fine dining

Esha Gupta opens her fine-dining and lifestyle restaurant in Madrid: “This venture allows me to blend my love for hospitality with my creative vision” : Bollywood News

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Esha Gupta is adding a new chapter to her career – restaurateur. She recently launched Casa Salesas, a fine dining and lifestyle destination in Madrid, Spain. This venture comes after years of gracing the silver screen and actively participating in endorsements and philanthropic endeavours. Esha Gupta opens her fine-dining and lifestyle restaurant in Madrid: “This … Read more

Contemporary British chef Isaac McHale on putting 16 hours into a 1-bite dish, and his blend of technique and tradition

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“For my ninth birthday, all I wanted was money to cook a Cantonese dinner for my friends. I got the recipes from a cookbook and I made congee, pigeon and celery stir-fry, and all kinds of stuff. I’ve always been excited by Hong Kong and I love travelling here,” says McHale. Isaac McHale in the … Read more

He’s a ‘weirdo’ chef obsessed with noodles – and he’s on a mission to make healthier versions for Korean diners

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By Park Jin-hai Chef Kim Do-yun of one-Michelin-star restaurant Yun Seoul, known for his expertise in noodles and dedication to sourcing ingredients, is proud of being a “weirdo obsessed with ingredients” – a quirky label given to him by his customers. In his restaurant, Kim has a lab-like refrigerated storage space where he keeps over … Read more

Restaurant Review: The Return, Again, of the Power Lunch

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Upstairs at Four Twenty Five, the tables are set with crisp linens, and if you order bottled water it will arrive with a slim brass coaster on which to rest the vessel between pours. Benno’s offerings are appropriately pitched to anticipate the desires of a clientele that wants to be pleased but not challenged. A … Read more

Where 6 of Asia’s top chefs eat when they’re in Seoul – and the food souvenirs they take home

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She also spoke highly of Onjium. “It was fantastic. More like a cultural centre than just a restaurant,” she says. Coffee was also a priority, and Siy recommended Fritz Coffee Company (multiple branches, including 83 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul) and Four Stones Coffee Roasters (5 Teheran-ro 103-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul). What she brought back in her suitcase: … Read more

Restaurant Review: Café Carmellini Is Fine Dining That Knows a Good Time

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The other night at Café Carmellini, Andrew Carmellini’s swanky new restaurant in the Fifth Avenue Hotel in NoMad, I was reminded of the allure of unlimited breadsticks. Despite its indelible association with a certain chain restaurant, or maybe thanks to it, the all-you-can-eat breadstick is one of those dining gimmicks that can’t help but provide … Read more

Michelin-starred COTE Korean Steakhouse’s founder Simon Kim on American vs Korean beef and more

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I eat at COTE two to three times per week and I pretty much stick to the same order, every time: A big, 3oz tin of Petrossian Classic Duranki Caviar with creme fraiche and toast. Depending on how dangerous I am feeling that day, my drink of choice ranges from a Chopin Family Reserve martini, … Read more

Restaurant Review: Velvet Hauteur at Angie Mar’s Le B.

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Mar, who was born in Seattle, is Chinese American, and, for all of her evident Francophilia, she threads her menu at Le B. with references to her heritage, as well as to its historical interpretations. Her cooking feels most assured, most alive, when she’s playing in the space between Chinese and chinoiserie, as in a … Read more

Exclusive Interview: Marco Zampese of The Connaught Hotel

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In 1815, the Prince of Saxe Coburg Hotel in London opened its doors in Charles Street, Mayfair. It was originally a pair of Georgian houses. In 1917, during the First World War, the decision was made to change the name to the less-German “Connaught”; the tag chosen was taken from the title of Queen Victoria’s … Read more

Why, for Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco of 3-Michelin-star Mirazur, using local seasonal produce at his new Hong Kong restaurant is ‘a must’

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“Being a chef is not about making a good dish, it’s much more than that,” he says, in his gentle and considered manner. Mirazur, in the picturesque town of Menton, France, was Colagreco’s first restaurant. It holds three Michelin stars. Photo: Matteo Carassale “I’m part of probably the last generation that learned to cook with … Read more