Calling a restaurant “the best in the world” or awarding it with one, two or three stars is a very Western notion. If you ask any well-travelled foodie ( including me ) what is the best sushi shop in Tokyo, she would mention Sushi Saito, Sukiyabashi Jiro or other sushiyas…

If you don’t read at least a little bit of hiragana, you might look for the Suzuryu building for a long time. Like many high-end restaurants in Tokyo’s Ginza, Sushi Yoshitake (3F, Suzuryu Building, 8-7-19 Ginza Chuo-ku Tokyo, tel. 03-6253-7331) is located in an ordinary office building, on an ordinary…

This is the knife chef Jun Yukimura (Azabu Yukimura, 3*, Tokyo) uses, particularly for shearing pike eels (hamo) bones. The knife comes from Aritsugu, a 450 year old producer from Kyoto, who originally produced swords for samurais. When I asked to hold it, I felt I was holding danger –…

Maybe Ibiza is known for its crazy nightclubs and for its afterparties after-parties, but you can also find beautiful, authentic places with charming beaches and delicious food. You might be lost when driving to some of them but these restaurants are definitely worth the trip… Es Xarcu Es Xarcu Ctra.…

For somebody who tends to daydream, Copenhagen can be a dangerous place. I was almost hit by a woman riding a bicycle while walking with my dear Danish friend from the train station to Soelleroed Kro.* But how can you not daydream in Holte, acharming little town located in the…

Usually, I don’t like posting nasty posts and I really respect the hard job chefs are doing, but you don’t come here to read my sweet lies, don’t you? One Michelin star Relae is considered one of the hottest restaurants in Copenhagen. Nothing surprising about that – its chef and…

Two green olives hanging from a branch of a well-manicured olive tree… Beautiful, poetic and unexpected as the naturally bitter olives are covered in a thin layer of sweet crunchy caramel and filled with salted anchovies. When I travel alone I usually dine quite early, but as we all know…

One of the dishes at El Celler de Can Roca… Definitely worth the trip even from another part of the world! (Have been quite busy recently, will post about it soon!)

Many of the Michel Bras restaurant reviews start how it’s complicated to get there. Aubrac region is one of the most difficult to access regions in France. Once you get to Rodez, by train (a journey by train from Paris can take up to ten hours) or by plane, you…

In the image – “Le Gargouillou”, the most famous dish created by Michel Bras. I didn’t expect that such simplicity can be that mind-blowing. Each and every vegetable and herb had it’s distinctive flavour and texture. A beautiful voyage in the fields and the gardens of Aubrac… More to come…