About 30 minutes outside the old city of Tallinn in Estonia is where you will find 180degrees. This two Michelin star awarded restaurant is ran by Austrian chef Mathias Diether. Housed in a lovely modern, the interior is as nice and modern as the exterior. The restaurant is divided into two parts: a lounge area…
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Ikarus – Fine dining Red Bull style
Opposite the terminal building of Salzburg Airport is the Red Bull Hangar. The hangar is home to some classic aircraft, as well as a bar and Ikarus Restaurant. Before moving into the restaurant, an (optional) aperitif is served in ‘Mayday Bar’. The bar has a terrace overlooking the aircraft (and other items, including Formula 1…
Wild Honey St James – Wonderful lunch in the heart of London
When visiting a place on business, you don’t always get to spend half a day on lunch. Luckily, restaurants know this and serve a business lunch. In central London, one restaurant has specialized in providing high-quality meals to people with “less time”. Not only do they cater for business people, but this restaurant is also…
SENNS Restaurant – A restaurant with all the bells (and whistles)
On a recent trip to Salzburg, I had a chance to visit SENNS Restaurant. This restaurant holds two Michelin stars. Located outside the city centre, it isn’t an obvious choice for an evening out. A taxi is needed to get here, costing an additional EUR 50-75. The building is gorgeous though and is well worth…
Nathan’s in Antwerp – revisisted…
It was (quite) some time ago that we visited Nathan’s in Antwerp. Where at the time, in some ways it was great, in other ways it wasn’t. Well, there have been a couple of changes (for the better!) Having gone through corona lockdowns as we all have, the restaurant has taken this horrible period of…
Pure C – A (two) Michelin Star “beach club”
All the way on the most southern and westerly part of the Netherlands lies Pure C. Owned and founded by Dutch top-chef and entrepreneur Sergio Herman, the daily business is run by the very young and talented Syrco Bakker. It is located on the second floor of the Strandhotel (beach hotel) in Cadzand. It has…
Olivijn – A restaurant worth two stars
Visiting restaurants over the last years, means we have quite some material to compare one place to another. How and why the ratings, reviews and stars are awarded to a restaurant do (sometimes) puzzle us, as is the case with Restaurant Olivijn. Not intending to spoil the ‘fun’ in the first paragraph, we do wonder…
Restaurant Fred – Well-deserved two stars
Being one of the three two-star restaurants in town, you could argue that competition in fine dining in Rotterdam is high. Where some restaurants make us wonder how stars are awarded, sometimes in a positive way and sometimes in a more negative sense. At Restaurant Fred there is no question. It has two stars and…
Librije’s Zusje – A perfect meal at De Librije’s little sister
With three Michelin stars, De Librije is probably one of the Netherland’s best-known restaurants. For the past five years, the owners have had an advising role in Librije’s Zusje, which is the Librije’s sibling in the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam. This advising role will end on 1 January, when Lirbije’s Zusje will be renamed to Spectrum….
FG Restaurant – Top of the line food and service in Rotterdam
Many good chefs operate more than one restaurant. Heston Blumenthal has The Fat Duck (three stars) in Bray, and about 30 miles down the road his two-star restaurant “Dinner by Heston”. In Holland, we have Francois Geurts who operates his “FG Bistro” plus his one star “FG Food Labs” as well as his ‘flagship’ two…