  One the menu by James Mackenzie
On the Menu by James Mackenzie is not just a cookbook; this is a book about the food, the pub, the people, seasonality and local produce.The book tells the story of James and Kate Mackenzie's East Yorkshire pub The Pipe and Glass Inn, a pub that was awarded a Michelin star in 2010. You get to know James and Kate, their suppliers, a thing or two about seasonality and obviously the food, all captu... Category: Books - Subcategory Reviews - 16-05-2012READ MORE  Gordon Ramsay Royal Hospital Road - 3 Michelin starsRating: 96.
Gordon Ramsay owns restaurants in the UK, Ireland, USA, Japan, France and Italy. Just this week the latest addition to his restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Steak, opened in Las Vegas and two new restaurants in Qatar are scheduled to open later this month. A new Los Angeles restaurant called The Fat Cow is set to open this summer.
In 2007 and 2009 Gordon Ramsay was awarded no less ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: London, 3 stars - 14-05-2012READ MORE  Galvin La Chapelle - a French restaurant in the City of LondonRating: 92.
What's a chefs' chef? It is someone whose food other chefs really like to eat and this year's AA Chefs' Chef of the Year (2011-2012) award went to Chris and Jeff Galvin. Over the past couple of years the Galvin brothers have built something of culinary empire in London. Both Chris and Jeff trained with some of the biggest names in the industry both in Britain and France. They o... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 2 comments - 09-05-2012READ MORE  Perceel restaurant - 1 Michelin star in RotterdamRating: 91.
Don't get me wrong: I love great restaurants and I love great chefs and I often find myself in awe at the history of long-established restaurants and the reputation and skill of legendary chefs. In fact I'm going on a culinary pilgrimage later this month to the likes of Ducasse, Gagnaire, Blanc, Troisgros, Bocuse and Haeberlin. However, nothing beats the excitement of going to new r... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 06-05-2012READ MORE  l'Arnsbourg, 3 Michelin stars in AlsaceRating: 96.
Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey, that is Michelin's description of a three-star restaurant. Where some three-star restaurants are bang in the middle of a city, a lot of them aren't. In some cases a special journey is indeed required to take you to a location where you would never expect a such an establishment. Sometimes you even get to the poin... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: Other, 3 stars - 06-05-2012READ MORE  Hakkasan MayfairRating: 90.
After opening their first restaurant (Hakkasan Hanway Place) in London in 2001, the Hakkasan restaurant group has opened restaurants all over the world: Miami, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Mumbai and the latest addition to their collection was a New York City restaurant earlier this month. Hakkasan's second restaurant in London, Hakkasan Mayfair opened its doors in Nov... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 24-04-2012READ MORE  Hawksmoor - Veni Vidi ViciRating: 89.
"It was an inauspicious start. A few days after signing a twenty-year lease on a failing Turkish restaurant at the wrong end of a traffic-clogged street in East London, a bank loan we desperately needed fell through. On the same day we discovered that the site didn't actually have planning permission to be a restaurant". This is a quote from the cookbook Hawksmoor at ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 1 comment - 24-04-2012READ MORE  Beluga restaurant (**) in Maastricht - a singular experience?Rating 87.
Beluga in Maastricht is one of the Netherlands' 16 two-star restaurants. Patron-cuisinier of Beluga is Hans van Wolde. Hans van Wolde trained in a number of Dutch restaurants before opening Beluga in 1997. The restaurant was awarded its first star in 1998 and a second star followed in 2005. Beluga also has an outstanding 19.5 rating (equal to three-star De Librije and secon... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 18-04-2012READ MORE  Alyn Williams at the WestburyRating: 90.
No other city has more new restaurant openings than London, but the one that recently caught my eye was Alyn Williams' at the Westbury. Alyn Williams is a chef with an excellent pedigree. Before opening his own restaurant in November 2011, Alyn Williams was the head chef at Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley and before that at Petrus (both two Michelin stars). Prior to hi... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 16-04-2012READ MORE  Corrigan's MayfairRating: 89.
The first time I heard of Richard Corrigan was during the first season of Great British Menu in 2006. Richard Corrigan was one of the Irish contestants and he was very successful: His smoked salmon with Irish soda bread starter was served at the Queen's 80th Birthday banquet. I wanted to find out about his food for myself and that same year I had dinner at Corrigan's Michelin s... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 15-04-2012READ MORE  Tom Aikens in Chelsea - your guess is as good as mineRating: 85.
I first visited Tom Aikens eponymous Chelsea restaurant in 2009. At the time Tom Aikens had been mentioned in the Michelin guide as a 'rising star' for two stars for two successive years. The restaurant had opened in 2003 and was awarded its first Michelin star in 2004. Before opening his own restaurant Tom Aikens had worked in many famous Michelin starred kitchens,&n... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 11-04-2012READ MORE  Oud Sluis - High Art in Zeeland FlandersRating: 100.
Oud Sluis is a third generation restaurant in the market town of Sluis in Zeeland Flanders, which is located in the Netherlands very close to the border with Belgium. Sergio Herman took over the restaurant from his father Ronnie in 1991. Sergio Herman obviously trained in his father's kitchen but he also spent some time at the legendary Dutch restaurant De Swaen in O... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, The Netherlands - 2 comments - 18-03-2012READ MORE  Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem - three Michelin stars in BelgiumRating: 96.
Peter Goossens, the patron-cuisinier at Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem, is often referred to as one of the godfathers of modern Belgian cuisine and he is one of Belgium's most respected chefs. After his education at a Belgian catering college Peter Goossens spent several years in France were he trained in e.g. the Paris kitchens of Le Pré Catalan and Robucho... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, Other - 2 comments - 07-03-2012READ MORE  Nuance restaurant in Duffel (near Antwerp)Rating: 95.
Flemish chef Thierry Theys has been taking Belgium by storm. After having trained at Ducasse in Monaco and at Hans van Wolde's two-star Beluga restaurant in Maastricht, Thierry and his partner Sofie Willemarck opened Nuance restaurant in Duffel (some 20 minutes from Antwerp) in 2008. The next year the restaurant was already awarded its first Michelin star and the seco... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory Other - 03-03-2012READ MORE  Restaurant De Zwethheul (**) in Schipluiden (near Rotterdam)Rating: 92.
In the Netherlands there are three important restaurant guides. Obviously there's the Michelin guide, there's the Gault Millau guide and last but not least there's the 'Lekker' guide ('Lekker' is Dutch for delicious), a guide that I have been buying for over twenty years now (yes, I do buy other guides than Michelin...). The guide is always released in November and last year th... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 2 comments - 13-02-2012READ MORE  Rocksalt in FolkestoneRating: 88.
When I travel to UK by car I always use the Eurotunnel. It is by far the most efficient and quick way to get to the UK from the continent. Travelling by Eurotunnel also means arrival in and departure from Folkestone. And Folkestone happens to be the town were Mark Sargeant, former right-hand man of Gordon Ramsay, opened his own restaurant called Rocksal... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 07-02-2012READ MORE  Restaurant Sat Bains in NottinghamRating: 92.
Did you know Nottingham is only a good two hours away from London? Nottingham is also the place where British chef Sat Bains and his lovely wife Amanda run Sat Bains restaurant and rooms, a restaurant that was awarded its second Michelin star in 2011 and that has eight beautifully appointed rooms. After winning the Roux Scholarship in 1999, Sat Bains worked at the then three-starred... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 2 comments - 28-01-2012READ MORE  Quo Vadis - service not included?Rating: 83.
The first time I heard of Jeremy Lee was many years ago when a London friend of mine took me to the Blueprint Café for lunch. I visited that restaurant a number of times afterwards, but not in recent years. Jeremy Lee was the head-chef of the Blueprint Café from 1995 until 2011. The second time I heard of mr. Lee was in the 2007 Great British Menu series. Jeremy Lee re... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 4 comments - 24-01-2012READ MORE  The Royal Oak in Paley StreetRating: 90.
The Royal Oak is a Michelin starred, 17th century pub in the hamlet of Paley Street in Berkshire, some 30 miles west of London. The name refers to the oak tree in Boscobel wood in which Charles II hid to escape Cromwell's troops after the battle of Worcester in 1651. The pub was opened in 2001 by Sir Michael Parkinson and his son Nick. In January 2007 Dominic Chapman becam... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 2 comments - 15-01-2012READ MORE  The Fat DuckRating: 100.
Two people, two phones. Hubby and I were both calling the reservation line of The Fat Duck and that's how I got a reservation for the Fat Duck's last service of 2011 on Sunday December the 18th. Yes, even after all those years people still frantically call the Fat Duck on the day when reservation lines open for bookings two months in advance. I really wanted to book a tab... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, UK - 7 comments - 13-01-2012READ MORE |
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