Per Se is by far the best restaurant I have ever been to the USA. It is worth every high rating it has – whether it is 3 Michelin stars or 28/30 in Zagat. The view of the Columbus Circle was stunning, the people working there knowledgeable and extremely professional,…

My trip to New York has been very exciting so far – I met wonderful people and ate/going to eat in some of my “dream” restaurants I’ve always wanted to go (I will post about them soon). One of the most mind blowing discovery is the toro tartare, osetra caviar,…

The three Michelin stars Jean Georges was the most boring and “factory like” gastronomic restaurant I have ever dined. It doesn’t come any close to the three or even two Michelin stars” institutions” in France and in Europe while in New York I could name at least five gastronomic restaurants…

Le Duc lobster sauted with orange served with fried onions is pure perfection. The bitterness of fried onions and the sourness of orange sauce give the lobster a whole new dimension…

Update 24/02/2009 As Le Figaro announced today, Marc Veyrat is giving back his 3 Michelin stars. My dinner in La Maison de Marc Veyrat last week was like a breath of fresh air – so different from what most of other 3 Michelin stars in France can offer. You just…

The K Hotel The first thing that is striking at the three Michelin stars L’Arnsbourg is its location. The restaurant and the K hotel (owned by the Klein family) are hidden in the Black Forest. It is a little fairy tale like- when you arrive in the early evening, the…

Ever since I started living my passion for gastronomy, I’ve fantasised to try the haute cuisine of the countries I travel. I will repeat myself again- I love French cuisine haut cuisine but I also find disappointing that most of the top restaurants in the world reflect the French cooking…

Kaiseki – is a traditional Japanese multicourse meal that originates from tea drinking ceremonies in the 16th century. Kyoto and its region is the cradle of the Japanese culture as well as of kaiseki. Many say that multicourse small portions menus in the “Western” gastronomic restaurants are influenced by the…

If there is another product (apart of toro) that is uncomparably better in Japan than anywhere else in the world is the Japanese beef. Any, not only the famous Kobe beef. What I found out in Morimoto XEX and Keyakizaka teppanyaki restaurants (each of them has one Michelin star) that…

When I asked the concierge of our hotel to book the three times starred sushi place called Sukiyabashi Jiri for our first night in Tokyo, he immediately answered that foreigners can’t book in Sukiyabashi Jiro. For sure, I didn’t feel discriminated- I am prepared for the fact that the Japanese…