2015-06-02
Vienna
ASIAN
DO&CO Restaurant
This modern restaurant in the luxury boutique hotel DO&CO features top-floor dining with Viennese classics, Asian creations and fresh seafood. Whether you visit DO&CO for coffee, lunch or an elegant dinner, you will enjoy it all with its stunning view of St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Graben and Kärntner Strasse, the most famous shopping streets in the city. For fine food lovers, DO&CO is a must visit. It’s a small restaurant, so reservations are highly recommended.
Tags: Sashimi, Sushi, Fish
 
2015-06-02
Vienna
AUSTRIAN
Osterreicher at MAK
This hidden gem is part of the MAK Museum, a decorative arts museum in Vienna, and is highly recommended for a visit during summer because of the beautiful garden and setting in the heart of the city. The dishes, which use strictly seasonal, high-quality ingredients, taste as good as they look. The contemporary and classical Austrian cuisine includes such entrées as roasted rack of lamb with deep-fried sweetbread, smoked ricotta cheese, wild garlic and parsley. If you visit the MAK Museum in Vienna and need refreshment, you know where to find it.
Tags: Lamb, Cheese, Roasted
 
2015-06-02
Vienna
EUROPEAN
Julius Meinl am Graben
Julius Meinl am Graben opened as a caterer to the Habsburgs in 1862 and remains Vienna’s most posh grocery store, with such top-quality gourmet ingredients as caviar from the Caspian Sea and white truffles for your risotto. The elegant restaurant on the floors above boasts window tables with an amazing view of Graben, the main shopping street in Vienna. Considered a premier culinary destination for Austrian cuisine in Vienna, you might spend a bit more than usual, but it is worth every penny. If you don’t want to have a meal, buy yourself a tasty souvenir.
Tags: Truffle, Caviar, Risotto
 
2015-06-02
Melbourne
BEEF
IDES at Persillade
Peter Gunn's (sous chef from famous Attica) IDES perennial pop up at Persillade in East Melbourne has become a Melbourne sensation with a theme of "chaos producing harmony." Gunn serves a menu that messes with your mind and perceptions. The melt-in-your-mouth texture of the slow cooked Cape Grim rib cut made us re-examine how beef can be cooked. The salty, roasted celery was soft and comforting. We wanted this dish to never end (and that's not just excitable blogger hyperbole). This signature dish Beef Short Rib won Gunn the title of S. Pellegrino Young Chef of the Year 2015 at Crown for Asia Pacific.
Tags: Ribs, Celery, Salted
 
2015-06-02
Melbourne
BEEF
IDES at Persillade
It takes months to get a seat at chef Peter Gunn's pop-up at Persillade, but the wait is worth the 24-hour slow cooked Beef Short Rib with roast celery vinaigrette.
Tags: Ribs
 
2015-06-01
Bristol
CHICKEN
Surakhan
It's easy to see why the Yangnyeom Chicken at Surakhan - Bristol's first Korean restaurant - has become one of the venue's signature dishes. Available in two varieties - sweet chilli or garlic and pepper - we prefer the former: deep fried wings with an amazing crunchy, spicy and sweet coating that cracks open to reveal the most perfectly cooked chicken. Seriously good.
Tags: Korean, Chicken, Wings
 
2015-06-01
Bristol
BRUNCH
Souk Kitchen
The full English breakfast remains popular, but Souk Kitchen is wowing diners with its Middle Eastern breakfast options. Visit the restaurant - either at its original home on North Street or the newer premises in Clifton - for breakfast or brunch , and try the shakshuka. This dish believed to be of Tunisian origin stars poached eggs in a blend of tomatoes, peppers, onions and spices, served with a homemade flatbread.
Tags: Breakfast, Brunch, Egg
 
2015-06-01
Bristol
BREAKFAST
Rosemarino
Tommy's One Pan Wonder is, without a doubt, one of the finest breakfasts Bristol has to offer. Italian restaurant Rosemarino has won local awards for its breakfasts several years running, and this is its signature dish. Bacon, onions, mushrooms and potatoes are all fried together in a single pan, before two eggs are cracked on top and cooked before being smothered in melted cheese. It's the perfect start to the day.
Tags: Breakfast, Egg, Bacon
 
2015-05-31
Bristol
LUNCH
The Apple
The Apple is a Bristol institution. This well-known cider pub is on a boat moored by the river, and serves about 40 varieties of cider and perry - the region's best-loved drink. Pair a drink with one of their amazing Ploughman's lunches. Traditionally, a Ploughman's consists of cheese, pickle and bread: but try their Frenchman's Ploughman's: brie, duck and peppercorn pâté, onion marmalade, fig relish, bread, biscuits, salad and a pickled onion. The portions are generous for the price.
Tags: Cheese, Paté, Bread
 
2015-05-31
Bristol
SWEET
Guilbert's Chocolates
Bristol has an illustrious chocolate-making history, with Fry's, Elizabeth Shaw and Cadbury all linked with the city. The city's oldest surviving chocolate maker is Guilbert's on Small Street, which opened its first Bristol shop in 1910. Using recipes handed down through the generations, they still make their chocolates by hand, using great quality ingredients and no preservatives.
Tags: Chocolate, Handmade