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I guess it has to do with my Food & Beverage Management years, but as I now spend a great deal of my time teaching international students, I have a frequent need to go out of the classroom and bring students “on the floor” (Food and Beverage or Hotel operations, for my non hotelier readers!),…
It’s been a while since we left Moscow on our built to last slow train, its red Soviet era locomotive, on our way to our first stop : Irkutsk. 3 days and nights watching birch tree forests, reading, meeting people of all ages and origins, sharing food, making friends, hating snorers sometimes… a glimpse of…
25th of July, 2019, 2 suitcases, equipped with 6 wheels, and filled with a supply of delicious cheese! 4 feet fitted with comfortable sport shoes… the journey to Dalanzadgad, Mongolia can start, from Paris, 12th district. A 30 minute walk to Gare d’Austerlitz and we hop on the night train (the first of many!) to…
Last week, as I was at Riga Hotel School for a series of lectures on the topic of Conference and Banqueting, I had the opportunity to visit Easy Wine in old town Riga. Whilst the idea of wine by the glass is not new, this restaurant, bar and store offers a relatively extensive choice of wines from…
In a world of new and cool F&B concepts emerging every day, it is sometimes comforting to go back to basics! I recently took some visitors to dinner at BOFINGER Brasserie, in the 20th district of Paris, near Bastille square : classical example of an early 20th Century Parisian Brasserie, with professional, kind service. On the…
I recently read that many Parisians were emigrating out of town, due to the harshness of modern city life… and the rising real estate prices too! Although I can understand their motivations, I still think nothing can replace the Moveable Feast Paris is and has been, and hopefully will continue to be, even under the…
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Although Paris has around 15’000 restaurants, in my opinion few places offer such a combination of great quality food, an impressive wine selection, and to top it up all, genuinely friendly “feel at home” service. Located a few steps away from Gare Montparnasse, le Petit Sommelier does! Welcome, greeting, first impression : 10/10 . On…
My last post, Sustainable hospitality in France – Eco labels, listed the main ecolabels used in French hotels. During my research on sustainable practices in the French hotel industry, one example caught my attention : the opening of Refettorio, https://refettorioparis.com/index.html , in Paris last March. I had a closer look at this initiative which is a great blend…
