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In Search of the Best Pizza in the World – Pepe in Grani
There is no pizza like Franco Pepe’s. Nowadays everywhere is accessible, but the best pizza in the world still gets you on the road to explore the old, narrow, cobbled alleys of Caiazzo. For food travellers, it’s always worth the effort.
Scooping 7 Michelin Stars: Niko Romito Embraces Vegetables
It’s been over three years since I last visited Reale, a celebrated restaurant situated in the remote town of Castel di Sangro nestled in the mountains of Abruzzo in central Italy. It is not a tourist town and takes about 1.5 hours driving from Naples. It is interesting that a world-famous three-starred Michelin restaurant is housed in a time-honoured 16th century monastery.
A Jewel in the Sand: Three-starred Restaurant Uliassi
It might be a bit of a cliché, but the story started when a boy fell in love with a girl.
“I started working as a cook when I was seventeen and that was a lot of years ago. Before doing catering school, I did a technical school. But this school was not suitable for me, also because to find a girl was like finding a needle in a haystack. I was very young with my hormones totally out of control. When I went to catering school, it was a great party for me, because eighty percent were girls.”
After finishing school and several experiences in high level restaurants, he attended university and had the luck to teach in a catering school to maintain his studies. He decided at that time that he didn’t want to be a professional cook because it was a very hard job and he wanted to continue studying.
Pietro Zito and His Ancient Flavours
There are places you pass by and places you stop for, and Pietro Zito’s Antichi Sapori is certainly the latter. This is how the story begins: Antichi Sapori is a traditional Italian restaurant run by a third-generation farming family in Puglia, the heel of the boot-shaped country. Most ingredients in its cuisine come from its own farmland or from local suppliers. How did Pietro Zito become a chef? He says it all started with hunger and willingness to succeed in the restaurant business.
Bentoteca Milan: A Beautiful Mistake in Post-covid Era
A Beautiful Mistake in Post-covid Era
Savouring a Springtime Ballad at logy Taipei
Opened in 2018 here in the alleys of Taipei by Hokkaido-born Chef Ryogo Tahara, French cuisine restaurant logy is a romantic spin-off from Hiroyasu Kawate’s two-star Michelin restaurant Florilège in Tokyo.
Magnolia: Where Food Rivals Its Enchanting View
There are a few three-starred restaurants I do not miss all the time, but Magnolia is a restaurant I’d always love to visit again. The picturesque cuisine, the intimacy with nature, the private mood and ambience, are the things that will push me to go back.
A Star-worthy Restaurant Missed Out by Taipei Michelin
When I returned to Taiwan earlier and stayed at Grand Formosa Regent Taipei, I had a chance to catch up with my friends for lunch so I specifically chose Silks House, a Michelin Guide Cantonese cuisine restaurant on the third floor of the hotel.
The Song of Land and Sea: Sinasera 24
An annual commitment?Sinasera deserves to shine with its out-of-the-world dining experience and sincere and beautiful dishes it has to offer.
