Category: food & drinks

  • Cafes, Bars & Brasseries of Paris, Part 2

    Cafes, Bars & Brasseries of Paris, Part 2

    This multi-part compilation is not a ‘best of’ selection; however, some of the sidewalk cafes featured are famous or historic. The photographs were captured many in passing. While we have not frequented every establishment, the idea is tempting and accomplishable. Click here to see Part 1 of the series. Parisian street corners come alive with…

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  • Cafes, Bars & Brasseries of Paris, Part 1

    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)

    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

    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, 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

    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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