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Back at Menmo in Hamburg last night.

Since I published my review a few weeks ago, the response has been remarkable. The restaurant has been fully booked, and I keep hearing from readers who went there after reading my article — apparently, there are guests almost every night who found their way to Menmo through my review.

Even after more than 20 years of independent restaurant writing, seeing readers and followers respond like this still means a great deal to me. I am incredibly happy for this young restaurant and for the recognition its cooking is receiving.

I also want to say thank you to everyone who reads my reviews, trusts my judgement, makes a reservation, and actually goes out to discover these places. Merci beaucoup!

Most importantly, Menmo continues to deserve the praise. Another excellent dinner last night. Less

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💥 New review on my blog:
🍽️ Plénitude ⭐⭐⭐
📍 Paris 🇫🇷
👆 Read the full review now — link in bio.

I don’t hand out superlatives easily.

After more than 20 years of independent restaurant writing and more than 210 visited three-Michelin-star restaurants, “great” has to mean something.

So here it is:
Plénitude in Paris is one of the greatest restaurants of our time.

Arnaud Donckele’s cooking is staggeringly complex, yet nothing feels complicated when you eat it. A garden of vegetables. A tomato tart worth traveling for. Sauces that seem to carry entire landscapes. A fish course I will remember for years. Dessert after dessert at the same extraordinary level.

Five hours later, I left Cheval Blanc after midnight with that increasingly rare feeling: complete satisfaction.

Full review is now online on my blog.

👉 All reviews independent & self-funded.
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Dover sole Provence style, with grilled vegetables and a vibrant, deeply flavored saffron sauce made with lobster stock and Ratafia de Champagne by Egly-Ouriet.

Recently at one-Michelin-starred Glorie in Hamburg, which is every bit as accomplished as the two-Michelin-starred 100/200 Kitchen that houses it.
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Back at @restaurant_klinker in Hamburg after a rather long absence — and quite a lot has changed. Dinner yesterday was very tasty, built around enjoyable bold flavors. The wine list, meanwhile, has improved so much that it was what lured me back in the first place. Just please don’t drink it dry before I return.

In the pictures:

- Chicken, peas, chanterelles, morels
- Beans, lovage, cherry
- Tomato, black garlic, shiso, tomatillo
- Fennel, vegetarian rouille, basil, pepper Less

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💥 New review on my blog:
🍽️ Kadeau ⭐⭐⭐
📍 Copenhagen 🇩🇰
👆 Read the full review now — link in bio.

Nearly six years after my last visit, I returned to Kadeau in Copenhagen — now newly awarded its third Michelin star — for a menu devoted to the restaurant’s Growing Season.

The cooking remains unmistakably its own: deeply rooted in Bornholm, quietly original and remarkably attentive to texture and temperature. Highlights included smoked squid with Annabelle potato, kombu and magnolia; barely chilled tomatoes with herbs and nasturtium; raw scallop with sweet onion, hazelnut and quince; and an extraordinary four-part study of langoustine with plum, saffron and flowers. Even the simplest compositions revealed an astonishing degree of thought and precision.

Not every course was equally convincing, and the price has become impossible to ignore. Yet this was still an overwhelmingly superb meal — full of originality, surprise and understated beauty — and one that already makes me want to return for Preservation Season.

All details in my new review. Link in bio.

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大蔵
千林
新鮮な鶏刺しを堪能できる私のホームグラウンド
トップは私の栄養ドリンク大好きな二大巨頭
こころと肝刺し鮮度抜群で臭みは一切なしで最高
焼鳥は量より質を体現した満足度の高い一本
旨みを閉じ込めた絶妙な火入れが亭主の腕の見せ所
揚出し豆腐は衣さくっ中からとろける豆腐が顔出し
ひと口ごとにほっとする優しい味で絶対の必食
大好きな細ポテトフライはお連れと血眼の争奪戦
塩加減は毎度不安定ながらも愛嬌、止まらない手
そして気付けばもう一皿オカワリが恒例行事
シゴオワの行きつけはここ食べたらHP全回復
店内は温かい空気に包まれた心の拠り所的存在
知ってるお顔もちらほら常連さん達が自然と集まる
思わずただいまと言いたくなる我が家みたいなお店
ぶっきらぼうに見えて実は優しいツンデレ大将が切り盛り
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大蔵 千林店
大阪府大阪市旭区森小路2-1-10
コーワビル 1F
📞06-6953-9993
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