Locanda Locatelli – Stylish Italian in downtown London

Some years after eating at Zafferano Restaurant, where chef Locatelli used to work, I had the pleasure or eating his food again. For some time now, he has his own restaurant, Locanda Locatelli, based in a street parallel to the famous Oxford Street in London. When approaching the restaurant, from the outside the restaurant you…

Fratelli: Reasonable Italian food in a luxury setting

The centre of Leiden is littered with restaurants, ranging from really bad to pretty good and from Asian to Italian. Just off the main shopping street, there is an Italian place called Fratelli. The place has a nice terrace in the summer, which makes it an attractive-looking place for lunch or dinner. On the day…

Camino – Simply delicious Italian in Romania

Delicious food is often associated with small portions in fancy restaurants. Where for many restaurants this may be true, this is by no means always the case. Over the past years, I have travelled to Cluj-Napoca where many of the less fancy restaurants are serving good quality food. In the old town center, a few…

Westerse keuken in een oosterse stad

Also available in English down below…. Hyderabad is misschien niet de meest bekende stad in india, maar het heeft een snelgroeiende IT outsourcing branche. Veel westerse bedrijven, waaronder Microsoft en Deloitte, hebben hier een kantoor. Het gevolg is dat de stad veel bezoek krijgt van zaken reizigers en daarom enkele luxe hotels huisvest. Hoewel de…

Eating Italian…..in Spain

Seville may not be the number one place in Spain to visit, but perhaps it should be. Make no mistake, you will not be one of a select few visiting the nice historic centre of town, but it is not receiving the millions that Barcelona and Madrid see every year. The city centre has many…