Gulu Gulu Restaurant: Taichung, Taiwan
Opened in 2004 by the gifted Paiwanese singer, Chiu Jin-Ming, Gulu Gulu offers traditional Paiwan dishes in a setting that is as bohemian as a local eatery on Maui or a coffeehouse in Berkeley, California. The decor features driftwood sculptures and…
Din Tai Fung: Taipei, Taiwan
Named one of the world’s top ten restaurants by the New York Times in 1993, the original Din Tai Fung has expanded to more than fifty locations in ten countries around the world – with the outposts in Hong Kong the recipients of Michelin stars.…
Manfreds & Vin: Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen’s Jægersborggade Street might well be the Rodeo Drive of gastronomy. Various alumni of Noma have opened restaurants on this picturesque street in Norrebro, including Chef Christian Puglisi, one of The Wall Street Journal’s “Top Ten Chefs…
Ruby Reds and Crisp Whites: Graffigna Wines for the Spring Season
Now that the winter of 2012 has departed (tail between its legs at its pathetic performance) and people are emerging from hibernation, it’s time to think about entertaining again: dinner parties for six, a candlelight romantic rendezvous, and…
Den Gule Cottage: Copenhagen, Denmark
After a morning spent at the Ordrupgaard Art Museum, you might think about stopping in Klampenborg for lunch at “The Yellow Cottage.” The idyllic cottage with its roof clock sits on a hillock overlooking Bellevue Beach (with its Arne…
Aamanns Etablissement, Copenhagen
One of the meals most likely to provoke sighs of “hygge” from the Danes is the traditional “smørrebrød.” These open-faced sandwiches, borne of farmers and workers, are an integral part of Danish culinary traditions, complete with…
Geist: Copenhagen, Denmark
There are some meals that you are certain you will never forget – and, from now on, the mere mention of the word “celeriac” will transport me back to Chef Bo Bech’s restaurant Geist. Another of the New Nordic culinary wizards, Bech was…
Copenhagen’s Kødbyens Fiskebar
Not so long ago, Vesterbro in Copenhagen was the center of the city’s sex industry, as well as the neighborhood with more butchers per square kilometer than anywhere else in Europe. In other words, meat and more meat – and now, even more meat,…