• 4 February, 2019

    SMALL DISHES & BIG MEMORIES – MONT BAR – BARCELONA

    MONT BAR – Barcelona

    The kind of a very special place, ideal for two & ideal for dinner. The ambience is so cosy during the evenings that a first visit to Mont Bar is worth it for dinner.

    Don’t miss the small bite of cockle soufflé (soufflé de berberechos).

    A variety of tapas and small dishes from traditional to vanguard cuisine.
    A menu under constant renovation based on seasonal products.
    A well-cared product, always fresh, local and organic, often from their own farms.  A very broad selection of wines said to be 250 references.

    www.montbar.com

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  • 31 January, 2019

    THE ZETTER TOWNHOUSE HOTEL – MARYLEBONE LONDON

    The second addition to the independently owned Zetter Group’s ‘Townhouse’ boutique hotel family, the 24-bedroom Georgian townhouse and cocktail lounge enjoys an enviable location on Seymour Street in London’s fashionable Marylebone.

    Feeling more like the private home of an eccentric relative than a conventional hotel & bar, the property features 24 bedrooms and an award-winning cocktail lounge, Seymour’s Parlour.

    www.thezettertownhouse.com

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  • 31 August, 2018

    BAR ROUGE SINGAPORE

    Bar Rouge Singapore
    Shanghai’s indisputably iconic nightlife for the destination glitterati – Bar Rouge, makes its inaugural global debut at Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore. Perched 71 floors above the buzzing city with an unobstructed view of Marina Bay area, Bar Rouge Singapore offers an intimate clubbing experience aimed at evoking one’s visual, audio and aural senses. A nice spot to chill out with a Singapore Sling or a Whisky on the rocks.

    There are two areas: a very laid-back jazz bar with a piano and live music & a busy night club one floor up.

    www.swissotel.com

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  • 27 August, 2018

    LANTERN: A TOP OF A ROOF-TOP IN SINGAPORE

    We are not going to write a tip about the MARINA BAY SANDS Hotel, also known as MBS.

    We are not going to write a tip about the amazing views from its “Cè La Vie” roof top bar nor from the views over the huge Casino, the top 9 biggest in Asia after other 8 in Macau city.

    We are not going to write a tip about its surprising infinity swimming pool, said to be the highest in the world, laying on the 57 storey rooftop platform connecting the 3 hotel-buildings like a “T” shape.

    We are not going to write a tip about the un-imaginable beauty of the rear views to the “Gardens by the Bay” and its 2 glass green-houses which had won several prizes for its design, amazing flora and sustainability facilities, all probably a lot inspired by the film “Avatar”, (you will understand why, if you visit).

    We are not going to write a tip about the magical dusk hours, the best moments to get inside the swimming pool, the transition moments when the sun sets and the city lits-on, showing the interiors of every window with its turned lights.

    We are not going to write a tip about the expensive shops, caffes and nice restaurants at the MBS Mall; nor about the local food-corner at the basement, more lively and tasty that in can be imagined.

    Why are we not going to write a tip about all of that?

    Well, mainly because almost everybody already knows the MBS Hotel, and consequently: It can die of success as it’s too crowded!

    Queues at the lobby for a check-in & check-out can be very long.

    And about the swimming pool: Too many used towels everywhere and too many tourists!

    Yet, we had to write something about the MBS, with the good and the bad.

    As a matter of fact, we only wanted to write a tip about the other side of the MBS; we mean, literally at the opposite side in the Bay.

    LANTERN is a fabulous rooftop bar at Fullerton Bay Hotel with amazing views to the MBS itself. Is not high, but it is a delicious corner to sit, to drink and to listen to lounge music plaid by a D.J. at certain hours.

    Sometimes the best of a tourist attraction are the views of it, keeping a reasonable distance…rather than becoming part of it.

    www.fullertonhotels.com/the-fullerton-bay-hotel/lantern-rooftop-bar.html

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  • 27 August, 2018

    ATLAS BAR – SINGAPORE

    One of the most iconic bars in Singapore. A wonderful spot for drinking & dining in a very exclussive atmosphere.

    ATLAS graces the ground floor of Singapore’s iconic building, Parkview Square, in the historic Bugis neighourhood. Completed in 2002, Parkview Square was the crowning glory of developer CS Hwang, the late chairman of the Chyau Fwu Group.

    Beware: Reservations well in advance are highly advisable!

    www.atlasbar.sg

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  • 8 August, 2018

    A LITTLE PARIS IN ISTANBUL

    BRASSERIE NISANTASI

    Some of the best place in Istanbul to lunch while looking elegant, this smooth brasserie is located on the ground floor of Beymen’s store at the trendy Nisantasi quarter on the hill over Besiktas. The charming wooden bar and soft leather seats compliment the Art Deco feel, while it also has a pretty terrace “a la française” with a strong taste of Paris.

    Its sophisticated Mediterranean menu prove that the store’s beautiful customers don’t survive on light and expensive products alone. Big windows allow everyone to be seen. It’s not cheap, but nor is the atmosphere you feel around.

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  • 16 April, 2018

    MADRID OFF THE BEATEN BITE (LA CERVECERA)

    It is easy to like the beautiful, but it is the simple and the authentic what makes you fall in love.

    Thank you Carlos I. for bringing us here.

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  • 28 December, 2017

    PLAY IT AGAIN SAS…MONACO SAS CAFE

    http://sasscafe.com/

    “Everybody comes to Rick’s”…use to claim Humphry Bogart at the film Casablanca…

    Well, when use to travel to the EPCA (European Petrochemical Assocation Conference once held in Monte Carlo)…we use to claim… “Everybody comes to Sas Café”

    The Monegasque nights still beat hard at this charming, unique, irreverent (though not irrelevant) hot-spot…

     

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  • 29 November, 2017

    BACIRA Chamberí : COLORFOOD & TASTEFOOD !

    Yes, we mean colorful & tasteful.

    The delicate platters to share at BACIRA restaurant are small pieces of visual art which could well be a composition for a nice cooking book…the type of dishes which you enjoy to contemplate before eating, talk about before eating, and why not, share by Instagram with friends.

    Creative combinations of raw seafood & seaweed (sushi/Mediterranean fusion) in a hidden small restaurant at the Chamberí quarter of Madrid.

    Restaurant BACIRA offers a very relaxed & casual atmopshere. Best in the ground-floor; (its basement is not as charming). Waitress really helpful and kind.

    Definitely a good choice for a non pretencious dinner or lunch.

    www.bacira.com

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  • 23 May, 2017

    HOTEL NEW YORK, ROTTERDAM (EVERY THEN & “NOW”)

    Hotel New York is situated in the beautiful former head office of the Holland America Lijn. From here, thousands of emigrants left for North America, hoping for a better life. Nowadays, people come here to sleep, celebrate, eat, drink and do business in a special atmosphere.

    As soon as you enter the building, you can feel it: this is where it all happened. The sense of nostalgia is everywhere – from the cast-iron hotel staircase and the numerous trunks and pictures of emigrants to the former offices of its past directors. At the basement there is a very lifely oyster bar which serves magnificent draft beers. (P.s Catch a water taxi ride straight from the entrance to the city centre).

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