Bo Bech, the Danish chef of restaurant Geist in Copenhagen was the first to inaugurate this year's series of four hands dinners with two Michelin star chef Sang-hoon Degeimbre at L'Air du Temps in Liernu, and what a great evening it turned out to be. When I had interviewed San in November, he had mentioned Geist as one of his favourite restaurants in the world, so I was … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
Gert de Mangeleer (Hertog Jan): Simplicity is not simple
In the outskirts of the idyllic Belgian city of Bruges in Zedelgem is a culinary genius who became the youngest ever 3 Michelin star chef in Belgium and one of the youngest in history at 34. What made the journey so incredible, however, was not the age at which he reached the top, but rather the speed with which the team at Hertog Jan turned a brasserie first into a Michelin … [Read more...]
A hint of garlic lands a top Italian chef in trouble
Carlo Cracco, one of Italy's most well-known chefs and television personalities has landed in trouble for using garlic in a pasta sauce. Cracco was making his version of an "amatriciana" sauce on a TV programme last Saturday when he added a 'secret' ingredient, garlic in its skin, to the sauce. But the mayor of the town of Amatrice, where the recipe originated from took … [Read more...]
Jack O’Shea Chophouse in Brussels finally open
The much awaited Jack O'Shea Chophouse has opened in central Brussels a few days ago. Judging by the page views and searches on this site, this looks like it will be another top foodie destination in Brussels. Jack O'Shea is the second butcher in Belgium to open a restaurant this year. The first, Dierendonck, has opened Carcasse in January on the Belgian coast. The chophouse … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #20
The art of eating is a quarterly print publication that has been published since 1986. Edward Behr, the founder, likes to list the top food books of the year. Here is a list of 12 books including Massimo Bottura's Never Trust a Skinny Italian chef which we reviewed on this site. We are currently reading one of them, The Third Plate by Dan Barber and will also review it when we … [Read more...]
