In early September this year, I visited a series of “destination” restaurants in Toyama and Kanazawa, located in Japan’s Hokuriku region. Currently, there are several weekly direct flights from Shanghai to Komatsu. It is a convenient one-hour drive from Komatsu…
Shinta Mahni Wild by Bill Bensley & Jirachai Rendtong At the confluence of southwestern Cambodia’s Kirirom, Bokor and Cardamom National Parks is a bold eco-tourism endeavour: a luxury tented camp in an 350 hectare private nature sanctuary saved from a…
Zeal at 4am in Taipei, I rarely stay up but make an exception for the hoteliers I truly admire. The announcement of the world’s 50 best hotels, or the Oscar awards of the hospitality industry, deserves my precious time as…
Legend When I first flipped and read the novel, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, and again as I watched the superb film adaptation starring Johnny Depp years later, I was intrigued by the lavishness of it all. Opulent, classy decor;…
Le Crillon For more than a century, Hôtel de Crillon, perhaps the only rival to the Ritz Paris, has encapsulated Parisian elegance and sophistication with an easy American softness on the splendid Place de la Concorde. A lavish four-year renovation led by…
For this Nordic culinary trip in early summer, we drove from Copenhagen to the Österlen area in the south of Sweden, which took about two hours. The journey didn’t feel particularly long due to stops at various scenic spots along…
The most influential restaurant of this generation, noma, has been named the best restaurant in the world five times, changing the global perception of Nordic cuisine. Since its opening in 2003, after more than 20 years, it announced it would…
Entering through a two-ton bronze door leading to a mysterious world, created by Danish artist Maria Rubinke and named “I Found Myself Within a Forest Dark,” we were greeted by enthusiastic staff. We were then led through spaces designed to…
