Category Archive: Gastronomy

Secret 8 – Speakeasy

by Abdon FLORES The Buddha Bar is almost an institution around the world, a concept created by Finnish entrepreneur and former model Tarja Visan. Well, 2017 just saw a succesful venture between Ms. Visan and Mareva Essia,… Continue reading

French pâttiserie

by Abdon FLORES When you say France you say Gastronomy, almost always. The coined French expression Art de vivre finds in food a high peak of pleasure; a pleasure that defines a life… Continue reading

Gemini family – Italian food

by Abdon FLORES Probably the most successful cuisine around the World is the Italian; the reason is simple: it’s the only one that has managed to democratize its dishes, pasta or a good… Continue reading

L’Oustau de Baumanière

by Abdon FLORES There are no good or bad names for restaurants, there are simply good or bad restaurants. In order to distinguish and categorize them one must have tried both, good and… Continue reading

Maya – ville d’avray

by Abdon FLORES A new restaurant in town is always good news, particularly if it specializes in something exotic like “Latin-American” cuisine revisited by a young French chef. Well, this is the case… Continue reading

la cabro d’or – baumanière

by Abdon FLORES It will always be a pleasure to find a good restaurant in areas where nobody expects to find even good roads. Well, such is the case in Les Baux-de-Provence, a… Continue reading

2016 edition

by Abdon FLORES The Grand Tasting is back in town. Since 2005, late November has been the date chosen by Bettane+Desseauve (b+d) to gather in Paris a noticeable selection of wines from allover… Continue reading

L’Inconnu gastronomical restaurant

by Abdon FLORES L’Inconnu – Restaurant Italien is this kind of isolate, discrete restaurant that keeps inside a great treasure. Even if it just opened in November 2015, the place has grown such… Continue reading

Matsuri – 30 years

by Abdon FLORES In Japanese the word matsuri means festival, it implies a convivial gathering among friends to celebrate either in the streets or around a table. The idea of this joy is… Continue reading

Valrhona

Valrhona is a French, premium chocolate brand existing since 1922. Located in Tain l´Hermitage (Rhône Valley), it searches and grows the rarest cacaos around the world. The firm specializes in exceptional cacaos and… Continue reading