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…

Update 24/02/2009 As Le Figaro announced today, Marc Veyrat is giving back his 3 Michelin stars. My dinner in La Maison de Marc Veyrat last week was like a breath of fresh air – so different from what most of other 3 Michelin stars in France can offer. You just…

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…

When I opened the menu of La Régalde ( 49 av. Jean Moulin, 75014, tel. 01 45 45 68 58 ), I became “greedy” instantly. I wanted to try everything there! Yes, I was very hungry, but also the dishes listed looked so good that only reading their names, I…

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…

As you might have noticed, it's been a while i haven't wrote a post. In fact so long, that i have started feeling guilty. But what made me really log in to my Typepad account (where i see there are some nice changes in the interface by the way) is the two overrated restaurants I've been recently in Paris.

If you ask any taxi driver in Tel Aviv that you want to go to Abu Hassan, he will know where to bring you. It is a tiny rustic place hidden in a small street in Jaffa and people say, that the hummus there is the best in the world.…

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…

Kaiseki – is a traditional Japanese multicourse meal that originates from tea drinking ceremonies in the 16th century. Kyoto and its region is the cradle of the Japanese culture as well as of kaiseki. Many say that multicourse small portions menus in the “Western” gastronomic restaurants are influenced by the…