When my husband and I travel together, we spend a lot of time searching for food. Sometimes we’re trying to find a specific place someone recommended, other times we want the perfect reservation, but most of the time we’re wandering and seeing what looks good. When we wander, most of the meals are okay to […]
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Aux Merveilleux
Watching this pastry chef create Lillois treat Aux Merveilleux made my mouth water. Aux Merveilleux, a native of northern France and Flanders, are meringue (strong on the outside and undercooked on the inside) and buttercream sandwiches, encased in a layer of buttercream. They come in three varieties: the Classic chocolate, the Incroyable speculoos and white […]
Konrad Café & Bar
Konrad’s is my favorite place to meet a friend for coffee or lunch. It’s comfortable and cozy in a mismatched-furniture kind of way, with an appealing menu featuring sandwiches, salads, soups and quiches. The menu is tight and there’s something for all dietary preferences. In addition to being delicious, the food is made on-site using […]
Speculoos
Living in Europe, I’ve become a huge speculoos fan! What is speculoos? It’s a thin, crunchy, spiced shortcrust biscuit. Traditionally, speculoos was only baked around Christmastime, especially on the eve of Saint Nicholas; now, they are available year-round. Speculoos became popular when medieval crusaders brought back exotic spices like nutmeg, cardamom and ginger from the […]
Roman Food
When in Rome, you will spend an inordinate amount of time and energy stuffing yourself silly. Here’s a quick round-up of commonly encountered Roman specialties: Potato Pizza – I don’t like potatoes, but I like this. Potato pizza is one of the only things I remember from my trip to Rome 20 years ago. Then, […]
Da Francesco
We were told a queue forms quickly at this tiny restaurant, so we got there at 8.00 p.m. Already, the outside tables were occupied. No worries – there was an available spot inside at one of the cramped tables in the small dining room. The waiter was friendly, though he didn’t speak that much English. […]
Bar del Fico
We eyed this appealing restaurant twice, once on either side of the block, without realizing it was the same place, so schitzo is its décor. While the front is a cozy, eclectic bar/café, the back is an unusually modern, cavernous (for Rome) restaurant. The small menu of traditional, regional dishes contained the supposedly ubiquitous but […]
Chez Grenouille
My eagle-eyed husband gets all the credit for discovering this tiny neighborhood restaurant in the 9th arrondissement. While I rushed ahead, anxious to get to a couple of museums, Angelo peered inside Chez Grenouille and was enchanted by the cozy dining room’s (there are 16 covers) stone walls and wood beams. The restaurant is as […]
Mosconi
For a year, every time my husband and I walked past Luxembourg City’s two-star Michelin restaurant, Mosconi, we drooled over the menu and commented to each other, “we really need to go here!” Well, we finally did. And guess what? It was impeccable. We ordered the eight-course pasta tasting menu, which included simple, flavorful dishes […]
Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde bills itself as a vegetarian and seafood restaurant, which is sort of like saying, “we serve food.” Unless you need a big hunk of land animal flesh at every meal, you will find many appealing items on the menu. The owner traveled the world seeking culinary inspiration before opening the restaurant, which explains […]
