Eskis is an interesting restaurant in Lyon serving really unusual food. In the Michelin guide it says “the young chef is curious about the world and delivers creative and ‘molecular’ cuisine”. The restaurant has similarities with Heston Blumenthal’s approach although it is a little bit more grounded in reality than the Fat Duck. Samuel Desjobert, the…
The Grill Royal is a super-stylish steak house in Berlin. Huge steaks are sourced from Australia, Argentina and the States. The restaurant has gained a reputation for attracting people who just come to splash their cash. In a Lonely Planet review it was put forward that ‘a platinum card is a good accessory at this look-at-me temple’.…
The Hotel Le Berger is a trendy boutique hotel, restaurant and bar located in uptown Brussels. It is an attractive art deco hotel in which each room is different. However, at the moment, despite this none of the rooms have disabled facilities. The narrow halls and stairways are also problematic for access. Word has it that…
The Hotel Fox is a really stylish hotel in Copenhagen. It’s youthful, vibrant and urban. Each room has a completely different design with differing levels of zaniness. All of them are unique, to say the least. In the hotel website’s own words ‘Each room is an individual piece of art – from wacky comical styles…
The Lone Hotel is a five star hotel located ten minutes outside of the town of Rovinj, Croatia, on the Adriatic Coast. In recent years this area has become a real hot spot for holiday makers and the Lone Hotel caters for those of them seeking a stylish, upmarket place to stay. It’s a member of Design Hotels which…
Nimb is a hotel, restaurant and bar in the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen. Despite it’s slightly strange, Moorish inspired, outside appearance, it is more understated and very trendy inside. Dylan Jones, editor of UK GQ magazine has described Nimb as ‘super-cool’ and ‘quite simply the best hotel in the city’. Unfortunately the hotel has no disabled…
Bunga Bunga is described as ”An Englishman’s Italian, Bar, Pizzeria and Karaoke”. Bunga Bunga has a meaning in Italian which is unclear (suffice to say it is used in conjunction with Silvio Berlusconi and his sex exploits.) It’s located just over Battersea Bridge and apparently attracts a young ’20 something crowd’ from Chelsea. Operated by Charlie…
I and an old and friend are visiting Indian Zing at the end of November, after realising that the Chef Proprietor, Manoj Vasaikar, was my neighbour. We both watched the Olympic Torch pass our building and another neighbour highly recommended the food!! There are also two other restaurants in the group Indian Zest in Sunbury and Indian…
I went to Hibiscus at the end of October accompanied by the Epicure Lieutenant. We had a great time we were given a suggested menu which was brilliant. I loved my starter of crab with rosehip & crab apple sorbet and walnuts, whilst my Lieutenant got stuck into a ravioli of smoked potato & hen’s egg yolk…