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New Tayyabs, London

New Tayyabs, London

New Tayyabs, London

I’ve read many positive things about New Tayyabs (Zagat 28/30!!) “authentic” Pakistani in Whitechapel, where you have to “queue to get a table”, the prices are “negligible” and the food is to “die for”, simply “the best South Eastern Asian in London”. We didn’t have to wait for a table,…

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Nov '08
Mr Chow, London

Mr Chow, London

Mr Chow, London

Mr Chow in London is not an ordinary restaurant. The cuisine is Mandarin, but the service reminds you of an old fashioned Italian restaurant somewhere in Manhattan (a long time ago). When you enter the place, you see a kitschy billboard “1968”, while the music played is somewhere between 1995…

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Nov '08
Does food have to be authentic to be good?

Does food have to be authentic to be good?

Does food have to be authentic to be good?

Just finished reading The Man Who Ate the World, an amusing and suprisingly honest book about restaurants in some of the world’s metropolis. For somebody who has been in all of these cities,(except Dubai) and many of the restaurants mentioned, this book is like candy. One thing that I found…

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Nov '08
So fashionable tea time

So fashionable tea time

So fashionable tea time

What can be more fashionable than cakes created “in the style of the world’s finest designers”? This is what London Berkeley’s afternoon tea time “Prêt-à-portea” is about. “Balenciaga vanilla and blueberry chequered bavarois”, “Chanel stars and stripes strawberry and vanilla pannacotta” or “Lanvin purple macaroon with raspberry ganache”. I love…

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Nov '08
Kyo Ya, New York

Kyo Ya, New York

Kyo Ya, New York

I wish I went to Kyo Ya (94 East 7th str. tel. 212 982 4140) before diving into the mysterious kaiseki experience in Kikunoi, Kyoto last spring. Maybe I would have enjoyed Kikunoi more. Degustating kaiseki dinner without certain preparation and knowledge is the same as going to a 3…

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Nov '08
Per Se

Per Se

Per Se

Per Se is by far the best restaurant I have ever been to the USA. It is worth every high rating it has – whether it is 3 Michelin stars or 28/30 in Zagat. The view of the Columbus Circle was stunning, the people working there knowledgeable and extremely professional,…

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Oct '08
Update from New York

Update from New York

Update from New York

My trip to New York has been very exciting so far – I met wonderful people and ate/going to eat in some of my “dream” restaurants I’ve always wanted to go (I will post about them soon). One of the most mind blowing discovery is the toro tartare, osetra caviar,…

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Oct '08
Morrocan tuna tartare (DB Bistro Moderne)

Morrocan tuna tartare (DB Bistro Moderne)

Morrocan tuna tartare (DB Bistro Moderne)

Speaking of something delicious, the “Morrocan tuna tartare, cucumber raita, chickpeas, harissa” I had for lunch in DB Bistro Moderne a few days ago was mouth-watering. A perfect combination of Morrocan and Indian flavours.

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Oct '08
Jean Georges

Jean Georges

Jean Georges

The three Michelin stars Jean Georges was the most boring and “factory like” gastronomic restaurant I have ever dined. It doesn’t come any close to the three or even two Michelin stars” institutions” in France and in Europe while in New York I could name at least five gastronomic restaurants…

22
Oct '08
The symphony of “homard sauté à l’orange”

The symphony of “homard sauté à l’orange”

The symphony of “homard sauté à l’orange”

Le Duc lobster sauted with orange served with fried onions is pure perfection. The bitterness of fried onions and the sourness of orange sauce give the lobster a whole new dimension…

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Oct '08