Jewish style artichokes from Piperno restaurant in the Roman Ghetto. You eat everything – the artichoke heart, crispy leaves… One of my favourite Roman specialities. The Romanesco artichokes season is from February to April and you can find them now pretty everywhere in the Ghetto area.

Umami Burger in LA has completely changed my understanding of what a good burger should be like. In fact, it has changed my life as I will never be able to enjoy any other burgers ( other burgers than Umami to be precise.) Soft Portuguese bread, amazing beef, grilled shiitake…

Oyster sashimi with soy sauce and chives at Sushi Imamura, Hong Kong. Astonishing simplicity. Imamura san has been living in HK since twenty years. He is originally from Kyoto.

Despite my sceptical Momofuku Ko review, I do think that it’s great what David Chang is doing at the rest of his restaurants (which are more casual Momofuku Ssam Bar, Noodle Bar or, the latest addition, Ma Pêche). Where else you will find so many good things in one place?…

For years I considered Sushi Yasuda in New York as the benchmark for perfect sushi outside Japan, this time it was just a shadow of its former self. Everything seemed to be like always, yet the key element, the fish was much worse than previous times. The fish was dry…

Harry’s Bar is a legendary Venetian institution where beef carpaccio and Bellini cocktail were invented. Even though it was my first time at Harry’s Bar, it seemed that everything, or, at least the menu, was déjà vu. It is here, steps away from San Marco square, where the famous New…

Tapas ( or rather pintxos ) at Txepetxa ( 5 Pescaderie, San Sebastian) in San Sebastian.

St John (26 St John street, EC1M 4AY, London; tel. 020 7251 08048 ) got famous for it’s “nose to tail eating”, returning to old British cuisine where all the parts of an animal are consumed. It has great reviews and was even awarded one Michelin star- my lunch there…

Luxeat blog is not dead, I’ve just been too busy! To compensate for my long absence from the blogosphere, I am sharing with you my favourite Parisian address of the moment. L’Oriênt Extreme Montaigne (21 rue Bayard,75008, Paris; tel. 01 47 20 91 58) is a clone of Nobu chain…

One word could describe Comerç 24 (C/ Comerç, 2408003 Barcelona, Spain 933 192 102) – “overhyped”. The dishes sounded better on the menu (“pizza-sashimi”) than they were in reality and even if I really enjoyed some dishes like tuna tartare, some were disappointing. I don’t say that the dinner at…