Restaurant Reviews
Terranima
Bari is so unrepresentative of Puglia – the formal, imposing and rather austere capital of a region which is all about charm, informality and joie de vivre – that it’s surprising to find a suitably charming and informal restaurant in its back streets.
Terranima is a microcosm of rural Puglia – its trompe l’oeil decor is designed to evoke the feeling of a street in one of the region’s hilltop towns – and the food is utterly authentic.
Isle of Eriska Restaurant
Head chef Ross Stovold has a lot to answer for as far as I am concerned. The former top man at Michelin-starred Alimentum in Cambridge has brought his Michelin magic to the Isle of Eriska restaurant, within the family owned hotel sitting on its very own Scottish island.
Read the full story hereMagnificent L’Orangerie du Chateau Restaurant. Loire Valley
Lucy Daltroff heads for the Loire Valley as she dines at L’Orangerie du Chateau Restaurant.
Read the full story hereBovino steak restaurant open in Quinta do Lago
Quinta do Lago, the exclusive estate resort in the Algarve, has just launched a new steak restaurant, Bovino. The latest addition to the resort’s impressive gastro scene offers modern steakhouse dining within an urban design by international designer, Lázaro Roza-Violán.
Read the full story hereEngawa
To say the china was as memorable as the food could be a veiled insult when applied to a lesser restaurant. But the spectacular Engawa, filling a niche for high-end Japanese dining in the heart of Soho, is as much a feast as much for the eyes as the tastebuds.
Read the full story hereGusto by Heinz Beck
Conrad Algarve is, as far as I am concerned, a template for doing 5 star luxury properly, so it comes as no surprise to me that Conrad Algarve’s flagship restaurant, Gusto by Heinz Beck, would be anything else but stellar. I mean, the very name is a play on the Portuguese word for taste, gosto, even though it was named after Conrad Hilton’s father Augustus.
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