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I ate five times at The Rose Venice over my two week stay in Los Angeles. That should be indicative of the quality of the food there (and of how slightly food obsessed I can be!). Lunch, dinner and brunch… I basically sampled a bit of everything on the menu and sat in each of the restaurant’s areas. Southern California cuisine with Latin, Asian and Mediterranean influence The number one reason I kept returning was the Di Stefano burrata, covered with summer truffle and avocado blossom honey and served with lettuce and garlic bread. The association of truffle and honey
Fia. Oh Fia. These three letters could stand for “food is amazing” but, as it is, it’s short for Fiacre, the Latin god of gardens. An apt name for the restaurant Fia in Santa Monica, which, as it describes itself, is truly a “garden oasis”. A small alleyway leads from busy Wilshire Boulevard straight to the outdoor patio of Fia. And what a sight to behold, especially at night. On the multi-tiered patio, wooden tables and chairs stand under trees, softly lit by string lights. On the bottom level, the bar stands tall and proud on soft sand-coloured gravel. Above
Take me back to California! More specifically to Venice Beach and Santa Monica. It’s been four weeks since I’ve returned from an amazing holiday there and, boy, do I want to return. It was chilled, laid-back, creative, artsy, inspiring ; everything I was looking for. I’m telling you: there is a plane ticket to LA with my name on it for next year. But, in the mean time, let’s get to the cocktails in Santa Monica and Venice Beach now. The discouraging distances in Los Angeles Everybody’s been asking me how the cocktail bars were in Los Angeles. I’ll be
Bottle Lausanne is the first Bottle Brothers establishment in Lausanne after Petit Bottle and Grand Bottle in Geneva and a winter pop-up in Verbier. Opened in June, it is ideally located a three minute walk away from Flon, Lausanne’s nightlife hub. As with the other Bottle locations, the decor is modern industrial. The bar/restaurant boasts a nice terrace away from traffic to enjoy the last days of summer. There is an open view over the kitchen. The cocktail menu Bottle Lausanne’s menu lists twelve alcoholic cocktails and three mocktails. Among them are several Bottle Brothers classics. The Bollywood is a mix
When you reach Henri-Blanvalet street in the Eaux-Vives district, the sound of laughter and conversations will lead you straight to the two addresses of Bottle Brothers in Geneva, Petit Bottle and its younger brother, the Grand Bottle. All year round the trendy, cosmopolitan guests mingle on the terraces of the two establishments in a happy brouhaha. While adjacent and united by the same philosophy, each bar has its own “personality”. Petit Bottle: the original Bottle Brothers Opened in 2012, the original Bottle Brothers was meant to be a wine bar. It became a cocktail bar instead. Rather small and narrow,
Yesterday I visited Geneva‘s brand new speakeasy bar : Le Jardin du Kraken (The Kraken’s Garden in English). As its name indicates, it is attached to Le Kraken, a bar on the Ecole-de-Médecine street, the hub of student nights out in Geneva. Accessing the speakeasy There are two ways to access Le Jardin du Kraken. During the week, you’ll get to the hidden bar through one of the main bar’s cupboards. On weekend nights…you’ll have to find for yourself! After all, the search is one of the enjoyable aspects of a speakeasy! Le Jardin du Kraken bar Once you’re inside,
Last November, Yoann Lazareth, Assistant Bar Manager under Anthony Boschat at the Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne, welcomed me at the BAR for a tasting of their Autumn-Winter 2016 cocktail menu. While enjoying their impressive drinks, I seized the opportunity to learn a little about the creation process of a palace cocktail menu. The democratization of the palace universe When one thinks of palace hotels, what comes to mind is luxury and elegance. While the quality of hospitality remains high and, let’s be frank, the room prices unattainable for most people, part of the services have become more affordable; a change
Sometimes you have fun in the most unexpected places, at the most unexpected time. Three weeks ago, on a Friday night, a friend and I wanted to unwind after a particularly tough week in the office. We decided to go for a drink right after work. After hitting two very quiet spots – we started at 8 pm on a Friday after all, at a time people usually go for dinner – we decided to innovate and go somewhere we’d never been before: Café Voisins. Café Voisins Café Voisins is located on the rue des Voisins, at the corner with
Le 4e Mur, Montreal’s first speakeasy bar of the 21st century (I guess there would have been some in the early 20th century) celebrated its first anniversary last July. Its opening in 2015 was announced Hollywood style with a mysterious black and white teaser introducing the five founders’ alter egos – Dr EDD, Dirty Diana, Miroslav, le Corse (the Corsican) and Père Denis (Father Denis) – as the prime suspects in a criminal investigation led by a private detective. A second video was released in honor of the bar’s one year anniversary. Having met Dr EDD, aka Eddy, on a
A fairly recent addition to Geneva’s cocktail scene, Bistrot 23 is not only a bar but a restaurant as well. It is located 3 min walk away from the Boulevard Georges-Favon, a street packed with quite a few bars, on the off street Rue de la Coulouvrenière. In the summer, you can enjoy its two terraces, yes two, one of which gives on the Rhone river. The bar You enter Bistrot 23 through the bar. The station stands right across the entrance and looks really classy with its metallic counter top. Art deco lamps hang from the ceiling and cast
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