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…

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….

Locanda Locatelli – Stylish Italian in downtown London

Some years after eating at Zafferano Restaurant, where chef Locatelli used to work, I had the pleasure or eating his food again. For some time now, he has his own restaurant, Locanda Locatelli, based in a street parallel to the famous Oxford Street in London. When approaching the restaurant, from the outside the restaurant you…

Atelier Wilma – Casual fine dining in Frankfurt

Just south-west of the downtown area of Frankfurt, within walking distance of the big cathedral is the restaurant Atelier Wilma. It is in a nice area with some shops, away from the fancy high-rise office buildings of some of Europe’s largest banks. For some reason, the face of the building reminded me of Hansel and…

The Social Eating House – Unpretentious good food in London

When people think of good restaurants, especially Michelin star restaurants, they often associate this with a small portions in a formal setting. Also, they assume it is going to be an expensive meal using unusual ingredients. In SoHo, central london you will find a restaurant that will prove everyone wrong that has this view of…

Restaurant Sense – Lunch worthy of a star

In the south of Holland, you’ll find the carnaval (Mardi Gras) capital of The Netherlands; Den Bosch. This town is known for carnaval and the Bossche Bollen (chocolate-covered profiterol XXXXXL), but it should be noted that we have recently learned that you have some excellent restaurants there as well. One of them is for sure…