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66 Best Nordic Restaurants on iPhone/Android
It’s now possible to get an iPhone/Android app with a collection of the 66 best restaurants in the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden with telephone number and website url. Actually, the 100 best restaurants because there’s also a runner-up list or additional 34 restaurants. Via a meta scoring system… Continue reading 66 Best Nordic Restaurants on iPhone/Android
Noma is number 1. Again!
It’s almost old news already. All the newspapers, television, blogs, Facebook and Twitter are all spreading the news about who last night was announced to be is at the top of list of The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Guide 2011: NOMA! Congratulations! You so much deserve this. You’re making us all proud here in… Continue reading Noma is number 1. Again!
Copenhagen Michelin Stars 2011: 2 Stars for noma and rising star for Geranium!
The new Guide Michelin Main Cities of Europe 2011 is here! Congratulations to Geranium with the rising star and Relæ’s Bib Gourmand. Noma remains with 2 stars. 6 restaurants (including Relæ) gets the Bib Gourmand which is nice, of course. 11,5 stars overall is again a step back compared to the and 13 in 2010… Continue reading Copenhagen Michelin Stars 2011: 2 Stars for noma and rising star for Geranium!
Rasmus Kofoed Wins GOLD at Bocuse d’Or 2011
Rasmus Kofoed did it! Rasmus won GOLD at Bocuse d’Or 2011! Congratulations, Rasmus, you rule! 🙂 Rasmus is the only chef to win all three prizes. Amazing! Norway won bronze and Sweden won silver. Congratulations to you too!
Verygoodfood for Mobile
The holidays have been spent eating, of course, but also preparing the brand new Verygoodfood Mobile Edition. Same blog, same images – but formatted for your iPhone or what-have-you. It’s tested on an iPhone 3GS, so if you own an iPhone 4, and Android or some other smartphone, and things look weird – please let… Continue reading Verygoodfood for Mobile
Sad News: MR & Paustian v/Bo Bech have closed
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. However both restaurant owners claim that they are going to re-open at new locations. Bo will re-open this Autumn somewhere in the area around Kongens Nytorv, he says at his website.… Continue reading Sad News: MR & Paustian v/Bo Bech have closed
New NOMA cook book out for pre-ordering!
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. You can already pre-order it from Amazon.com here. There’ll be both an English and a Danish edition. Can’t wait!
Event: Culinaria in Brussels
On June 3rd to 6th Brussels is hosting the outdoor food festival Culinaria at Tour & Taxis and forming the most Michelin stars ever owned by one restaurant: 50 Exhibitions 23 Michelin stars 16 Chefs 11 Workshops 4 Menus Amongst the participating chefs are Peter Goossens of Hof van Cleve*** (#17 at The 50 Best’s… Continue reading Event: Culinaria in Brussels
Very Good Food Presents FOOG
I’m proud to present that Very Good Food is part of FOOG Magazine – the new web community created by me and my friends. We are 6 European FOod blOGgers: Very Good Food (Denmark) Cuisiner en Ligne (France) High-End Food (Germany) Food Intelligence (France) Food Snob (UK) Gastros on Tour (Belgium) Our aim is to… Continue reading Very Good Food Presents FOOG
Noma 1st: Happy Comment from Lau Richter
Thanks to Laurant, Gastros on Tour on-site here’s a happy comment from Lau Richter, Restaurant Manager at noma:
Noma is number 1 – congratulations!
I got the news by a text message. Despite the rumor during the day I could hardly believe it: NOMA is first on the 50 best restaurants in the world? It is true, though, and very well deserved. Congrats to René, Lau, Pontus and all of you brave guys! That’s an achievement, and I’m so… Continue reading Noma is number 1 – congratulations!
Michelin 2010
The news we have been waiting almost a year for is here, the new red Guide Michelin: Main Cities of Europe 2010 is here. Congrats to AOC with their first star and congrats to everybody else keeping theirs! Wonderful. 🙂 13 stars overall is a step back compared to the 14 stars we had in… Continue reading Michelin 2010
Geranium Revival
Just to ensure you all know the good news about Geranium‘s reopening this summer. The restaurant will be situated in a new location in the Østerbro area of CPH and part of the national stadium Parken. We are many who are thrilled about this and looking forward. Very good news!
Chef Pugliesi blogs about his new place: Relæ
Christian Pugliesi and Kim Rossen, who met each other when working at noma, are in early April going to open their brand new restaurant Relæ in the Nørrebro area of CPH. From what I understand their philosophy is similar the one of the successful Le Chateaubriand – very good food, wine and atmosphere combined with… Continue reading Chef Pugliesi blogs about his new place: Relæ
Exciting News: Rasmus Kofoed and Søren Ledet to open new restaurant
At the Omnivore Food Festival Rasmus Kofoed, former co-owner of Geranium, reveals that a new press release will be sent out in about a week’s time stating the exciting news about the new restaurant he and Søren Ledet are going to open later this year. Check-out the interview by Laurent, Gastros on Tour, recording by… Continue reading Exciting News: Rasmus Kofoed and Søren Ledet to open new restaurant
I take it back: elBulli will not close for good
After posting the New York Times’ news about elBulli not reopening in 2014, I’ve realised that the Spanish news paper El Pais informs on 13th February that Ferràn Adrià didn’t say anything about elBulli not to open again in 2014. So, I’d just like to stress that I cannot see that anything has really changed… Continue reading I take it back: elBulli will not close for good
elBulli will close for good
In an interview last Friday (February 12th) Ferran Adriá informed that in December 2011 El Bulli will close for good. This was stated on the Diner’s Journal about dining out on the New York Times blog. OK, so after the January announcement of the closure of two years I guess that we’re not that surprised… Continue reading elBulli will close for good
VGF in panel at The Flemish Primitives
Quite surprisingly I was invited to be a part of a panel in front of a large audience at The Flemish Primitives. Here’s the video – the debate starts around 11:40 mins. More to come when I get some time to blog 🙂
elBulli Closure
I know it’s yesterday’s news. Well it’s older than that actually. Anyways, I’d just like to ensure that you all know that due to the celebration of elBulli-founder Ferrran Adria hitting 50 in 2012, the best restaurant in the world will remain closed for private customers dring 2012 + 2013. They will re-open in 2014,… Continue reading elBulli Closure