Category: Food and Wine

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
The Tastemaker at Wabi

With contemporary Japanese restaurants popping up all over the place it’s hard to know where to look for that special meal. Wabi certainly stands out. Situated on Kingsway in the heart of London the modern venue is chic yet entirely welcoming, and the food is delicious. Share

The Mile High Dining Club in London – Destination Beirut

The Tastemaker firmly believes in variety being the spice of life. Why settle for the best of one when you can have the best of three? That is why, when the chance comes to shake off the familiar comforts of home, most of us are naturally inclined to get on […]
Laurent: my delicious induction

There exists an Empyrean in the tourist battlefront that is the Champs-Elysées of 2013, with the allée Marcel Proust nearby, Le Laurent is unmistakeably modern and yet a historic cache of the Elysian Fields of the Belle Époque – acting as the morsels of madeleine dipped in lime flower tea, […]
Shaka Zulu Feel Good

Ah, January…. That bleak and grey month when the holidays are over and we all settle into a weather-inflicted hibernation. Social calendars are sparse, the temperatures remain stubbornly in single digits, and the promise of future holidays in warm weather loom depressingly far in the distance. Share

Tastemaker travels: Five Chinese and I in the Mediterranean