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Interview with Dutch chef Jim de Jong
“When I was 21 I came back to Holland and I opened my first restaurant,” says chef Jim de Jong as we chat in the arched dining room of Restaurant de Jong in Rotterdam.
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Mussels in Brussels at Restaurant Chez Léon
Britain has its fish and chips, Germany has Currywurst mit Pommes while in Belgium the ‘must-try’ national dish is surely mussels with fries. To do that I headed to Chez Léon in the heart of Brussels.
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Oyster Sunday in Ghent, Belgium
Some might consider a brunch featuring a dozen oysters as decadent. But this is the third Sunday in October and I’m in the Belgian city of Ghent.
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Things to do in Belgrade, Serbia
What is there for foreign visitors to see and do in Belgrade? That’s a question I initially asked about a year ago, ahead of my first visit to the Serbian capital.
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Brasserie Midi restaurant in Groningen
“We keep the price low because we cut out the middle man. We go direct to the producer,” explains the 30-year-old restaurateur, who has formed close working relationships with farmers and fisherman...
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Best restaurants in Tenerife for Canarian cuisine
If you’ve ever visited Tenerife, you’ll know one of the island’s staple foods is papas arrugadas – boiled potatoes served in their wrinkled, salt-crusted skins. The potatoes are often served with a...
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Dining at Riley’s Fish Shack in Tynemouth
It’s a place that has managed to generate a buzz. “What? You’ve never eaten there?” was invariably the response if I admitted I hadn’t dined at Riley’s Fish Shack. I could tell that people were looking...
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Swiss cuisine made with foraged herbs
Joël Quentin is the head chef at the Peppino restaurant in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, and a busy man when we meet midway through an evening during which I’m tasting his Alpine Garden menu. The...
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La Soupe Populaire restaurant in Berlin, Germany
La Soupe Populaire is a fashionable restaurant with a hip, post-industrial vibe and menus by Michelin-strarred chef Tim Raue. Michael Jaeger and his team work in the kitchen, preparing traditional...
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Culture and food in Salzburg, Austria
Anyone who hasn’t yet been to Salzburg might be forgiven for associating the Austrian city with just two things; Mozart and The Sound of Music. The post Culture and food in Salzburg, Austria first...
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