Luxirare

Thanksgiving is tomorrow but I’m thinking how nice it would be to just wing it and end up in a casual but tasty restaurant such as L’atelier de Robuchon…I already have the-smallest-I-could-find-turkey brining in my fridge so it’s too late for that..By no means is this place “mind-blowing” taste wise but the food is delicious [...]

The small restaurant/cafe/cocktail bar in front of the hotel I was staying in (Hotel Savoy) was my last stop before heading to Venice- it was here that I had post-Luisaviaroma-shopping-regrets…thoughts which were easily washed away after glasses of champagne- that is, until a random fly tried to get in on it. …and this is where [...]

Late night snacking with some amazing Mojito cocktails at the Park Hyatt Paris. Late night snacks here include an Osetra Caviar and Waffle combo, the waffle is made with potato flakes and flavored with parmesan cheese. Surrounding the waffle is a mixture of creme fraiche, egg whites, egg yolk, salmon eggs, parsley and capers. ….and [...]

There were two dishes I ate on repeat here in Venice. Black squid ink pasta and Clam Pasta. Squid ink pasta has a unique, mucky flavor- I can’t quite describe it in words but for some reason I had strong cravings for it in Venice. This place that I ate at below is …

You might wonder why I am posting like a crazy person…I am still trying to get through a huge load of posts from my trip, just realized that I went a little too crazy with my camera and now I haven’t even broken into 1/4 of the photos I took so I still have a [...]

Before I got to Florence & Bologna I had to leave Ischia and go to Naples again because the main train station is in Naples, but before I got on the Eurostar I was ravenous- all I did most mornings was drink espresso or coffee..My friend had suggested this place for lunch called “Il Pomodoro” [...]

I was eating at a restaurant in Napoli (haven’t posted about this yet but will) and I found a baby mussel, this made my day. This photo above also made my day. A baby pineapple?! This image is not my photo. Original image is from You&Eye blog. Check it out when you have a chance.

I was a little too curious about what the food looks like in an Italian Mcdonald’s. Thank god there was a Mcdonald’s conveniantly situated within the Santa Maria Novella Stazione. Before my eurostar commute to Bologna from Florence, I made sure to stop by and order something. I knew the fries would taste …

This is my last Ischia post, after this I headed to the mid-region of Italy which was work-related so this last day in Ischia was bittersweet. Sant Angelo is one of the most beautiful areas of Ischia, it is filled with small pathways that sit on tiny slopes next to the ocean. The best …

After walking around in the Aragonese Castle I was dying to eat some fresh seafood, all you can smell around here is the salty sea and I assumed that the seafood must be fresh….I also noticed in Ischia that you can’t really get bad food. All of the cooks here know that this island is [...]

I just mentioned in my Ischia post that I was going back and forth between Naples and Ischia, I kept going back to Brandi in Naples from Ischia just for pizza. The pizza at Brandi was mindblowingly good, there are actually many other famous pizza places in Naples that are all just as delicious, I [...]

While walking around in Galeria Umberto, I found this little pastry shop…Sfogliatella is a pastry that originated from Naples….I’ve had Sfogliatella before but I really wanted to try it here where it was created- Another common pastry I loved called “BABA” was also delicious…They served both pastries on two pieces of white paper, no plates. [...]

I’m trying to avoid the fancy restaurants here in Napoli- I want to try the local places and eat little snacks here and there instead of sitting down for a serious, pretentious meal. I found this place while I was walking called ‘Mandara’, its just a small cured meats/cheese shop but what I wanted was [...]

This bar is very unassuming, no transparent glass windows to peek inside a slick back lit bar interior..the signage on the restaurant says “gold flower restaurant”. I went while waiting for a movie (inception) because the normal show times were sold out, the cocktails were delicious. Front window of the bar is completely blocked out [...]

Last Saturday I had a strange post-hangover craving for Dim Sum, headed to Chinatown to my favorite restaurant (don’t know what it’s called because I just know where it is without really looking at the awning)…I rarely drink now so I get hungover and drunk very easily! The older I get the less I want [...]

I haven’t been here since college but I made a visit recently and it was packed. The same guy was working there too. Best place to get yeasty doughnuts. Lavender doughnuts caught my eye. Blueberry doughnuts. The flavor is only injected into the frosting, not the actual doughnut. The only thing I wish this place [...]

After months the doctor finally rolled another cast on my mom, but this cast allows her to walk! No wheeling around! I was nervous because at the last visit he put her in the first cast and told her to stay in bed. She’s got legs now…still limping a lot though. The defected …

Taking a little break here from usually having to post my own work, today I’m going to let out a sigh of relief and post some works of other people. I took a quick trip overseas for a couple days around my birthday this month (2 days, 1 day each in Paris & London) …

My favorite “entertainment” in Japan would definitely have to be food. Next to eating great sushi, YAKITORI restaurants would have to be 2nd favorite. This is one of my favorite yakitori places in Japan. They spread out all the food on basket woven dishes. Some of it is already skewered, and then …

How come Luxirare has never mentioned Sushi…ever? Is she crazy? Well here it is, 2 weeks ago I had one of the most spectac sushi meals in the history of dining at nearly every crap quality/ high quality sushi joint in Ny. This place has been around for 8 years but it …