Once I have more time, I will be posting pictures from my favourite restaurants this summer. Meanwhile, do follow my feed and stories on Instagram for almost daily updates instagram.com/luxeat These images are from Casa Balbino, very simple, yet worth a trip seafood tapas bar in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Casa…

Three great foie gras dishes at three different restaurants in London: foie gras adour à la Grecque with cauliflower and coriander by Claude Bosi at Bibendum; barbecued foie gras with condiment of miso, koji, ginger and cashews by Mikael Jonsson at Hedone; terrine with eel and smoked toast at Bonhams…

“Charlotte potato with dulse beurre blanc, herring and trout roe” was a great dish at Claire Smyth’s new restaurant Core in London. I also had scallop from Isle of Mull and “oxtail stuffed Roscoff onion and beef short rib”, which was chewy and lacked refinement. Claire Smyth is the first…

Very interesting cooking at West Africa flavours inspired Ikoyi in London, a brainchild of Chinese Canadian philosopher turned chef Jeremy Chan. He chose this African region, because it’s still unexplored and there are “countless possibilities of interpretation and creativity”. Before opening Ikoyi 7 weeks ago, he researched for a few…

While I am not a big fan of baos at Bao London, the new restaurant by same owners looks promising. XU is a take on 1930s Taipei tearoom and serves revisited Taiwanese cooking. Some dishes were better than others, but, overall, it was a good experience.

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Umami flavour is key in Japanese cooking and the reason why it is so oishi. One of the historical explanations could be that because for many years before Meiji restoration four-legged animals meat had been forbidden, Japanese cooks had to develop other ways to bring out umami. Necessity is what…

I met Kamal Mouzawak at Tawlet, one of the six restaurants he owns in Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon. We found a common language right away – he is a visionary social activist, a restaurateur, and, most of all, passionate food lover with a deep knowledge of Levantine cuisine. Since…

Lunch Cala Bonita❤️ – seriously good cooking and best I’ve had on a beach in Ibiza. Chef Pau Barba cooks at Can Domo agroturismo hotel at nights. Es Xarcu ❤️, Es Torrent, Ses Boques – traditional seafood and fish. Es Xarcu is my favorite, but the view at Es Boldado…

Apart from few exceptions (which are really worth a special trip), I usually prefer casual restaurants to fine dining in Spain. First, because Spain has really the best seafood, meat and some other produce in Europe and usually Spanish chefs and cooks respect those ingredients (Etxebarri and Elkano are the…