Category: Jonathan

I was at a conference in Philadelphia this week, staying at the rather nice Loews hotel on Market Street. The meals were all fairly informal buffet style affairs rather than sit-down haute cuisine, so little of note to report on. The most exciting buffet however included a table with all the ingredients for a cheese steak laid...

The last time I ate steak in a restaurant I opted for rib-eye, and spent much of my time cutting off fat and gristle. This time though, in the bar of the Hilton hotel in Bremen, I ordered fillet steak and crossed my fingers. I was determined not be disappointed a second...

After a fairly busy week, I needed an easy Friday dinner. It doesn’t come much easier than a ready-prepared pork kebab, and I suppose it’s fairly healthy too. Into the frying pan it went for about ten minutes until the pork, peppers and onion were cooked. I drizzled a bit...

Taipei has so many restaurants across the main Asian cuisines that it’s hard to know which to choose. At the top of Sogo, one of the main department stores, is a selection of mainly Japanese restaurants. Like the store, they are open until 10pm each day and very well patronised as the food is...

Shanghai Court is one of the restaurants in the Grand Hyatt hotel, and as the name implies serves Shanghainese cuisine. My girlfriend had a couple of vouchers from work giving us a free dinner for two, which made it all the better! We each had the lobster set menu, which consisted...

I am in a city called Hsinchu, an hour drive south of Taipei, staying with my girlfriend and her family. Chinese New Year is known for being a time for eating with relatives and friends, and each evening this week there has been a large selection of different home-cooked dishes to enjoy. The...

My final trip with work before a nice holiday was to Zurich. I had a gap for lunch, but no time to hunt round for places to eat. I was walking down the Bahnhofstr., one of the most expensive streets in the world for real estate apparently, and came across the Manor...

The next stop on my fairly busy week was Prague, staying in the Radisson Alcron hotel just off Wenceslas Square. Again I opted for dinner in the hotel bar as it was quiet and the menu seemed good, if a bit expensive. I rarely order steak in restaurants, preferring to choose the...

I was staying in the Hamburg Marriott again with work, and after a long sauna checked out the bar for dinner. Over a cool Bitburger pils I ruled out burger and chips as it lacked excitement and would likely be too filling. There was a selection of tapas, but most...

I was in Warsaw with work, staying at the rather nice Meridien Bristol hotel in the old town. I decided to eat dinner in the hotel bar, and perused the rather expensive menu over a Polish beer. The meal was on expenses, but I thought it best not to go for...