Category: restaurant review

review: eating in libraries

De Librije (one visit, November 2005) “You must go to De Librije,” said almost every server and wait staff member that I have had the pleasure (or not) of meeting in the various Dutch restaurants I’ve visited. For those not in the industry (ie. the “common folk”), the mere mention of “De Librije” (if pronounced […]

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review: eating in libraries

De Librije (one visit, November 2005) “You must go to De Librije,” said almost every server and wait staff member that I have had the pleasure (or not) of meeting in the various Dutch restaurants I’ve visited. For those not in the industry (ie. the “common folk”), the mere mention of “De Librije” (if pronounced […]

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review: he made me like pigeon…

de bokkedoorns (one visit, November 2005) You may see the entire meal on my flickr account. de bokkedoorns (Dutch for “the goat horns”) is a little out of the way, but if you’re willing to take a ride out to the Dutch coastal town of Overveen (a few kilometers north of Haarlem), you’ll be treated […]

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review: he made me like pigeon…

de bokkedoorns (one visit, November 2005) You may see the entire meal on my flickr account. de bokkedoorns (Dutch for “the goat horns”) is a little out of the way, but if you’re willing to take a ride out to the Dutch coastal town of Overveen (a few kilometers north of Haarlem), you’ll be treated […]

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review: heads would be rolling…

Le Cinq (one visit, October 2005) Click here for the photo set. Le Cinq Four Seasons, Paris Holding court on the avenue George V just off of the posh designer bagatelle-pedaling boutiques along the Champs Elysees, is the Paris’ Fours Seasons Hotel. Inside, is a fabulously light and airy dining room in which resides the […]

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review: heads would be rolling…

Le Cinq (one visit, October 2005) Click here for the photo set. Le Cinq Four Seasons, Paris Holding court on the avenue George V just off of the posh designer bagatelle-pedaling boutiques along the Champs Elysees, is the Paris’ Fours Seasons Hotel. Inside, is a fabulously light and airy dining room in which resides the […]

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review: the dubliners…

Patrick Guilbaud (one visit, October 2005) Along a row of Georgian townhouses near Merrion Square and attached to the “up-markish” Merrion Hotel is Patrick Guilbaud. Eponymous of the restaurateur who runs this Michelin two-starred restaurant (the only other two-starred restaurant in the entire Emerald Isle, Thornton’s, also in Dublin, is located in the Fitzwilliam Hotel), […]

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review: the dubliners…

Patrick Guilbaud (one visit, October 2005) Along a row of Georgian townhouses near Merrion Square and attached to the “up-markish” Merrion Hotel is Patrick Guilbaud. Eponymous of the restaurateur who runs this Michelin two-starred restaurant (the only other two-starred restaurant in the entire Emerald Isle, Thornton’s, also in Dublin, is located in the Fitzwilliam Hotel), […]

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review: an arctic experience…

Lofot Stua (one visit, October 2005) Given the heady restaurant prices in Oslo, I decided to avoid the top echelon establishments. Instead, I took advantage of being among friends, and locals, who could provide some insider tips on (relatively) affordable good eats.Fresh seafood was tugging at my belly, but little was I prepared for the […]

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review: an arctic experience…

Lofot Stua (one visit, October 2005) Given the heady restaurant prices in Oslo, I decided to avoid the top echelon establishments. Instead, I took advantage of being among friends, and locals, who could provide some insider tips on (relatively) affordable good eats.Fresh seafood was tugging at my belly, but little was I prepared for the […]

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review: haute comfort food in the alps

Obauer (one visit, September 2005) Tucked away in the sleepy village of Werfen about an hour’s train ride from Salzburg, at the foot of the Austrian Alps, is the delightfully refined restaurant and hotel, Obauer. Run by brothers Karl and Rudolf, this ten-roomed cottage on the main street of Werfen boasts a Michelin 2 star […]

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review: haute comfort food in the alps

Obauer (one visit, September 2005) Tucked away in the sleepy village of Werfen about an hour’s train ride from Salzburg, at the foot of the Austrian Alps, is the delightfully refined restaurant and hotel, Obauer. Run by brothers Karl and Rudolf, this ten-roomed cottage on the main street of Werfen boasts a Michelin 2 star […]

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review: running up elevators and glorious summer delights…

Mosconi (one visit, September 2005) Mosconi Luxembourg There are those special personal triumphs that call for a special (eating, of course) occasion. My latest came while happening through the small “Grand Duchy” of Luxembourg. To fête, I booked my very own table at the Michelin 2 starred restaurant, Mosconi. Situated in an old bourgeois home […]

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review: running up elevators and glorious summer delights…

Mosconi (one visit, September 2005) Mosconi Luxembourg There are those special personal triumphs that call for a special (eating, of course) occasion. My latest came while happening through the small “Grand Duchy” of Luxembourg. To fête, I booked my very own table at the Michelin 2 starred restaurant, Mosconi. Situated in an old bourgeois home […]

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review: great potential in the making…

bluestem (two visits may, 2005) Colby and Megan Gerrelts came to Kansas City with outstanding training and credentials. The dynamic duo met in the kitchen of TRU in Chicago. Returning to Colby’s hometown, Kansas City, the Gerrelts garnered more top-notch training in the kitchen of the famed American Restaurant, under Michael Smith and Debbie Gold, […]

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review: great potential in the making…

bluestem (two visits may, 2005) Colby and Megan Gerrelts came to Kansas City with outstanding training and credentials. The dynamic duo met in the kitchen of TRU in Chicago. Returning to Colby’s hometown, Kansas City, the Gerrelts garnered more top-notch training in the kitchen of the famed American Restaurant, under Michael Smith and Debbie Gold, […]

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review: i can’t hear my food…

Le Bec Fin (one visit November, 2004) I’m so thrilled that Pete Wells decided to write about his experience at Le Bec Fin in the July, 2005 issue of Food & Wine magazine (“Putting Le Bec Fin To The Test”). His assessment of the French megalomaniac/psycho-chef Georges Perrier’s (he underwent therapy after losing a star […]

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review: i can’t hear my food…

Le Bec Fin (one visit November, 2004) I’m so thrilled that Pete Wells decided to write about his experience at Le Bec Fin in the July, 2005 issue of Food & Wine magazine (“Putting Le Bec Fin To The Test”). His assessment of the French megalomaniac/psycho-chef Georges Perrier’s (he underwent therapy after losing a star […]

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review: over-priced “truck stop”

Zingerman’s Roadhouse (multiple visits, last in May, 2005) When Ari Weinzweig decided to open the Roadhouse edition of the methodically expanding Zingerman’s “full-flavored” demi-empire in 2003, American “road food” stepped up a notch. At this awkwardly situated corner where Huron Street turns into Jackson Street crossed by Maple-almost-Stadium Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the always-friendly, […]

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review: over-priced “truck stop”

Zingerman’s Roadhouse (multiple visits, last in May, 2005) When Ari Weinzweig decided to open the Roadhouse edition of the methodically expanding Zingerman’s “full-flavored” demi-empire in 2003, American “road food” stepped up a notch. At this awkwardly situated corner where Huron Street turns into Jackson Street crossed by Maple-almost-Stadium Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the always-friendly, […]

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