All aboard top chefs
A group of top UK chefs that includes Raymond Blanc, Tom Kerridge and Anton Mosimann will be hosting pop-up dinners aboard luxury trains for train buffs who also have fine dining palates. Throughout 2015, the Belmond British Pullman and the Belmond Northern Belle will turn their luxurious art deco carriages, circa 1920s, 1930s, into Michelin-grade fine dining restaurants, where guests will go back in time and revisit the golden era of rail travel. In July, chef Tom Kerridge, whose Marlow eatery The Hand & Flowers is the only pub to hold two Michelin stars, will recreate the pub experience aboard the Belmond British Pullman. In November, Raymond Blanc, chef of […]
Top 50 Eats in Asia
The Bangkok-based restaurant Gaggan, which puts a modern spin on classic Indian dishes in a bid to bridge the gap between eastern and western fare, topped this year’s S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna’s list of the 50 best restaurants in Asia, unveiled Monday night in Singapore. The fine dining of Tokyo’s Narisawa, which is rooted in providing dishes with the fresh Japanese ingredients and menus that evoke a strong connection to nature, followed in second place while Paul Pairet’s experimental comfort food at Shanghai’s Ultraviolet came in at third. Also in Tokyo, Nihonryori RyuGin followed in fourth place and the reinterpreted Southern French food at Restaurant André in Singapore landed […]