Harry’s Bar is a legendary Venetian institution where beef carpaccio and Bellini cocktail were invented. Even though it was my first time at Harry’s Bar, it seemed that everything, or, at least the menu, was déjà vu. It is here, steps away from San Marco square, where the famous New…

Andoni Luis Aduriz belongs to a generation of chefs who have a story to tell through their cooking. The story of Mugaritz is a story of Nature. The restaurant’s name in Basque means “oak” (“haritza” ) and “frontier” (“muga”). It is literally situated on a frontier of two villages 15…

Tapas ( or rather pintxos ) at Txepetxa ( 5 Pescaderie, San Sebastian) in San Sebastian.

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…

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…