Category: Food and Wine – Europe

Tastemaker review: Claude’s Kitchen

Claude’s Kitchen could easily be just another friendly neighbourhood restaurant: a pleasant place to have a casual meal where convenience and company outweigh the quality of the cooking. While the Parson’s Green joint does indeed conform to the former, the dishes are by no means ordinary. Chef Claude Compton has […]
The Long White Cloud Cafe – hearty, organic food and exquisitely brewed coffee for under £10 in Hoxton

We recently stopped off at Long White Cloud Café in Hoxton for a quick bite after work. This bright, intimate venue opened recently on Hackney Road to fill a gaping hole in the market for those who prefer their after-work sustenance in a less alcoholic form to that offered by […]
Horvath restaurant, Berlin

Berlin’s Kreuzberg is known for its bars, clubs and punks and not necessarily for its fine dining, and certainly not for its Michelin stars. Or not yet anyway. Horvath, tucked away and overlooking the Landwehr Canal in the heart of Kreuzberg, is among the newest arrivals in Berlin’s rapidly growing […]

La Soupe Populaire, Berlin

Berlin’s two Michelin-starred chef Tim Raue’s newest restaurant, La Soupe Popluaire, is the latest in a series of highly esteemed restaurants reshaping Berlin’s culinary landscape. Both the concept behind the gallery-cum-restaurant, where art meets the culinary arts, and its execution at once set it apart. Share
Tastemaker travels: Five Chinese and I in the Mediterranean

I never miss an opportunity to go to the French or Italian Riviera and I never say no to travelling in style. It was in my capacity of a TasteMaker Ambassador that I accompanied a group of five Chinese friends on a two week trip from the snow-capped mountains near […]
Jolly atmosphere and tapas galore at Iberica, Great Portland Street, London

B Beyond and its sister publication The Tastemaker joined forces to introduce a Chinese couple to the delights of Spanish cuisine. Share

Tastemaker review: Claude’s Kitchen