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FOUR DAYS IN LISBON
Posted by Frank Ward on June 29, 2019
Posted in Gastronomy | Tagged: Antonio Bernardino Paolo de Silva, Belcanto, Colares Chitas, Dao, Jose Avillez, Lisbon, Portugal | Leave a Comment »
A few recent tastings
Posted by Frank Ward on April 10, 2018
Posted in Gastronomy, Tasting notes | Tagged: Amarone, Clos Vougeot Vieilles Vignes, Emmanuel Reynaud, Gaya Rive Gauche, Hôtel Bristol, Jean-Michel Cazes, l’Epicure, Pol Roger, Restaurant Helen, Riesling Rauenthaler Baiken Spatlese, Rioja Faustino Gran Reserva, Rousseau, vieux télégraphe | Leave a Comment »
A retrospective review of Eating Out in Stockholm
Posted by Frank Ward on July 14, 2017
Posted in Gastronomy, Other Countries | Tagged: Öhman's Mat & Vin, Bengt Frithiofson, Bertil Hökby, Eating out in Stockholm, Madame Prunier, Nils-Bertil Philipson, Operakällaren, Restauranger & Storkök, Riche, Roland Möllerfors, Stallmästargarden, Svensson & Butler, Sweden, Tore Wretman | Leave a Comment »
Calon Ségur Tasting & Visit to Manoir des Quat’Saisons
Posted by Frank Ward on July 14, 2015
July 2015. I’ve twice been to Lutyens restaurant on Fleet Street in the last year, in both instances for a dinner combined with a vertical tasting of wines from Bordeaux estates. On this second occasion the Château in question was Calon Ségur – a property I’ve always respected, and even had a kind of nostalgia for, since drinking a quite wonderful 1947 with the late owner, Philippe Gasqueton, at his dinner table at the Château many years ago. Lutyens is a restaurant I might never have visited had I not chosen to attend those two dinners. [….]
Posted in Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Gastronomy, Tasting notes | Tagged: 89' Haut Brion, Beaujolais, Bordeaux, Calon Ségur, Jancis Robinson, Jean Foillard, Julien Sunier, Lutyens, Manoir des Quat'Saisons, Philippe Gasqueton, The European | Leave a Comment »
A Tale of Three (Italian) Cities
Posted by Frank Ward on October 5, 2014
October 2014. On a quick visit to three north-Italian cities – Verona, Mantua, and Bologna – I was able to sample a few delicious dishes (and some appalling ones too) and a couple of splendid reds. One of the best meals was also the cheapest: A lovely cep risotto taken in a tiny, unpretentious bistro, l’Orlogio in Verona, chosen more or less at random. It came with a perfectly decent glass of red and finished with one of the best espressos I’ve had in years [….]
Posted in Gastronomy, Italy | Tagged: 1961 Château La Tour Bicheau, Al Calmerieri, Aquila Nigra, Bologna, elio altare, Fragoletta, Hotel Rechigi, I Portici, italy, La Fontanina, l’Orlogio, Mantua, Roccolo Grasso, Sandrone, Teresina, Verone | Leave a Comment »
English cuisine today – Farewell to the “goo anglais”
Posted by Frank Ward on January 2, 2013
December 2012. Winston Churchill, when First lord of the Admiralty, is quoted as saying, “British naval tradition? Nothing but rum, sodomy, prayers, and the lash!” Had he been asked about British culinary traditions, he might well have characterised them as “fry-ups, ketchup, and orange tea” (he never did so, however). Only recently has cooking in Britain started to recover from the devastating effects of the industrial revolution which, of course, started in these islands.
Posted in Gastronomy | Tagged: Alain Ducasse, Arthur Young, Brillat-Savarin, Elisabeth David, Food in England, French school, Gordon Ramsey, Hélène Darroze, Joel Robuchon, l'Assommoir, Len Deighton, Mrs Beeton, Philip Harben, Robert Carrier, Sorothy Hartley, the Square, Tolstoy, Winston Churchill, Zola | 1 Comment »
Three days in Budapest – and some tastings of older rarities
Posted by Frank Ward on June 26, 2011
June 2011. The Vàsàrcsarnok market in Budapest is the biggest indoor market I’ve ever seen – as vast as a main line railway station and just as busy. Hundreds of stalls are festooned with almost every imaginable item of food, smoked, preserved, salted, tinned, or fresh. Arrays of ham hang like bloated wineskins, while below are ranged every conceivable cut of pork, beef, or lamb.
Posted in Gastronomy, Tasting notes | Tagged: Attila Gere, Bock Bisztro, brännvin, Budapest, caviar, Furmint, Tokajis, Vàsàrcsarnok market | Comments Off on Three days in Budapest – and some tastings of older rarities