Art Galleries, Restaurants and Bars Recommendations: London, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo and Barcelona
Our Head of Clients, Ashish Vasudeva has a hidden passion. Enjoying the good things in life. And when several clients started asking for recommendations, he created this short guide with a list of favourite Art Galleries, Restaurants and Bars, in cities such as London, Paris and Barcelona London Restaurants: 1. Fine / elaborate dining Ikoyi ...
Our Head of Clients, Ashish Vasudeva has a hidden passion. Enjoying the good things in life. And when several clients started asking for recommendations, he created this short guide with a list of favourite Art Galleries, Restaurants and Bars, in cities such as London, Paris and Barcelona
Restaurants:
1. Fine / elaborate dining
Ikoyi (St James’)
The Ritz(Green Park)
Core by Clare Smyth (Notting Hill)
Bibendum(South Kensington)
Le Comptoir Robuchon
2. Italian
River Café (Hammersmith)
Chucs (Mayfair)
Zafferano (Knightsbridge)
3. Chinese
Imperial Treasure (St James’)
Hakkasan (Mayfair)
Hutong (London Bridge)
3. Indian
Amaya (Knightsbridge)
Jamavar (Mayfair)
4. Brasserie/others
Bao (Soho)
Kiln (Soho)
Arts:
Please see below for a list of private galleries in London that I usually visit whenever they have an exhibition on. These galleries usually put on compelling exhibitions of modern and contemporary artists.
Restaurants:
1. 3* Dining
L'Ambroisie
Pierre Gagnaire
L’Arpege
2. Other dining
Carré des Feuillants
JIn
Café / scene:
Café de Flore
Ralphs
Pierre Herme
Hotel bars
Le Bristol Terrace
Bar at George V
Hotel Costes
Vendome bar and Hemmingway bar at the Ritz
Clubs
Castel
Silencio
BC
Art
(Beyond the obvious - Louvre, Pompidou, d’Orsay etc.)
Picasso Museum
I'Orangerie
Rodin museum
Jacquemart-André
Restaurants:
Le Calandre
Antiche Carampane
Da Ivo
Bars:
Bar Terrazza Danieli
Bar Longhi
Belmond Hotel Cipriani
B Bar at the Bauer Hotel
Art:
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Peggy Guggenheim
Sights
(beyond the obvious such as Grand Canal, St Mark’s Square etc.)
Il Frari
Restaurants:
Elaborate
Enigma / Tickets
Disfrutar
ABAC
Tapas
Paco Meralgo
Bars:
Mandarin Oriental hotel bars
Dry Martini
Art:
Miro Foundation
Picasso Museum
Restaurants:
1. Sushi
Sushi Saito
Sawada
Hashiguchi
2. Tempura
Kondo
Nanachome Kyoboshi
3. Kaiseki
RyuGin
Ishikawa
4. Pizza
The Japanese ethos of striving for perfection also applies to their pizza restaurants 🙂 Two pizza restaurants that are as good as I have tried anywhere are Pizza Studio Tamaki and Pizza on the 38th (in the Mandarin Oriental)
5. French
Tokyo is such a cultivated city ... one can enjoy great French fare there. I have tried the 3* L'Osier ... a stylish and dramatic room in the Shiseido building. They serve modern French (quite elaborate compositions) and I thought the meal I had was at the 3* level.
Bars
Star Bar Ginza and Bar High Five
Hotel Bars
Restaurants:
La Serre
Social by Heinz Beck
Restaurants:
Please see below for a number of restaurants in the North of Spain that I have heard goodthings about, from opinion I trust - these are all restaurants focused on high qualityingredients, simply (but perfectly) cooked / served.- Elkano - for turbot (restauranteelkano.com)- D'Berto - for seafood (https://www.dberto.com/es/mariscos-pescados.aspx)- Casa Julián - for steak (https://casajulianmg.com/)- Etxebarri - for master grilling (https://www.asadoretxebarri.com/)
With regards to avant-garde / modern cooking, I have been to a few - a number of yearsback I really enjoyed a meal at 3* Azurmendi (https://azurmendi.restaurant/en/). Of coursewith such cooking and the number of dishes, the meal was a little 'uneven', but I thought thebest dishes were truly great.
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