Last month, Jon and I spent a week in Liguria, the coastal region of northwest Italy. Of course, this being Italy, there were plenty of regional foods to enjoy, the most famous of which is pesto Genovese (aka pesto) and focaccia. Because Jon and I flew in and out of Genoa, we decided to spend [...]
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36 Hours in Genoa, Italy
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged B&B Quartopiano, BlogSherpa, Da Gaia Ristorante, Genoa, Genoa Aquarium, Genoa restaurants, Grom Gelato, Italy, Liguria, Mua' Ristorante, Palazzo Spinola, restaurants in Genoa, Soho Restaurant & Fishworks, Trattoria da Maria on June 24, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Hakkasan, Soho (revisited)
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged BlogSherpa, Chinese restaurants in London, claypot dishes at Hakkasan, England, Hakkasan, London, michelin-starred restaurants in London, silver cod in champagne sauce, Soho restaurants on June 10, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Hakkasan is well known for its sleek Christian Liaigre-designed interior and its sky-high prices. The place has done well enough that there’s now a Mayfair location, as well as outposts around the world. And with Alan Yau no longer the man in charge, you can’t help wondering if the food and service are still any [...]
Pitt Cue Co. BBQ, South Bank (Royal Festival Hall)
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged American BBQ, BBQ ribs in London, eating near Royal Festival Hall, Hungerford Bridge, Pitt Cue Co., South Bank dining, summer eating in London on June 4, 2011 | 11 Comments »
With the weather so nice yesterday (Friday) and these three recent blog posts (by Hollow Legs, Food Stories and Tehbus) in mind, I checked out the Pitt Cue Co. BBQ stall at just after 8 pm. Unluckily, at that hour, they’d run out of pretty much everything edible except for three orders of BBQ ribs, [...]
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