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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Restaurante Enrico Bartolini Milano at Enrico Bartolini al Mudec
Petit fours
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A stellar ⭐️⭐️⭐️ meal in Milan back in July at @chef_enricobartolini Enrico Bartolini. Highly recommended.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
OAD - 82
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Petit fours
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A stellar ⭐️⭐️⭐️ meal in Milan back in July at @chef_enricobartolini Enrico Bartolini. Highly recommended.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
OAD - 82
W50B -
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Ristorante Mudec Di Enrico Bartolini at Enrico Bartolini al Mudec
Rhubarb & raspberry
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A stellar ⭐️⭐️⭐️ meal in Milan back in July at @chef_enricobartolini Enrico Bartolini. Highly recommended.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
OAD - 82
W50B -
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Rhubarb & raspberry
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A stellar ⭐️⭐️⭐️ meal in Milan back in July at @chef_enricobartolini Enrico Bartolini. Highly recommended.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
OAD - 82
W50B -
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Dina - Alberto Gipponi at Dina
Millefeuille
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Milk & Hay
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Petit fours
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A second visit to @dina_ristorante in Gussago almost a year to the day since my first. Chef @albertogipponi is an eccentric character and that shows in his cooking (in a good way). The food certainly splits opinions, Quail in a dessert, mussels in your petit fours etc. Personally I think... More
Millefeuille
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Milk & Hay
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Petit fours
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A second visit to @dina_ristorante in Gussago almost a year to the day since my first. Chef @albertogipponi is an eccentric character and that shows in his cooking (in a good way). The food certainly splits opinions, Quail in a dessert, mussels in your petit fours etc. Personally I think it's fantastic and a privilege to be cooked for by a chef who wears his heart so openly on his sleeve. He generously presented me
with a dish that was a work in progress, never before served to a paying customer but he honestly wanted my opinion. The dish was a boiled piece of chateaubriand with a frozen béarnaise & aubergine. It was not a completed dish but an idea of a dish. When asked for my thoughts I told him that they really wouldn't help him. I explained to him that the dish, even half completed, had triggered a feeling of nostalgia for me and therefore an emotional response. Food geeks among you will know that this is a rare treat when a dish surpasses being just delicious but also gives you that warm cuddle of triggering a memory that is sacred just to you. This dish, I explained, has given me that feeling. As a cook for 30 years now, I have enjoyed on countless occasions in various kitchens over the years slicing a piece of leftover cold steak or perhaps from a Sunday roast joint and dragging it through some hollandaise left over from breakfast service or maybe a béarnaise from lunch. All stone cold, all delicious. You see that's what we eat in the kitchen. A corner of sourdough with some butter and sea salt, possibly with a scrap of ham pressed on if we are feeling particularly avant garde during a lull in service. And this dish brought memories of that flooding back. So therefore I loved it.....but probably no one else will. Anyway, like I said, that was absolutely no help to him and with the language barrier he probably didn't understand what I was trying to put across.
I think he understood that I liked it. Go eat at Dina! But go with an open mind.
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Materia ristorante at Materia
Marrow & saffron
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Another visit to ⭐️ @materia_ristorante in Cernobbio just a stones throw from Lake Como. I visited in 2020 and really enjoyed the meal, and with such a young and ambitious chef I was keen to check in post lockdown (June 21) . @davidecaranchini was unable to open outdoors when restrictions were slightly relaxed... More
Marrow & saffron
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Another visit to ⭐️ @materia_ristorante in Cernobbio just a stones throw from Lake Como. I visited in 2020 and really enjoyed the meal, and with such a young and ambitious chef I was keen to check in post lockdown (June 21) . @davidecaranchini was unable to open outdoors when restrictions were slightly relaxed so I think he had only been open for maybe a week or two when we visited in June. Some new dishes and some dishes I recognised from last time, or at least the theme of the dish with the preparation having been tinkered with during lockdown. Overall another great meal in a restaurant that I would urge you to check out if you are in the area. It's less than an hour from Milan and easy on the train. Randomly, the last video in this post was of the room I booked for the night of the meal. What are the chances of booking a hotel room that used to be the location of the restaurant that you happen to be visiting that evening!? It's true, that suite and terrace used to be the old Materia. Me and my dining companion were saying throughout the meal how amazing it would have been to eat it on that terrace instead of down the hill. I don't know why they moved locations, I'm sure they had good reason to but it's a shame.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️
OAD - 84
W50B - ‘Discovery’
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Da ö Battj at Ristorante Da Ö Batti Portofino - Ristorante Da Ö Batti
A little trip to Portofino back in July to research the secret recipe for the langoustines at my new boss's favourite spot. And to "research" some bellinis also 🙄
It really is a secret recipe and they refused to give any clues as to how exactly they prepare them. We even resorted to (jokingly) feigning a dairy intolerance to check if they use butter... More
A little trip to Portofino back in July to research the secret recipe for the langoustines at my new boss's favourite spot. And to "research" some bellinis also 🙄
It really is a secret recipe and they refused to give any clues as to how exactly they prepare them. We even resorted to (jokingly) feigning a dairy intolerance to check if they use butter but the straight faced answer came back "maybe”. To be fair they were incredible and we ordered the
same dish across the square at Delfino to
compare. Definitely something makes them tastier at Da U Batti.
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Da Terra at Town Hall Hotel at Da Terra
Strawberry
Gariguette / Sheep's Yogurt / 40 Year Old Balsamic
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Another visit to @daterrarestaurant back in June. It just keeps getting better and better. Well deserved of it's two Michelin stars. I've had many lesser three star experiences.
@rafacagali is really going from strength to strength. Highly recommended.
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Strawberry
Gariguette / Sheep's Yogurt / 40 Year Old Balsamic
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Another visit to @daterrarestaurant back in June. It just keeps getting better and better. Well deserved of it's two Michelin stars. I've had many lesser three star experiences.
@rafacagali is really going from strength to strength. Highly recommended.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️
OAD - 120
W50B -
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Frog by Adam Handling at Frog by Adam Handling
Cocoa nib, yuzu, dandelion root
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Lunch back in June at @frogbyah Frog by Adam Handling, which I personally feel has been long overlooked by the all knowing Guide Michelin. I've been to plenty of one star restaurants that don't come close to this level of cooking. Anywhere that serves their bread with butter, crisp chicken skin,
liver parfait... More
Cocoa nib, yuzu, dandelion root
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Lunch back in June at @frogbyah Frog by Adam Handling, which I personally feel has been long overlooked by the all knowing Guide Michelin. I've been to plenty of one star restaurants that don't come close to this level of cooking. Anywhere that serves their bread with butter, crisp chicken skin,
liver parfait AND chicken gravy automatically gets my vote.
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Casamia at the General at Casa
Strawberry S'more
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Diplomático/Raisin
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Choccie Biscuit
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Rhubarb
feat. Goatz Curd
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Dinner back in June at @casamiabristol . Plenty to love about this restaurant with the talented chef @zakhitchman bringing the fire and fun from Ynyshir to Bristol. There is the unmistakable DNA of Gareth Ward’s Welsh masterpiece Ynyshir here... More
Strawberry S'more
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Diplomático/Raisin
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Choccie Biscuit
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Rhubarb
feat. Goatz Curd
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Dinner back in June at @casamiabristol . Plenty to love about this restaurant with the talented chef @zakhitchman bringing the fire and fun from Ynyshir to Bristol. There is the unmistakable DNA of Gareth Ward’s Welsh masterpiece Ynyshir here with his mantra of ‘fun dine not fine dine’ very much writ large. However, Zak’s own identity shines through in this 26 course rollercoaster of flavour, fire and fun. Well worth seeking out.
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Maos at Mãos
Kaiyo whisky sunken honey cake and blackberries
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Apricot seed milk ice cream with sakura and green plum vinegar
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Petit sān
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Another fantastic evening at @maos.bms Maos back in May when restaurants were finally allowed to open their doors to indoor dining. I love this place. On my last visit in May 2020 the food was great as it always... More
Kaiyo whisky sunken honey cake and blackberries
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Apricot seed milk ice cream with sakura and green plum vinegar
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Petit sān
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Another fantastic evening at @maos.bms Maos back in May when restaurants were finally allowed to open their doors to indoor dining. I love this place. On my last visit in May 2020 the food was great as it always is, but of course the ambiance suffered due to the loss of the original communal dining table and the lack of freedom to wander around during the meal and chat to @edoardopellicano Edoardo and
the team or even eat courses in the kitchen. This time you couldn't keep me out of the kitchen and they have configured the dining room to still feel like a communal dining experience even though different groups are of course sat at different tables. It was a much more relaxed and enjoyable evening. Can't wait to go back.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️
OAD - 90
W50B - ‘Discovery’
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- Neil A. Chef added a new meal Dinner at Contraste Milano at Contraste
Roses cake with vanilla icecream
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Cream, strawberry & chilli
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Lunch in July at @contrastemilano_ . A terrific experience with a long tasting menu of playful and ingenious dishes, accompanied by warm, friendly service. I got to be a guinea pig again as they presented me with a dish that is a work in progress. The concept was rather than... More
Roses cake with vanilla icecream
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Cream, strawberry & chilli
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Lunch in July at @contrastemilano_ . A terrific experience with a long tasting menu of playful and ingenious dishes, accompanied by warm, friendly service. I got to be a guinea pig again as they presented me with a dish that is a work in progress. The concept was rather than ageing a single ingredient, to age an entire dish. A kind of pasta was made from the starch of the pasta water and together with a tomato oil it is aged in bee's wax then opened up table side and finished with caviar. Certainly a work in progress but I always feel very grateful when a restaurant
sends out a dish like this. Definitely a restaurant I'll be heading back to as soon as I can.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️
OAD - 112
W50B - ‘Discovery’
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