Q: What is it? A: Somebody put a palazzo built in the 15th century on a hilltop in Chianti furnished it with a lot of modern stuff and added a pool and an ambitious kitchen! You arrive at the villa and the first person you meet is… Dr. Evil? From a distance he may resemble [...]
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Divino, Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden ****
Posted in Europe, Restaurant, Stockholm, Sweden on Jul 5th, 2011
Q: What is it? A: A very ambitious and very pleasant Italian high-end restaurant in Stockholm. An instant hit. Divino is constantly rated very high among Swedish reviewers. That’s not hard to understand. Italian food has been a reason to avoid meatballs since the late 60s, and Divino delivers an array of such reasons. On [...]
Q: What is it? A: A villa in Lucca, Tuscany where you sleep and eat and get very well taken care of. It’s just one of many Tuscan villas… …but it does its job quite well, (being a villa, that is). It actually looks and feels very much like the quintessential Italian villa; a former [...]
Q: What is it? A: A Berlin hotel that works like a Swiss watch, located in a former bank. It still looks quite like a bank. Also, it feels a little like a bank. OK, then… It’s a pretty nice bank. If the police would ask me: ”Have you ever been in that room?”, I [...]
Esperanto Restaurant, Stockholm, Sweden *****
Posted in Europe, Restaurant, Stockholm, Sweden, Top rated, Top rated restaurants on Jan 13th, 2010
Q: What is it? A: One of the very best restaurants in Stockholm. One Michelin star. One helluva dining experience. The man on the right is Sayan Isaksson, a celebrity in the sushi world. In 2009 he won silver in the world’s most prestigious sushi competition; Seven Sushi Samurai. A favourite: A hint of fall [...]