Category: food & drinks
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Cafes, Bars & Brasseries of Paris, Part 1
The cafes, bars and brasseries at the street corners of Paris are magnetic. They attract residents and tourists alike to partake in the street life of the city. The patrons socialize, play with their phone, have a smoke, gossip, flirt, or simply enjoy a meal. These sidewalk establishments also offer a perch to watch the…
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Lunch at Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)
Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) has been recognized in the last five years in a row as the top hospitality business school in the world. We were treated by friends to a lunch at EHL’s onsite training restaurant, Le Berceau des Sens. The school was founded in 1893 as a result of Switzerland’s tourism boom…
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A Food Court in the Middle of Florence
About 5 minutes walk from our hotel (Hotel Spadi) is Florence’s central market (Mercato Centrale Firenze). There, we found a gourmet market and food court. A single web site il Mercato Centrale hosts the pages of the central food markets of Florence, Rome, Turin and Milan. The site carries news about the businesses and list…
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Soul Kitchen, fine vegan dining in Turin
Soul Kitchen is located in Centro in Tuin (Torino) with an unassuming frontage on Via Santa Giulia. We walked there from our hotel. One of our friends traveling from Lausanne with us to Torino in Northern Italy, is a vegan. He was so happy with this fine dining vegan restaurant that he went there a…
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Mariage Frères, London
This visit to London was made in December 2018. The post has been sitting around for a while. We hope the store survives the pandemic with enough local customers while the tourists who frequent Covent Garden are gone. It was a long weekend. On our last day in London, we booked a place for brunch…
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Maison Acacias, Tissardmine
During our day trip in the desert near our camp, we had lunch at Maison Acacias, a hostel and restaurant situated in a small oasis. African blues by Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté suit the mood here – try “Ruby” and “Kala Djula” first – they are all good. spotify:album:14uhq1loNIOTT23aRo4oCi We got…