There is nothing better than fresh and simple food and Pastis (9, Ninth avenue) knows that! I have already written about Pastis, but I thought it would be nice to make some pictures of this beautiful food 🙂 The images from the brunch yesterday.

If you are not in the mood to spend $400 per person for the prix-fixed menu in Masa, try it’s “smaller sister” restaurant just next door. (Time Warner Center, 4th floor). The sushi and other Japanese dishes are as good as in its legendary sister (They have the same kitchen…

Thai or Japanese fusion restaurants are quite in fashion these days- one could name dozens of them on both coasts of the Atlantic. Unless you are in Thailand though, really authentic Thai restaurants are not that common. Le Banyan (24, place Etienne Pernet, 75015, tel 01 40 60 09 31)…

I already spoke in my previous post how I love Indian cuisine. And the discovery of Ratn (9 Rue de la Tremoille, 75008, tel. O1 40 70 10 09 ), an ” haute gastronomie” Indian just steps from Champs-Elysees was a nice discovery. It’s a brand new Indian restaurant opened…

Downtown Cipriani is one of my favourite Italian restaurants in NY. It is especially nice to sit in the terrace when it’s sunny. I thought I should share this image of “orecchiette with green peas”. I just love the colours!

I always thought that creativity is a must to be rewarded with Michelin stars, but Craft (1 star) proves different. Here simplicity is the key. The menu is deliberately divided in such basics as “fish and shellfish”, “charcuterie”, “meat”, “salads”,”vegetables”, “mushrooms”, “grain”, etc as well as according to different ways…

Even if there are so many highly rated restaurants in New York, there is not a lot that is really worth a return (in fact, the same as everywhere in the world 🙂 ) Very often there is a disappointment before even starting your first dish. Like this Northern Italian…

Restaurant La Provence in Vilnius is like a ray of Provencal sunshine in this Northern European capital. Without question, it is the best in Lithuania and one day maybe will earn it’s first Michelin stars. La Provence has a particular emphasis on seafood (Imported 3 times a a week from…

Jean- Michel Lorain, the renown chef of La Côte Saint Jacques, is not only one of the best chefs in the world but a smart businessman as well. Apart from his 3 stars Michelin restaurant, his other businesses, the Relais and Châteaux hotel as well the culinary school are flourishing.…

Let’s agree on the fact that Paris is not very “strong” for Japanese and sushi restaurants. There are little “real Japanese” places and if there are some, it seems that they are “frozen” in the 70s or 80s different from London or New York where there are many modern sushi…