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The Restaurant (*2): run run run of the mill
Did you think I will leave you hanging with no fine dining? We began the year by visiting one of the five of Zürich’s 2* restaurants, The Restaurant. We could talk about how self aware you have to be, to name your restaurant The Restaurant but why would we, really?
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Scappatella Milanese (Part I)
After a week spent in Zürich doing bureaucratic stuff we felt like we needed an escape and at 3:30 hours away by train Milan proved to be a handy destination. Milan is not my favourite city in Italy but beggars can’t be choosers, can they? At least we ate well!
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Quique Dacosta: better than expected and yet
Quique Dacosta both the chef and the restaurant were a mystery to me before I decided to make a reservation at his 3* eatery located in a small town called Dénia tucked on a scraggy Mediterranean coast. Coming with no preconceived notions I left quite contented and yet…
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Vi Cool: OK tapas, GREAT wine
I am always on a lookout for interesting tapas restaurants and when a recommendation comes my way I will take it. Vi Cool had an OK selection of fusion tapas but where this place truly shined was their wines. Such. Good. Wines.
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How to drink like a local (like a local tourist, more like)
I had to do a lot of research before embarking on my drinking journey in Madrid. I had to know my cañas and my dobles, my vinos tintos and my vinos blancos, my tintos de verano and my sangrias, add onto this vermut de grifo and a yayo and you have a veritable mess.