Category: food & drinks

  • Ristorante Bovio, La Morra

    La Morra is one of several wine-making commune/village that is in the zone of production of Barolo wines. Located high on a little hill where it commands a panoramic view of the area, it is in the province of Cuneo, south-west of Alba. It was about 30 minutes drive from our villa (see earlier post here). Our…

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  • San Marco Ristorante, Canelli

    When we checked in at Villa Pattono, the receptionist gave us a list of local restaurants. There were two Michelin 1-star restaurants in the area. One day we decided to try of the restaurants. San Marco Ristornate The restaurant located in Canelli, is at least 60 years old. The lady chef Mariuccia received the star more…

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  • The Belgian Quarter, Cologne

      I (Chris) wanted to visit Köln because it is another big city in Germany (No.4 by population). I liked Berlin (No. 1) and Munich (No. 3) and wanted to see more urban life in Germany. You will see it in the next few posts. Köln is a very compact cityas far as tourists are concerned, because…

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  • FLB @ Colonne di San Lorenzo

    Rather than posting more photos of furniture from the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, I will give the topic a break. So … After a long day running around in the Salone, I left Rho Fiera and took the metro to Duomo. My hotel was centrally located and about 10 minutes down Via Torino on a…

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  • Xi’an Famous Foods 西安名吃, NYC

    While I was in NY in January … I thought the last time I was in Chinatown, there was a line out the door of this tiny restaurant – Xi’an Famous Foods – Western Chinese Cuisine. A branch of this restaurant in St. Mark’s Place has received great reviews from Zagat. It received the following…

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  • RedFarm, NYC

    On my recent business trip to NYC, the team had a very busy schedule. But we rewarded ourselves with food, we crashed without a reservation, Nobu 57 (which was so crowded and noisy like a Chinatown dim sum restaurant on a Sunday morning) and Spice Market (which was much nicer and we hung around till…

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