The Hotel Adlon Kempinski in Berlin, a long-time Harper recommended property, has recently opened a new Thai restaurant. The well-known German chef Tim Raue, owner of an eponymous restaurant in Berlin that was awarded two Michelin stars last year, is opening a new iteration of his Sra Bua restaurant. Mr. Raue’s personal take on the flavors [...]
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Sunday Dining in Rome
Since many restaurants in Rome are closed on Sundays, we recommend two favorite addresses, for lunch and dinner. Piperno For lunch, Piperno, a charmingly old-fashioned restaurant in the ancient Jewish quarter, is always a pleasure. Polite English-speaking waiters in spotless white jackets provide excellent service to a well-dressed crowd of Romans and foreigners. Be [...]
Chef Norbert Kostner Decorated
Belated congratulations are in order to Chef Norbert Kostner, a well-known personality among Hideaway Report readers who has been Executive Chef of Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok for the past 38 years. H.E. Mr. Michelangelo Pipan, Ambassador of Italy to Thailand, recently conferred the decoration Cavaliere dell’ Ordine della Stella d’ Italia to Chef Kostner during [...]
The Istanbul Culinary Institute
Though not generally well-known in North America, Turkish cooking is one of the world’s great cuisines. We’ve long relished its repertoire of rich, savory and surprisingly varied dishes, so we decided to sign up for a class at the Istanbul Culinary Institute. This occupies a striking contemporary townhouse in the city’s Beyoğlu neighborhood, close [...]
Cabernet Cattle Call at The Ranch at Rock Creek
Montana’s Ranch at Rock Creek is hosting a “Cabernet Cattle Call” from May 8-12 that will pair traditional outdoor ranch activities such as horseback riding, fly-fishing, skeet shooting, roping and steering with boutique wine tastings. Guests will be free to choose their favorite outdoor pursuits during the day, and evenings will feature gourmet [...]
Gastronomy: Gourmet Heaven at Milan’s Peck
If the luxurious grocery stores in many European cities have become tourist haunts — Fauchon and Hediard in Paris, and Fortnum & Mason in London come to mind — Peck in Milan is still frequented by discriminating Milanese. They come for its outstanding prepared food, exceptional cheese and charcuterie counters, and a small but excellent wine [...]
Press Club, a San Francisco Wine Bar
Visitors to San Francisco in search of an early evening respite from shopping in Union Square or museum-browsing South of Market would be hard-pressed to improve on Press Club. An elegant stairwell off Yerba Buena Lane (adjacent to the Four Seasons) leads to a spacious warren of hardwood tables, lounge chairs & comfortably subdued [...]
The Sixth Annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival
The Sixth Annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival takes place next weekend, April 4 – 7. The relatively young enterprise has quickly established itself as the premier annual gastronomic event on the West Coast. This year over 250 acclaimed wineries and 75 notable chefs will be in attendance, including luminaries such as Daniel [...]
Interview: Jacob Holmström of Gastrologik
A good restaurant is an interaction between the kitchen and service, the food and guests, the premises and the interior and dozens of other factors. This is the philosophy of Jacob Holmström and Anton Bjuhr, two young but highly qualified chefs who are responsible for the latest addition to Stockholm’s fine dining scene – [...]
Tasmanian Cooking School: The Agrarian Kitchen
Located 45 minutes north of Hobart, The Agrarian Kitchen cooking school is surrounded by an organic farm that provides most of the produce used during lessons. The school is run by Rodney Dunn — the former food editor of Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine and one-time apprentice to star Sydney chef Tetsuya Wakuda — along with a rotating [...]
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