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…

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…

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…

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.

For those who love sushis, Paris is not the best place to be. It’s not that there are no Japanese restaurants – there are, but most of them are so way behind their counterparts in NY or London that you can’t but notice the inferior quality of fish or the…

Those who’ve been reading my blog probably know that I come from Lithuania. I’ve been living in Paris and New York for almost ten years now, but I have always a big pleasure to come back to my home country and eat some of the Lithuanian specialities. Yes, they are…

Tetou is one of the principal reasons why I love to go to the South of France. And it is not because this simple place on a beach is frequented by celebrities. When you try the renown Tetou bouillabaisse for the first time you immediately understand that the celebrity in…

The K Hotel The first thing that is striking at the three Michelin stars L’Arnsbourg is its location. The restaurant and the K hotel (owned by the Klein family) are hidden in the Black Forest. It is a little fairy tale like- when you arrive in the early evening, the…

Ever since I started living my passion for gastronomy, I’ve fantasised to try the haute cuisine of the countries I travel. I will repeat myself again- I love French cuisine haut cuisine but I also find disappointing that most of the top restaurants in the world reflect the French cooking…

I love good hummus and who could have thought that I would have it on a beach? The place is called “Honey Beach” and it’s relaxed environment reminds me of the beach restaurants in St Tropez. P.S. Still haven’t forgotten to post about Milan, but the sun is making me…