http://www.commandorestaurant.com What did we eat? Ravioli – breaded fresh gozo cheeslets (with yummy tomato marmalade!) – small roasted milk-veal steak….. – herb crusted rack of lamb – home made Mqaret Drink: a very nice Domaine Millet Sancerre of 2011 Good / bad points: + Lovely redesigned old house, very nice interior + nice…
Happy Grill Sofia…. 5.7 out of 10
Happygrill.bg Big chain of local resaturants, I only come her for the short skirts 😉 What did I eat? A dish I had long ago, deep fried sweet and sour squid with sesame – crispy chicken with salad and French Fries drinks? Strawberry Mojito !!! (was nice) Good / Bad points: + look at…
Restaurant l’Etranger Sofia (8 out of 10)
L’etranger in Sofia is the oldest French restaurant in town, so I just had to see and experience it. http://www.bistrotletranger.com/ Typical French cuisine with a bit of new techniques and a fun and challenging menu. What did I eat? Aspergus with Normandy sauce (base of calvados) – Tournedos with different vegetable structures and potato…
Restaurant Lebed Sofia (7.3 out of 10)
Lebed Sofia (15 miles out of the city !) http://www.restaurantlebed.com/ Bulgarian cuisine, higher level with traces of European influence. What did I eat? Spring roll of salmon and strawberry….. – trio of milk fed veal with a traditional “shopska”salad Good / Bad points: + View – location – View ….. WOW !! +…
The Artist, Bucharest (9.4 out of 10)
The Artist Bucharest center http://theartist.ro/ Great new restaurant, amazing techniques, flavors and menu. By far the best restaurant in Romania ! (and maybe even surrounding countries) What did I eat: Really too much to mention and too much to write down. I had a spoon tasting of his full menu (great concept !) and…
Rocco ST Julians Malta (7.5 out of 10)
Rocco Malta Tourist place, Brittish – Maltese cuisine What did I eat? Tony Brasco chicken: Chicken fillet filled with pistachio and gorgonzola, fresh green aspergus and drizzled with porcini infused oil (more the just a tourist trap maybe…) Good / Bad points: + trendy place for anyone in the age of 15-25 +…
Ciapetti, Mdina (6.9 out of 10)
Ciapetti in Mdina Malta http://ciappetti.com/ Traditional meals in traditional surroundings What did I eat? Chicken breast cooked in honey and orange with a hint of rosemary Good / Bad points: + Mdina is just beautiful, so the setting is like in a movie + traditional restaurant and values – very basic interior and…
restaurant Paranga, St/Julians (7.4 out of 10)
Paranga (part of Intercontinental hotel Click to access 1618080967_menu.pdf Italian – Maltese kitchen What did I eat? Spaghetti Chitarra a la carbonara classica – Creme Brulee Good / Bad points: + Good view on the water + nice winelist – high prices points: food: 8.2 – traditional flavored spaghetti, real carbonara, chapeau ! Beautiful Chablis…
restaurant Oost, Utrecht (8.2 out of 10)
Restaurant Oost Utrecht http://www.restaurantoost.nl/home.htm Dutch – French Bistro kitchen What did I eat: steak tartare – Angus steak – crispy open apple pie Good / Bad points: + like eating in your livingroom, cozy concept + real Dutch prices, very low, for good quality food – a bit disorganized at times… Points:…
Restaurant Elements, Riga (9 out of 10)
Restaurant Elements part of the Tallink hotel in Riga http://www.tallinkhotels.com/documents/10192/18062318/Tallink-Hotel-Riga-Group-menus-2013-ENG.pdf (not the best site) Fusion between European and Baltic kitchen with strong personal influence of the head chef (Svetlana?!) What did I eat? Pan fried scallops and Suckling pig chop (see description down below) both great dishes! Drink? A bottle of Riesling with the…
white pearl, ponte mamoli (7.5 out of 10)
Many days of eating here, since we had no where else to go… All days just good food, very original and first time Mozambiquan… General all days a 7.5
Fish house Tashkent (??? out of 10)
The Fish House in Tashkent Uzbekistan Near the TV towers on the corner of hchsqjkhhcnk street, simply my Russian is to bad to explain correctly…. Just a quick review: Did not understand the nice waitress, nobody speaks anything else then Uzbeki or Russian and I only speak all other languages…. 😉 So I just picked…
restaurant Koinot Taskent / TV towers (2 out of 10)
Just to make it clear from the start, this restaurant deserves a 10 for the amazing view and attraction but a 0.00 for the food and tough security… Before getting in I had to leave my camera, as well as everything else. Treated like a terrorist, they seemed to be afraid I would blow up…
Restaurant Sherdor, Tashkent (7.5 out of 10)
On the Main street, looking cozy, weather was great, just had to enter! And yes, they have an English menu, which made eating a whole lot better! Having live music in the back, some great fusion cooking and a perfect temperature, this was a fine night out. Okay, the food was okay, nothing special,…
Restaurant Aysberq, Baku 1 out of 10
Sometimes 1 picture says more than a thousand words…. What absolute garbage and a waste of time, hunger and this blog… all burned, dried-out and just disgusting. Not spending any more time on this and move on to the next! Not a 0 score because of the free Raki…. hehe
restaurant Gunash, Baku
coming up
Scalini’s Baku (9 out of 10)
Sorry for the quick review, this restaurant deserves better! I can say, without visiting any other Italian restaurant in Baku, that this is by far the best you can find! Was here with some local friends and they treated me to almost everything on the menu, I just cannot find anything bad to say. I…
Kommilfoo Antwerp (9.2 out of 10)
Kommilfoo Antwerp. http://www.restaurantkommilfoo.be/home.jsf?nav=492&lang=4 Higher class restaurant with 1 michelin star, French – Belgian cuisine. Sorry that the pictures are backwards…. What did we eat? Too much to mention…. 2 beautiful light fresh amuses, nicely grille langoustine tails with lavender cream aspergus and spring beans – coquilles with green aspargus – suckling calf 2 ways…
Restaurant Bolci, Bolu
Yes I know, never do a lunch but this was in a place you do not come every day and I was invited by my customers so it equals a dinner. This lunch restaurant normally is part of company Bolci which is specialized in sweets and pastry but this one has a full deal lunch…
Restaurant TunaliBalikcisi Ankara 8.2 out of 10
Being in Ankara for the very first time, we asked a group of taxi drivers for one of the best restaurants in Ankara. We by now know every Kebab store is very good and all meats are okay but we wanted something else, so they brought us to a fish restaurant. www.tunabalikcisi.com.tr Right from the entrance you feel…
Zenzero camps bay cape town (8.1 out of 10)
http://www.zenzerorestaurant.co.za/ Food: 7.7 out of 10 I like this place, great seating and ambiance. The menu is my style with a lot of Italian influence as well as a lot of fusion dishes. I had a great pice of fish, a sole. Good fresh vegetables on the side, very tsty and light combination. The other…
Restaurant Quay Four Cape Town (7.8 out of 10)
http://www.quay4.co.za/tavern/ Food: 7.4 out of 10 Nice fresh fish with a lot of choice! Good looking menu, maybe just a bit too much mainstream… Good calamari and a succulent piece of meat! basic, honest fresh food. Extra points for the very good Chardonnay! Coziness: 8.1 out of 10 Sitting outside at the V&A Waterfront, you…
Reastaurant Tulio Koln (7.2 out of 10)
Restaurant Tulio we went to with a big group of 12 people, unfortunately no great pictures available for this restaurant Food: 8.9 out of 10 The food for me was the best part of this restaurant, how it should be. Big menu, with enough great and original Italian dishes. Very nice Lamb filet with a…
Restaurant Cestr Prague (9.1 out of 10)
As mentioned in my opening statement, I will shorten my reviews and only give out points with pictures for the coming months. Restaurant Cestr in Prague http://cestr.ambi.cz/en/#menu Food: 9.6 out of 10 Unbelievable great meat dishes, real carnivore restaurant with the perfect explanation of what part of the animal you are eating. You can…
Restaurant Daphne Athens (8.2 out of 10)
My first trip back to Athens in over a year, and boy did I miss this place! Not only the weather was great also the city for me is one of the best in Europe to visit, so much culture, good restaurants and nice people and the best weather ever! After being picked up by…
Restaurant Oasis Cologne
Greek restaurant also coming up !!!
Wein am Rhein Cologne
My 3rd day in this beautiful German city, once again without my needed camera….so another review with better food than pictures….;-) Being surprised 2 times already about the quality of the food, I was wondering if this city can score 3 out of 3…. More coming the next weeks
Restaurant Eat Things ‘s-Gravenwezel
This review will be presented here as soon as my stolen laptop is returned to me….with all my pictures….
Restaurant Zona Budapest 9.4 out of 10
MENU Chilled tomato soup with green apple, rhubarb 1600 Smoked monkfish carpaccio, bell pepper granita 2900 Pike perch, chervil root purée, shaggy ink cap 3200 Truffle polenta 2500 Hungarian black pudding, duck foie gras, thai mango 2900 Duck tongue, potato dumpling 2500 Goat leg, noodles with braised cabbage 4200 Cheese platter with fruit mustard 2500…
Restaurant Arany Caviar Budapest (8,7 out of 10)
This famous Budapest restaurant was tipped to me by a friend, he said when you ever have the time to go, please GO ! So I asked my new friend Laszlo if he knew this restaurant, and of course he knew it (I think he knows every last one in Budapest….) he even was crazy…
