New York (USA)
An incredibly promising young chef with a challenge in ‘experience creation’: Restaurant Gem (15. June 2019)
When I heard about ‘Gem’ where a 17 year old chef is cooking on the same level as many star chefs in their 30ies, I was obviously intrigued right away and tried to get a table which wasn’t that hard really. As in other places like Noma or Eleven Madison Park you have to prepay […]
Great idea but weak execution: Rooftop 93 (15. June 2019)
I tried to find a place close to the restaurant for a little drink before that – and ideally a rooftop spot. Funny enough, the one I had intended to visit first was closed due to a private event so on short notice and without really having time to plan, we ended up at Rooftop […]
When the lunch offering is somewhat disappointing: Restaurant Locanda Verde (15. June 2019)
The Locanda Verde was featured on the app ‘Where Chefs Eat‘ and given I have made mainly positive experiences with that in the past – all over the world – I decided to give it a try for lunch. I was a bit surprised to find out that when it was lunch time, all they […]
Not the French bakery you’d expect: Restaurant Maison Kayser (15. June 2019)
The Mayson Kaiser looked more promising from the outside than it actually turned out to be. From the outside, it looked like a nice little French café where you have your peace and it wouldn’t be that noisy. Quite the opposite was the truth. The place was quite crowded and actually super loud. The service […]
Once in a lifetime experience with a visit to the kitchen: Restaurant Eleven Madison Park (14. June 2019)
Dining at the Eleven Madison Park was on my bucket list for a while and it was finally the day when this was possible. You have to be super swift the moment the booking opens as pretty much the whole month is sold out within two minutes. I was lucky enough to score a booking […]
Great coffee break on the way along the High Line: Hungry Ghost Coffee (14. June 2019)
When you walk along the High Line which is a former train track remodeled into a tourist walk way with a lot of green you are happy to encounter a little kind of food court in the middle of the walk where it was about time to get something to drink. The Hungry Ghost Coffee […]
Decent tapas selection where you wouldn’t expect it: Restaurant La Barra @ Mercado Little Spain (14. June 2019)
We walked into the Mercado Little Spain after quite a walk through NYC because we were starving. Therefore, the expectations were relatively low but the La Barra which is kind of a restaurant bar where you can sit around the ‘kitchen and bar part’ offered surprisingly good dishes starting with “Aceituna Liquida (liquid olives by […]
8. September 2015: L’Arte del Gelato
The Chelsea Market does not only offer Japanese-Mexican fusion kitchen but also rather traditional Italian kitchen – or, to be more precise, ice cream parlours! The “normal” sized cup accounts for USD 5.39 and you get to pick three different flavours. And I must say while I have had better icecream in the past, it […]
