Inspiring stories.
Every review here is more than just an attempt at evaluation—it is an attempt to capture the fleeting: atmosphere, drama, aromas.
I don’t just evaluate, I interpret. And I honor the special—not the perfect.
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El Celler de Can Roca – Imaginative, Intelligent, Ingenious
The bitter pill of Can Fabes we swallowed had still to be digested when we headed off for El Celler de Can Roca in Girona. A lot has been written about the restaurant of the three Roca brothers, Joan (head chef), Josep (sommelier) and Jordi (patissier), so it…
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Short Bite: New German Cuisine?
Is any press good press? Hard to say… In the yesterday’s NYT travel section Gisela Williams has written about “A Wellspring of the New German Cuisine“. Wow, I thought, after the article on Amador, the recent developments in the German restaurant scene are getting more attention. Given the…
