Some images from Peter Luger, probably the best traditional American steakhouse I’ve ever been… (and no, this trip to NY had nothing to do with diet!)

Since I’ve visited Restaurant Frantzén one year ago, it has turned into a mini empire. Just across the street of THE 2 Michelin starred restaurant, you will find a gastro pub called The Flying Elk (Mälartorget, 111 27 Stockholm; tel. +46 8 20 85 83, Sweden ), Bjorn’s Frantzen take…

There are only three options at Burger and Lobster mini chain in London: 700 g. grilled or steamed lobster with garlic butter, buttery lobster roll with Japanese mayonnaise or a significant size burger, all served with fries and salad. And that’s where lays the secret of the long queues (no reservations)…

I first came across Alexandre Gauthier last spring, at Opinionated About Dining 100 best European restaurants launch event, where together with some other new generation European chefs he cooked an “8 hands” meal at Saturne restaurant in Paris. The dish Alexander chose to serve was frog legs, one of the…

Three months ago I asked a similar question after my visit toL’Ambroisie restaurant in Paris which despite being very classic and, for some, too old fashioned, is a brilliant embodiment of classic French cooking. La Grenouillere is the complete opposite of L’Ambroisie yet also represents the French gastronomy in a…

New good address alert in Paris. From the first glance, Medi Terra Nea might look like just another conveyor belt sushi restaurant with a quirky interior. In fact, it is aconveyor belt restaurant, just instead of sushis, the little plates cruising around the spacious restaurant contain delicious Mediterranean basin cuisines…

Usually, I am quite sceptical about celebrity chefs’ restaurants. Famous chefs are never in their kitchens and you end up paying a premium just for the name, but at least from my experience, Mario Batali might be an exception. I really enjoyed his Los Angeles Pizzeria Mozza and the Italian…

Even if Septime has been around for a while now, it’s still considered one of the hottest néo bistros in Paris and since a few weeks is among the 50 best restaurants in the world. I’ve been at Septime twice and I quite liked it the first time (see the…

My dim sum lunch at Shang Palace (10 Avenue d’Iéna, 75116 Paris, tel. +331 53 67 19 92) this weekend was a real delight and I am taking back everything what I’ve said about Shang Palace in 2011. It is a great place.

El Quim tapas bar ( Mercado de La Boqueria La Rambla 91, 08002 Barcelona, Spain;tel.+34 933 01 98 10) in the middle of the emblematic la Boqueria market embodies all what a good tapas bar is about – no reservations, conviviality and great energy, lots of wine and delicious yet simple…