Having friends in the travel business makes planning a holiday quite easy. In the instance of flying to Cape Town to see some friends (and take advantage of a fantastic Qatar Airways deal, never mind the money stolen off the DWB – DOH portion of […]
Sorry gang! Catching up from South Africa and balancing some additional reviews (I’ve still got a few to go) has kept me a bit busy in the past weeks — I hope you’ve been well! My kind of London tour (gin + tea = yay). […]
Emirates Palace has been knocking it out of the park recently! After my last (delicious) trip to meet Chef Hendrik Yde Andersen for lunch, I was more than happy to return and taste some of the dishes from Chef Norbert Niederkofler, the patron of the two […]
Lucky for me, the Diner’s Discovery list for the Middle East and Africa list was announced just before we were due to depart for South Africa. While there were two restaurants on the list in the country, due to our schedule we were only able […]
Goodness, there was a lot of amazing food this month! And while I haven’t finished posting about everything I consumed, I don’t think there will be a lot of surprises here. In no particular order: Wagyu billtong from The Test Kitchen Hand chopped beef tartare […]
When planning our trip to South Africa, I knew I wanted to sneak away to Franschhoek for at least one night (we’d visited previously for a wedding and fell in love with the town). When I saw that friends had visited The Tasting Room at […]
Matto is a place that arrived preloaded with a reputation of sorts. Thus far, trustworthy diners seem engaged with the servers, food, and overall ambiance of the restaurant (really, who doesn’t love a giant mural of a man kissing a fish?). Thus, when an invite […]
Imagine the highs and lows of the morning of February 1, 2017. For those who aren’t involved in the high stakes world of world class dining reservations, most venues of this caliber are hotly contested and difficult to get into (even when you make plans […]
In a serious Dubai foodie faux pas, I had only previously visited Play as part of the Foodiva’s dine around (about this time last year). During our visit, I was impressed by not only the food but also the design and overall atmosphere of the restaurant […]
