Category: Food and Wine

Lifting the lid on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.

It was with a Robinson Crusoe attitude that we ventured into the Costa Rican jungle. Flooded with pictures of the beautiful, wild Caribbean coast (of Costa Rica and Panama), the trip was something we had been dreaming of for a while. We had gone there with guns blazing: we had […]
Restaurant Sobre Las Olas, Cahuita, Costa Rica

Juventino Rosas’ Over the Waves waltz may be a rather unusual choice of a name for a restaurant in Cahuita, Costa Rica. The only plausible rationale is the fact that the Italian-owned eaterie overlooks the sea and is quite romantic at night. We had our best fish meal there: fabulously […]
Red Frog Beach, Bocas del Toro, Panama

This is an impressive 11ha development offering the best and probably only jungle experience in both comfort and authenticity on Bocas del Toro. Approaching it by boat, you will disembark on a pontoon leading to extensive mangrove and signs affirming its green credentials. Complimentary golf carts and jungle trucks […]

Suvlaki, Soho, London

Suvlaki or souvlaki is Greek for grilled skewered meat chunks. Suvlaki is London’s newest and trendiest Greek eaterie located in Soho (where else?), just off Frith Street. It is a cozy and ultra stylish place, with none of the cheesy props older style Greek restaurants sport – the only reminder […]
Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains, St Moritz

Most of our readers would have stayed at a Kempinski at one time or another and some may well be brand devotees. A global chain, it has nevertheless made a point of not stamping its properties with an identikit look and feel but rather, strives to preserve the cultural identity […]
Amanzoe, Greece

Imagine an Olympian, empyrean paradise. Can you see it? If not, have no fear, for Amanzoe has made such an utopia reality. Imposing Greek columns, framed by sleek, modern interiors lead you to a 38-suite resort – each with their private pool as a matter of course – on a […]