These posts cover places we recommend you go for a romantic night out.
Feb
14
As it’s Valentines Day, we thought we’d offer some tips from our grand tour for getting in the mood for romance. It may be too late to get on a flight to Marrakech or book a beach house in Costa Rica, but there’s nothing stopping you from cooking your special someone a special meal or taking …
Dec
10
Sparkling wine served by a smiling waiter at a silent hilltop location in the middle of nowhere. Three lively musicians making hypnotic music – just for us. A spread of tasty snacks of samosas and other spicy treats. Cool, crisp mountain air. A slight breeze. The outline of Mount Kilimanjaro in the distance. A sublime …
Aug
06
This is the 2nd part of our ‘what we ate in NYC’ series; see Part 1 here. We did try to keep it local-ish. Did we make mistakes? Yep. Did we get bad advice? Yep. Who do we trust? No-one, unfortunately. I think it’s clear which spots we recommend – and of course we ate …
Aug
06
On the long flight to New York City from Tokyo, I drifted through an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations while lying comfortably horizontal in Cathay Pacific’s brilliant business class ‘coffin’. Lamenting his middle age (the former whippet-thin, ex-junkie chef Bourdain has put on a few pounds) and lack of knowledge of New York’s boroughs …
May
02
Selecting just one restaurant in Paris for that special night out is a daunting task. So I’m not going to do it. Instead, I’m going to suggest that you choose a genre of restaurant for a romantic meal – the brasserie. When we asked our Parisian artist friend Marie Theres Berger where visitors should not …
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