“Is it really the best?”That’s the question that has been invoked the most in the wake of our visit to the place nominated as the best restaurant the world over the last two years. For some people ‘The Best’ is about service. For others it requires some ticking off from a shopping list of luxury […]
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There are many reasons why you might come to Amsterdam. You might want to wander innocently by canals. You might want to stroke a rogue bronzed breast embedded in the pavement of the red light district. You might want to pop into coffee shops like Dampkring and sample some of their special cakes (no Mum, […]
There was nothing about our arrival at El Celler de Can Roca that indicated we were about to eat at the second best restaurant in the world. The road that winds down from Girona’s Ibis Hotel towards this suburban pocket of this city is a busy one, guarded by wire and dust. Littering our path […]
There’s every chance that the best hot dog in the world is in Iceland. It’s called a pylsur. Here are the vital details. It tastes properly of meat, not an indistinguishable blur of brown. The sausage snaps when you bite it. It comes with not one, but two types of onions (fried and raw). And […]
We were slightly worried about how we would go about finding a decent coffee in Reykjavic. We needn’t have bothered. Turns out Iceland has the third highest coffee consumption of any country in the world. And a short 10 minute jaunt from the centre of town, up towards the Lego-esque church Hallgrimskirkja church is Kaffismiðja […]