Daniel Calvert’s French restaurant at Four Seasons Tokyo declared one of Asia’s 50 Best. Being declared one of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants in the awards scheme of the same name is a hell of an achievement. Being declared one of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants when you’ve only been open a year though? Chapeau, M. Calvert.…
Fancy some good ethics with your skiing perks? Vail Resorts have got you covered “We will not waver in our commitment to continuously reinvest in the ski and ride experience,” says Ryan Bennet, Chief Marketing officer of Vail Resorts. He’s got a point. Already a very fine place to ski – we’ve even got a…
There are pop-ups. And there are Carlo Scotto pop-ups. In advance of opening his new restaurant Amethyst in Mayfair, Michelin-experienced, Italian-born chef Carlo Scotto will be testing the waters with a short run at the Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane. Formerly of Xier in Marylebone, where he had the likes of Grace Dent…
Coffee, cocktails, cicchetti and creativity are on the menu at The Thin White Duke David Bowie has inspired many things. Musicians. Artists. The 2012 Great Britain Olympics Team. And now he’s inspired an all-day bar / restaurant / recording studio in Soho. And, indeed, why not? Created by production designer Sasha and musician Giovanni Almonte,…
Dark dining experience Dans Le Noir? gets a stately home spin… Staffordshire’s Swinfen Hall Hotel – a 250-year old country mansion set in 100 acres – is keeping diners in the dark through March 2022 as Dans Le Noir?, the world-renowned “dine in the dark” experience, pops up there for a month. With restaurants in…
If we can misquote David Bowie for the sake of a headline. We can? Sweet. Look it was either that or “Basque in the glory” joke and we’re pretty sure we’ve done that already. This is all a very long-winded (and yes, you’re right, slightly desperate) way to announce that, in April 2022, the rather…
With only 16 covers a day, Roketsu will be one of London’s most exclusive restaurants Kaiseki is a form of Japanese dining that elevates an already frequently precise cuisine to even higher levels. Originally a meal served to Buddhist monks at tea ceremonies, Kaiseki’s simple, meditative qualities remain. It’s now a multi-course meal of small…
Chopard and Manhattan’s The Lowell team up for a remarkable Valentine’s collaboration Can you put a price on true love? No. But you can put a price on diamonds, dinner for two and a night in – to my mind – New York’s most charming hotel. Collaborating with celebrated jewellery-makers Chopard, The Lowell “Happy Hearts…
Il San Corrado di Noto is the first boutique resort of its kind in Sicily’s UNESCO World Heritage site, Val di Noto After a three year transformation programme, Il San Corrado di Noto will open in April 2022. The ancient masseria, once owned by Prince Nicolaci, has been converted into an idyllic, all-suite retreat –…
The best steak in the world in now available by mail order A lot has already been written about wagyu beef, from the highs to the lows. On the former side, it’s all about the flavour, the marbling, the precision of the farming, the lengths taken to keep the cows in question as chilled as…