The Au Vieux Saint-Martin is a Brussels institution that needs no introduction. Serving Belgian specialities since its opening in 1968, it can be found in one of Brussels most prestigious squares, the Sablon. The owners of the restaurant, Albert-Jean and his son Frédéric Niels, whose family have a long-standing tradition running restaurants, have recently opened a second … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
Seventh edition of Chef Sache starts on Sunday
The seventh edition of Chef Sache, the avant garde Cologne culinary festival, will take place on Sunday 27 and Monday 28 September. This year's theme of the event is the culinary revolution currently taking place in the restaurant world. Some of the world's best chefs will be showcasing their ideas, while exhibitors will present their innovative products. Young chefs will … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #49
This has been the week of major announcements. We've written about the announcement by René Redzepi of Noma that he will be closing the restaurant for good in December 2016. It was also the week in which Massimo Bottura cooked dinner for French president Francois Hollande amid scepticism from the latter on whether Italians could match the class of the top French chefs. You can … [Read more...]
Massimo Bottura: The day Italy beat France 2-0
When French president Francois Hollande went to Modena earlier this week he provocatively said that he had heard there was a restaurant there that could compete with the top restaurants in France and he wanted to see whether this was true. And according to Italian chef Massimo Bottura of the award winning Osteria Francescana he passed the test with flying colours. Speaking … [Read more...]
Noma’s closure: Redzepi reinventing the restaurant around three distinct seasons
René Redzepi's new urban farm which is set to open soon after the closure of the award-winning Noma will be a complete re-invention of the concept of a restaurant using three distinct seasons to showcase a true reflection of the landscape of that moment and the unique flavour of that point in time. The Danish chef has launched a video to explain the decision behind the … [Read more...]
