The Balinese Ambrosia
The Olympian God licensed it, made it famous, with its savor, its magical powers and its exclusivity. The ambrosia is legendary, its recipe is not known, but I frankly tell you, as a papilla connoisseur, that the ...
Of all kinds, with all kinds, for everybody
I don’t know if Chinese cuisine has any mantra, but the one above mentioned would fit it to a T. It is the only place in the world where the jokes with "fried scorpions sandwiches" would not be ...
Higher and higher!
A thing I adored in the bars of Shanghai was that I was up, in high places, in most of them. And when I say height, I’m not joking -Flair Bar - on the 58th floor, Cloud 9 - on the 87th floor, Music Room - on the 92nd floor! I was ...
"Worthy of an emperor"
That’s what you hear when you meet them, when they welcome you, glowing with pride in Yi Long Court restaurant of Peninsula Hotel, one of the most exclusive restaurants in Shanghai. And they are ...
"Sense and Sensibility" in Salon de Ville
No, we haven’t arrived in Miss Austen’s Haye Park, we are still in Shanghai, in a place where tea is art, modus vivendi, poetry and history (nevertheless, the Chinese are the "forefathers" of the tea, the first people on earth who ...
Shopping raised to the power of...Búzios
Búzios, a day without the brilliant sunshine, a whole afternoon, all alone, riddle-me-this! Yes, shopping day! (I would have taken a day off, I confess, even if it had been sunny; anyway, I took it especially for strolling and shopping). I learned my lessons before...
