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La Vie – The Essence of Beauty and Taste II

Trine — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:39:56 +0000

After enjoying a fabulous lunch at La Vie as well as a wonderful trip to Schloß Ibbenburg’s lovely garden we returned to Osnabrück just in time to explore the beautiful old town centre – and to gain a little more appetite for the La Vie dinner that was waiting for us.…
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Opinionated About Dining Best Meals of 2011

Trine — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:57:46 +0000

Opinionated Obout Dining encapsulates the best meals of chefs, critics, bloggers and restaurant afascinados…

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La Vie – The Essence of Beauty and Taste

Trine — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:17:56 +0000

The second stop on my summer trip to a couple of the best German restaurants was at restaurant La Vie, run by head chef Thomas Bühner and his charming wife and hostess Thayarni Kanagaratnam. The restaurant is based in the beautiful medieval town of Osnabrück.…
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Aqua – When Precision Engineering Meets Passion

Trine — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:05:28 +0000

This summer I had the immense pleasure of expanding my knowledge about German high-end restaurants. During a five-day drive from Berlin to Westphalen, I visited two places that both confirmed what too many northerners don’t realize: Germany is more than a freeway.…
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Fäviken Magasinet – The Deep Roots of the High North

Trine — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:10:11 +0000

Right now one of the hottest names within the food and restaurant world is Magnus Nilsson, chef at restaurant Fäviken Magasinet in the north of Sweden – and that for a reason.…
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L’Air du Temps – Haute Cuisine with Touches of Korea

Trine — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:56:34 +0000

One of the most exciting places I have dined lately is the L’Air du Temps in Belgium. I was invited here in connection with my visit to The Flemish Primitives event.…
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Rocking El Celler de Can Roca

Trine — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:27:32 +0000

The morning on the day of my lunch at El Celler de Can Roca I woke up with a headache. I had suffered from food poisoning for 24 hours but was determined that if I could make the headache go away, then I would get out of bed and get ready to head it off towards Girona.…
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Barcelona Eateries

Trine — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:37:49 +0000

There are a huge number of reasons to visit Barcelona. But for a five days getaway in late February there were mainly two reasons for me above them all: 1) To get a glimpse of the sun after months of that terrible, Danish winter and 2) To visit El Celler de Can Roca.…
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Relæ in the Summer

Trine — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:31:55 +0000

Relæ is not a common restaurant, it’s a place that challenges traditional concepts and challenges you, the diner. If you’re in Copenhagen and looking for a highly innovative and creative restaurant, which is not haut, then Relæ is the place to go!…
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The Triumph of Geranium

Trine — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:46:50 +0000

Two weeks before Rasmus Kofoed won gold at Bocuse d’Or 2011 I visited his and Søren Ledet’s restaurant Geranium in the new location at the top of the H-tower of Parken – Denmark’s national stadium.…
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Schloss Berg Revisited

Trine — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:42:14 +0000

In connection with a business trip to Heidelberg I fancied revisiting Schloss Berg which is managed by head chef Christian Bau and his sweet wife and hostess Yildiz Bau.…
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Henne Kirkeby Kro and Talented Mr. Poulsen

Trine — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:58:19 +0000

After a startling lunch, a walk in the garden and a short nap it was time for the dinner. The much longed for Henne Kirkeby Kro dinner, which I had heard so many wonderful things about.…
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The spirit of El Bulli and the foot print of the world’s best gastronomy

Trine — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:39:21 +0000

El Bulli is the stuff legends are made of. It holds three Michelin stars since 2002 and was five times voted the World’s best restaurant by Restaurant Magazine.…
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Henne Kirkeby Kro – Arrival and Startling Lunch

Trine — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:08:23 +0000

The sky wasn’t blue and beautiful the way I had hoped for when we arrived at Henne Kirkeby Kro after three and a half hours’ drive from Copenhagen.…
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El Bulli

Trine — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:16:41 +0000

Spherical olives

Here is a small teaser of my dinner at El Bulli last night. Stay tuned for more asap…

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The Meatpacking District’s Fish Bar… huh?

Trine — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:56:01 +0000

Kødbyens Fiskebar (translates directly into the strange name of The Meat Packing District’s Fish Bar) opened on 17th of June 2009 and I went on their very opening night (link to article in Danish).…
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noma – one more time

Trine — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:55:19 +0000

Time for a new noma post! Today 2nd of August is my birthday so why not celebrate with a few words and photos from my latest visit to noma?…
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Villa Vest – Probably Denmark’s Best View

Trine — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:01:32 +0000

A few weeks ago I went to the beautiful town of Lønstrup in the very northern part of Jutland. The occasion was a visit to Kim Møller-Kjær and Michael Pedersen’s (Miv) relocation of their restaurant Glashuset.…
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Sad News: MR & Paustian v/Bo Bech have closed

Trine — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:47:43 +0000

Two of Copenhagen’s best restaurants, MR by Mads Refslund and Paustian by Bo Bech have both closed this June and July 11th, 2010 unfortunately.…
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New NOMA cook book out for pre-ordering!

Trine — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:18:14 +0000

Finally some exciting news about the noma cook book! René Redzepi has named his new book “Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine” and it’s going to be released this autumn.…
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WD~50 – Works for Me

Trine — Sat, 08 May 2010 17:51:16 +0000

WD~50 stands for Wylie Dufresne in 50 Clinton Street, NYC. Wylie is the head chef and owner. He holds one Michelin star.…
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Le Meurice ***

Trine — Sun, 02 May 2010 14:03:08 +0000

When I attended the Flemish food event in early February (sorry this post has been waiting for months) I connected through Paris and had a nice opportunity of lunching at Le Meurice on 9th February 2010.…
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The CPH Crawl – Conclusion

Trine — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:07:32 +0000

To wrap up our restaurant crawl of Copenhagen here’s some thoughts I had during and after the evening of what worked well and not so well.…
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CPH Crawl 6/6: Søllerød Kro

Trine — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:09:20 +0000

So, Søllerød Kro was our last stop on the CPH Crawl. Before jumping into the van and drive up north I rang the inn to inform that we would be fine without a meat course.…
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Burger Joint NYC – if you love burgers

Trine — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:58:36 +0000

Whether this burger is the best in Manhattan I cannot really say as it is my first burger here. But I do agree with Luxeat that it’s one of the best burgers I have ever eaten.…
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