MUNICH, Germany – The capital of Bavaria is known for its beer festival, Oktoberfest. Every year people drink hundreds of litres of good beer, eat kilometres of sausage and scarf down thousands of roast chickens. But does Munich, during the rest of the year, resemble the city that we see in the news each year?…
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Foodie travellers — the brand new fashionable term for gourmands who like to spend time on the road — like to stop and eat pretty much everywhere in Western Europe. Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Copenhagen, so many great destinations for foodies. But for the countries of Central Europe — especially the ones that were…
ZURICH, Switzerland – Obviously, 24 hours in Zurich is not nearly enough. On the plus side, it’s possible to make brief visits to most highlights of this small town in a very short time. I hope you slept well last night, because you are in for a long day! In this series, Cédric Lizotte visits…
MARSEILLE, France – Marseille, France’s second most populous city, is too frequently overlooked or avoided by tourists who have been turned off by news reports portraying it as the French capital of crime. Someone should have told me that before I showed up there! All my things were stolen at the Saint-Charles train station. Passport,…
MUNICH, Germany – The majority of the grandiose, neo-baroque architecture of the city of Munich obviously did not survive the Second World War. Almost everything was destroyed. Only a few facades remain. One of them is called Fünf Höfe, a shopping complex which houses Munich restaurants, including restaurant Pageou. I had the chance to visit it…
MUNICH, Germany – Chef Patrick Geay does virtually everything by himself. Le Cezanne is a French restaurant in Munich that’s not like the others. In this series of articles, Cédric Lizotte visits some of the best restaurants in Europe. From France to Switzerland via the Czech Republic, here are the best places to sample the delights…
MUNICH, Germany – Dallmayr is an institution. It is one of Germany’s first luxury grocers (called delicatessen in this part of the world), dating back to the year 1700. It’s located on Dienerstraße in the historic part of Munich, and it’s a foodie wonderland. It’s simply one of the most beautiful places on the planet…
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Brussels and beer will always be associated. Case in point: these wonderful Coors Light ads featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme, aka the Muscles from Brussels. In the Belgian capital, high and low, value and overpriced, famously traditional and cheap knockoff, can be found in the same street. Brussels can be a wonderful foodie centre.…
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The Belgian capital can be strenuous. Whether visitors come for business, tourism, beer, partying or because of politics, a good hotel in Brussels is priceless. Well, actually, that’s not exactly true: it does have a price. Hotel le Châtelain, a stone’s throw from Avenue Louise, is a five-star hotel. And that has…
Looking for a Starred Restaurant, Brussels? Bistro Margaux is probably the best restaurant of all of Belgium! My meal in photos, right here.
