Category Archive: Gastronomy

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 →

Margherita – trattoria

by Abdon FLORES Italian food is probably the most broadly expanded cuisine around the world, the secret to that success is simple: uncomplicated yet tasty dishes. And even if it would seem that… Continue reading →

La petite maison de nicole – Cannes

by Abdon FLORES La Petite Maison de Nicole Cannes has just celebrated its 6th anniversary. This concept has been a success since Nicole Rubi proposed it 25 years ago in Nice, where the… Continue reading →

The auction of La Tour d’Argent

by Abdon FLORES A particular auction took place on May the 10th in Paris: the famous restaurant La Tour d’Argent put up for sale 3000 objects comprising 100 pre-Revolution bottles, tableware, furniture, ornaments,… Continue reading →