As you approach J’Go on the Place Victor Hugo, right next door to the Victor Hugo market, you’re bound to see an animated crowd on the sidewalk, enjoying wine and beer at tables on the sidewalk. No matter how tempted … Read More
With a name like Ambrosius, it might have been expected that Ambrosius Hiltl would become a restaurateur – but who could have imagined that he would open what has become the oldest vegetarian restaurant in all of Europe. As his … Read More
Some years ago, in the middle of what seemed a brutal winter, we booked ourselves a week at a resort in Puerto Plata, where we rented a motor scooter – and promptly crashed along a dirt road, much to the … Read More
Good things come to those who wait. That’s the lesson of Carmenere. By now, nearly every oenophile worth his/her nose knows that Carmenere is the Chilean wine industry’s signature grape. The most indigo of all grapes, Carmenere disappeared from European … Read More
Perhaps on an afternoon when you’ve found yourself at the Basel Zoo, you might wander past a converted waterworks, only to realize that this former pumping station is now an Italian osteria with garden. Local nighthawks could’ve told you that … Read More
The French word for “studio,” Atelier connotes art and the spaces in which it is created – and is, therefore, entirely apt as the name of the new restaurant in Der Teufelhof Basel. More than twenty years ago, in 1989, … Read More
Having recently returned from South America where we macerated a mouthful of coca leaves long enough to get a stomachache – and no more stimulation than a flat Pepsi, we were, admittedly a little skeptical about sampling Agwa de Bolivia Coca … Read More
Many people believe that Malabar is the best restaurant in Lima – and we wouldn’t argue, not at all. The room itself is simple, with a bar-lounge at the restaurant’s front, and artwork on the walls – but you’re not … Read More
