Oyster Sunday in Ghent, Belgium
Some might consider a brunch featuring a dozen oysters as decadent. But this is the third Sunday in October and I’m in the Belgian city of Ghent.
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Best restaurants in Tenerife
If you’ve ever visited Tenerife, you’ll know one of the island’s staple foods is papas arrugadas – boiled potatoes served in their wrinkled, salt-crusted skins. The potatoes are often served with a coriander-laced green mojo sauce. The red version of the sauce, mojo rojo, has a spicy kick thanks to the presence of chilli.
Swiss cuisine made with foraged herbs
Joël Quentin is the head chef at the Peppino restaurant in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, and a busy man when we meet midway through an evening during which I’m tasting his Alpine Garden menu.
Dining at Riley’s Fish Shack in Tynemouth
It’s a place that has managed to generate a buzz. “What? You’ve never eaten there?” was invariably the response if I admitted I hadn’t dined at Riley’s Fish Shack. I could tell that people were looking at me, judging, probably thinking something along the lines of “you can’t really be from the north-east of England and interested in good food without having been there.”
Brasserie Midi restaurant in Groningen
“We keep the price low because we cut out the middle man. We go direct to the producer,” explains the 30-year-old restaurateur, who has formed close working relationships with farmers and fisherman from Groningen’s hinterland. Ten farms, for example, are now working together as part of a cooperative to deliver dairy products to the Brasserie Midi and other restaurants in Groningen.
Things to do in Belgrade, Serbia
What is there for foreign visitors to see and do in Belgrade? That’s a question I initially asked about a year ago, ahead of my first visit to the Serbian capital.
Mussels in Brussels at Restaurant Chez Léon
Britain has its fish and chips, Germany has Currywurst mit Pommes while in Belgium the ‘must-try’ national dish is surely mussels with fries. To do that I headed to Chez Léon in the heart of Brussels.
Interview with Dutch chef Jim de Jong
“When I was 21 I came back to Holland and I opened my first restaurant,” says chef Jim de Jong as we chat in the arched dining room of Restaurant de Jong in Rotterdam.
La Soupe Populaire restaurant in Berlin, Germany
La Soupe Populaire is a fashionable restaurant with a hip, post-industrial vibe and menus by Michelin-strarred chef Tim Raue. Michael Jaeger and his team work in the kitchen, preparing traditional German dishes with a creative edge.
Culture and food in Salzburg, Austria
Anyone who hasn’t yet been to Salzburg might be forgiven for associating the Austrian city with just two things; Mozart and The Sound of Music.