Café Isan is a small Thai restaurant on the waterfront ground level of cluster M, JLT right beside Chawlas². Its interior is a tasteful mix of urban and rural Thai; comfortable being the word which comes to mind most commonly when I think about it. It’s one of these casual, carefree places where you’re happy … Continue reading Café Isan – the best Thai restaurant in JLT
I found Restaurante Grill Iguacu quite by chance. It was recommended to me by the concierge at the Tokyu Stay Aoyama Premier Hotel I was staying at a few minutes’ walk away. The concierge actually got it wrong. I had asked him to find me a Japanese steak house; somewhere I could sample some Kobe … Continue reading Iguaçu by Lava – the friendliest Brazilian steakhouse in Tokyo
Happy days are here again! Delhi Darbar has opened a branch (a real big one) in Barsha-1 and I just couldn’t resist the temptation to take it for a test drive. I have a litmus test for Delhi Darbar; basically, if the Dabba Gosht, Daal Makhani and Rumali Roti works, everything will work… This new … Continue reading Delhi Darbar delivers to Arabian Ranches! Yippee!
It’s not often that a restaurant impresses me. Not anymore anyway. There was a time when even the littlest thing would have me squealing like a piglet. A couple of hundred reviews under my ever-expanding belt however, it has to be something really, really special to get an oink, leave alone a squeal. In this … Continue reading California Pizza Kitchen – I am impressed!
My 20-year old nephew recommended Teddy’s in Shibuya. He said they make possibility the best burgers in Tokyo. Well, I’m here from one of the burger capitals of the world, Dubai, and while Teddy’s does make a very decent burger, it’s not nearly as good as some of the burger joints we have back home. That’s not to … Continue reading Tokyo: Teddy’s Bigger Burgers
The elegant BG Café is located on the top floor of the Bongénie department store on Rue du Marché in Geneva. Turning up without a reservation is probably not a good idea but we were greeted by the slightly snooty maitre d’ and seated straight away. Perhaps the fact that we were there on the … Continue reading BG Café at the Bongénie, Geneva
