Omakase (お任せ) means “I’ll leave it to you” (from Japanese 任す, entrust)” and in practice it is a tasting menu at a Japanese restaurant in which you entrust yourself and mainly your taste buds into the hand and ideas of the chef.
Some people discover and follow their passions throughout their entire life. Stephen Rogers, the chef at Press as well as a former classical pianist and vocal coach, is surely one of them…
I assembled a shortlist of my favorite herbal infusions by continent and in some by country of popularity. Most disseminated around as trade shipped these local traditions over the vast […]
Kajitsu is a Michelin stared Japanese restaurant serving authentic plant-based kaiseki ryori in New York. The owner, a grain exporter from Japan, stages a biennale of talented Japanese chefs taking over […]
The French chef Joël Robuchon holds record 31 Michelin stars for restaurants bearing his name. I dined at L’Atelier in Paris, Monaco, London, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and in New York.
Cha Cha No Ma literally means a dining room where tea is served. Hidden from the sights of the Tokyo’s manic shoppers in the narrow maze of shopping cul-de-sacs in […]
The cookbook Fermented foods for vitality & health draws a digestion and immunity boosting inspiration from around the world. Dominated by European recipes from the Mediterranean (Egypt, Croatia, Greece, Italy) […]
Roberta Sudbrack is one the most established and lauded chefs in Brazil. She authored a number of culinary books, cooked for the former Brazilian head of state, his international guests […]
La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise is the first restaurant in Prague that was awarded a Michelin star. Rightfully so, as since 2006 this gastronomic eatery has been challenging plentiful stereotypes about […]
Learn more about tea with Mariage Frères at its nostalgia-evoking 17th century residence in the Saint Germain or Marais district of Paris. The first is located on the corner of the narrow Rue […]