Posted by mrspjuth on 30 May, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Me and my wife went to Barcelona last week. For her the first time, for me not the first but my last visit was 28 yrs ago. I loved the city then and a lot more now. Barcelona is complete! A great city with great beach. You get it all. City life, shopping, culture, food, … Continue reading →
Category Hotel visits, Restaurants, Travels · Tagged with Barcelona, cava, city, El Barrio Gotico, El Gran Café, food, Gaudi, hotel, Hotel W, La Sagrada Familia, Los Caracoles, Moma Beach Bar, restaurants, SAS, travel, wine
Posted by mrspjuth on 19 June, 2014 · Leave a Comment
After lovely weeks in California we headed for the east coast. The flight with United was really good in a brand new plane. Arrived late evening at JFK, picked up our rental car and drove to Hampton Bay to stay two nights with our friends Colette and Pam that owns The Inn Spot on the … Continue reading →
Category Food & wine, Restaurants, Travels · Tagged with burgers, central park, cocktails, eataly, food, Hampton Bay, Hilton Hotels, Manhattan, Montauk, musical, New York, NY, oysters, PJ Clarkes, Sag Harbor, sea bass, The boathouse, The Hamptons, The Inn Spot, United, wine
Posted by mrspjuth on 12 January, 2014 · Leave a Comment
I have read about the Islandic chef and restaurant owner Agnar Sverrisson who runs Texture, a Michelin starred restaurant in London, and finally I got to go. The food pictures on their web are really enjoyable and the design of the restaurant is scandinavian soft and calm. Got a table next to the half open … Continue reading →
Category Restaurants · Tagged with Agnar Sverrisson, Barolo, food, Guide Michelin, Islandic, London, Pinot Noir, restaurant, riesling, tasting menu, Texture, wine
Posted by mrspjuth on 1 January, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Happy New Year to all of you. I hope you had a happy new years celebration with tasty food and wine. 2013 has ended and we now have 2014 and a whole year in front of us. Lets make it a happy one. Here is my list Best of 2013. Enjoy! Best restaurant: 1. RN74, … Continue reading →
Category Food & wine, Restaurants, This and that · Tagged with 2013, Albert Mann, Alsace, Åre, best of, California, Fäviken, food, Fresno, Greg Brewer, Lompoc, Melville, Napa, Paso Robles, Pinot Noir, restaurants, riesling, RN74, San Francisco, Sebastopol, Sonoma, St RIta Hills, sweden, wine, Zazu
Posted by mrspjuth on 27 August, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Bodega Bay, cool name, is such a beautiful place north of San Francisco just on the coast. Driving there from Sebastopol was marvelous, the landscape with the rolling hills, vineyards and small villages. I had booked a room at The Inn at the Tides. I didn’t know then that this was the place where Alfred … Continue reading →
Category Hotel visits, Restaurants, Travels · Tagged with Alfred Hitchcock, Antica Terra, Bodega Bay, Burgundy, California, downtown, food, foodlover, Hilton, love food, love wine, Mina, Pinot Noir, Rajat Parr, restaurant, RN74, San Francisco, Sandpiper, SF, Sta Rita Hills, The Birds, The Inn at the Tides, USA, wine, winelover
Posted by mrspjuth on 20 August, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Tonight I had a great dinner with my daughter at Zazu kitchen + farm in Sebastopol, Sonoma. Two friends recommended Zazu and I booked our table some weeks ago. Lucky I did that. The restaurant was fully booked tonight. Zazu is run by Duskie Estes and John Stewart. Both were on sight this evening. Started … Continue reading →
Category Restaurants · Tagged with black pig meat co, California, dinner, duskie estes, farm, food, John Stewart, kitchen, Sebastopol, Sonoma, wine, Zazu
Posted by mrspjuth on 15 August, 2013 · Leave a Comment
After a long flight, total travel 18 hours, from Stockholm to San Diego that included a 5 hour wait at O’Hare we arrived. Greeted by the nice driver of the Dollar shuttle bus we picked up our rental and headed down town to the Doubletree by Hilton. Nice rooms but they need to do something … Continue reading →
Category Restaurants, Travels · Tagged with Americana restaurant, California, Del Mar, Doubletree by Hilton, food, Freds Mexican Café, Georges, Halibut, Influx, La Jolla, Napa, San Diego, Sauvignon Blanc, Searsucker, wine
Posted by mrspjuth on 24 June, 2013 · Leave a Comment
I have now almost spent one week in Stockholm. First couple of days working and then vacation. It is a great city and sometimes I really long to move back. I have walked a lot, gone underground, visited museums and tried out new and known restaurants. Fotografiska (photography museum), ABBA museum, Naval museum and the … Continue reading →
Posted by mrspjuth on 29 April, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Jacky and Marie-Thérèse Berthelmé, owners of Domaine Albert Mann in Wettolsheim, picked me up at Basel Airport. It was nice to see them again. Last time was when they visit Sweden in december last year. They had invited me to come and visit and to work in the vineyard and winery, a dream I have … Continue reading →
Category Food & wine, Restaurants, Travels · Tagged with Albert Mann, Alsace, basketball, carpe frite, côte-rotie, Champagne, Christine Ferber, Domaine Jamet, Egly-Ouriet, foie gras, Kaysersberg, Olivier Nasti, restaurant de la gare, riesling, Schlossberg
Posted by mrspjuth on 11 March, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Checkade in på Göteborgs nya hotell Clarion Hotel Post och kände mig genast välkommen, både av den trevliga personalen och atmosfären. Renoveringen och ombyggnationen av gamla postverkets lokaler är enormt välgjord. Jag gillar det och känner att hit kan man åka utan någon direkt anledning. Att detta blir Göteborgs nya mötesplats är en självklarhet. Gott … Continue reading →
Category Hotel visits, Restaurants, This and that, Travels · Tagged with André Roger, Barrique winebar, bräss, Champagne, chardonnay, Clarion, Dal forno Romano, Far Niente, Göteborg, Hotel Post, Magnus & Magnus, marulk, pinot gris, riesling, Stepp & Gaul, Valpolicella
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