut of the Foodies documentary. I think it’s really well done and will be interesting not only to all those who are interested in gastronomy. (And I am not saying this just cause I am in it :)) The official release…

30
Mar '14