On February 8th I attended my first international culinary conference, The Flemish Primitives, which took place in Bruges. Named after a group of painters who were active in the Netherlands during the 15th and early 16th century in the flourishing cities of Bruges and Ghent, The Flemish Primitives today is the a group of Belgian… Continue reading The Flemish Primitives – Is Belgium the New Black?
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
CPH Crawl 1/6: Kiin Kiin
The evening of the CPH Crawl on 4th February 2010 began for me when I precisely 17:45 entered the doors to the modern Thai cooking restaurant Kiin Kiin. After a warm welcome from the staff and owner Henrik Yde-Andersen, I was shown to the wine cellar where Ingo was already waiting. A few minutes later… Continue reading CPH Crawl 1/6: Kiin Kiin
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 🙂
The CPH Crawl – In Search of the Perfect Dinner
Inspired by Steve Plotnicki’s crawls in New York City with first chef Sergio Herman and later the food critic Jay Rayner, Laurent and I organised a crawl of CPH’s best restaurants on 4th February 2010. To visit six places on one evening would be another way to discover restaurants, food, service, local products and what… Continue reading The CPH Crawl – In Search of the Perfect Dinner
Aamanns Etablissement – a lovely Danish bistro you don’t want to miss
When you’re in CPH, tired of dining at all the fancy places and looking for a more relaxed dinner, then Aamann’s Etablissement is the place to go. This is a no table cloth, no bs bistro that serves excellent, innovative Danish food with a twist. Its extremely high product quality and the refined execution are… Continue reading Aamanns Etablissement – a lovely Danish bistro you don’t want to miss
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
How To Travel With a White Truffle?
I guess it isn’t everyday white truffles pass through the airport security check point at Copenhagen Airport. On Christmas day I flew from CPH to Aalborg to visit my family in Northern Jutland. My dad had kindly given me two white truffles to share with my family in-law. The truffles were wrapped in paper towels… Continue reading How To Travel With a White Truffle?
Mistral
Oh dear. Four hours before my dinner reservation at Mistral on 26th September, my trusty Canon 350D started acting up. It got hot and fainted a few times, woke up again, but only to twitch and finally pass away between my hands. It drew its last breath in the sun coming through the window of… Continue reading Mistral
The Flemish Primitives – Sense For Taste 2010
The Flemish Primitives are organising a one day gastronomy event in Bruges, Belgium, on 8th of February 2010. The event is an annual meeting place for cross fertilisation between the food and the beverage industry, gastronomy, the wine world, artists and scientists. Great primitives like BART DE POOTER from ** De Pastorale, SANG HOON DEGEIMBRE… Continue reading The Flemish Primitives – Sense For Taste 2010
Le Chateaubriand – Bonne Bistronomie
When I visited In de Wulf, Belgium, for the six hands dinner, I connected through Paris and had an extra night there before I returned to Copenhagen. Laurent, Gastros on Tour, and I drove back to Paris the day after the dinner event and arrived just in time for a nice lunch at 1* L’Arome.… Continue reading Le Chateaubriand – Bonne Bistronomie
Very Good Food on Television
Friday night the Danish TV2 ran a feature on Danish food bloggers. Jacob Nielsen rang me up during the morning and asked if I wanted to be part of it. So, after work, I met with the reporter and the camera man at Restaurant Dim Sum in the centre of Copenhagen. The reporter asked me… Continue reading Very Good Food on Television
Who Said Identity Crisis?
Back in mid August when I received the invitation from Kobe, Alexandre & Filip to the exclusive dinner… with the emphasis on French-Flanders and Flanders… for a limited international group on Monday 21th of September, I got very excited. I never imagined how fabulous it would really be though. On Monday 21th I arrived in… Continue reading Who Said Identity Crisis?
Meals Of Others – noma
Chuck has a category of posts written by other bloggers and which are worth reading. I’d like to introduce it on Very Good Food as well. The reason is that I really should have written up my Paris trip and experience at the 6 hands dinner event at In de Wulf but got caught up… Continue reading Meals Of Others – noma
Video Recording from In de Wulf
This is the video recording by Cuisiner En Ligne from the kitchen of In de Wulf in Belgium where Kobe Desramaults, Alexandre Gauthier and Philip Claeys were cooking Monday evening September, 21st. Archive télé du 21/09/2009 22:27:08 sur Blog video
Stunning Schloss Berg ***
In the little Art de Vivre booklet of Germany’s best places to eat I took note of the Schloss Berg castle and restaurant. It was back in 2007 and before I tried my first three star restaurant. But also, Ingo and Bo have tempted me to visit this restaurant with their inspiring reviews. Two years… Continue reading Stunning Schloss Berg ***
3 Chefs Cooking Event in Belgium – Live Broadcast
On next Monday September 21, I’m returning to the In de Wulf restaurant for the cooking event of three chefs focusing on the Flanders region. Alexandre Gauthier from France (La Grenouillère, 1*), Philip Claeys (De Jonkman, 1*) and Kobe Desramaults (In de Wulf, 1*) from Belgium are preparing a dinner with focus on product from their… Continue reading 3 Chefs Cooking Event in Belgium – Live Broadcast