And Traveling the World
Last month I spent a night in the largest hotel suite I’ve ever seen. My three-bedroom accommodation at the Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites was so spacious I wanted to move in. Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option. But I did get invited back to experience the hotel’s Michelin-starred Quilon restaurant in London.
Today I want to bring you my travel itinerary for 3 days in Johannesburg. The largest city in South Africa, Johannesburg is worth a visit for its vibrant cultural offerings, great food, fun shopping, and more.
The other day I met a friend for lunch in St John’s Wood, a residential London neighborhood that’s known to expats as the home of the American School in London. As close as the area is to my beloved Hampstead, it’s rare that I make it there. But every time I do, I remember how much I like it.
Molecular gastronomy, the art of playing with people’s palates by creating new ways of presenting familiar flavors, has taken the culinary world by storm. I’ve eaten at my share of dining establishments dedicated to the chemistry of cuisine, including dinner at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck in England and a meal at the three-Michelin-starred Akelarre in San Sebastian, Spain. But I’ve never gone to a dinner party where molecular gastronomy was involved. Not until this week, that is.
