Dinner at El Bulli was like a dream come true and I am not exaggerating. How did I manage to get a reservation when there are only 8000 places available per year versus to one million ( or two million according to some sources) requests? Well, I didn’t. I’ve never…

Ferran Adrià is a master of illusion.

I think it’s genius what Alain Passard does. Not necessarily because he was the first (or one of the first) to explore salad leaves and root vegetables while other high-end chefs were still heavily relying on animal products.Or that since many years his restaurants L’Arpège (84 rue de Varenne, 75007,…

St John (26 St John street, EC1M 4AY, London; tel. 020 7251 08048 ) got famous for it’s “nose to tail eating”, returning to old British cuisine where all the parts of an animal are consumed. It has great reviews and was even awarded one Michelin star- my lunch there…

Luxeat blog is not dead, I’ve just been too busy! To compensate for my long absence from the blogosphere, I am sharing with you my favourite Parisian address of the moment. L’Oriênt Extreme Montaigne (21 rue Bayard,75008, Paris; tel. 01 47 20 91 58) is a clone of Nobu chain…

According to The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, Noma is the best restaurant in the world in 2010. I love Noma and I am glad I went there last year as now it will be impossible to get a reservation! Having said that I don’t understand what Le Chateaubriand is…

One word could describe Comerç 24 (C/ Comerç, 2408003 Barcelona, Spain 933 192 102) – “overhyped”. The dishes sounded better on the menu (“pizza-sashimi”) than they were in reality and even if I really enjoyed some dishes like tuna tartare, some were disappointing. I don’t say that the dinner at…

Inopia (C/ Tamarit, 104, 08015 Barcelona, Spain,93 424 52 31) is run by Alberto Adria, the younger brother of Ferran Adria (no need for introductions). It’s a lively, funky place with loud music (one of the songs played was Sade’s “Smooth Operator”) and great energy. The extensive menu includes regional…

From all the tapas restaurants in Barcelona I’ve been (posts to come), Cal Pep (Plaça de les Olles 8 Barcelona, Spain,34-93-310-7961) is the most seafood oriented. Clams, shrimps, cuttlefish, tuna is masterfully prepared according to the Catalonian tradition. Like most of the good tapas places, Cal Pep is crowded during…