Dining

Strawberries, the quintessential summer treat. While these juicy ripe flavour bombs are delicious enjoyed fresh from the fields, sometimes you just end up with too many to handle and are left with pondering what to make with strawberries. So, if you end up with a glut when the season draws to …

A Taste of Shanghai This week at Fine Dining Lovers we kicked things off with a foodie tour of Shanghai. Our fantastic tour guide was chef Tony Lu, who runs Yong Yi Ting and Fu He Hui restaurants. He shared his tips for exploring the best food the city has …

The Milan Design Week, an appointment design enthusiast can’t miss, has been as interesting as ever this year, the 57th edition since its debut. Like every year since 1998, the SaloneSatellite – a collateral event focusing on talented young designers under 35 – has accompanied the official exhibition. Its main …

Spring encourages a new lease of life when it comes to fresh shoots and leaves, but perhaps there are still some freshly sprung greens which you haven’t yet tried  – dandelion greens. These peppery leaves can be easily overlooked as the leafy weeds that grow between the cracks in paving in your …

Iberico ham, or Jamón Ibérico, the meat from specially reared, acorn-fed pigs, is a great Spanish delicacy, and the way the meat – which has deliciously rich and nutty qualities – is sliced can really enhance the texture, flavour and aroma. That’s why Cortadoras, the ‘ham slicers,’ can be paid …

Ferran Adrià will finally open his long awaited food lab, elBulli 1846, on the site of the famous elBulli restaurant in Roses, Spain sometime between July and October 2019. The project, named after the number of recipes Adrià estimates were created at the restaurant, had been stalled by enviromental concerns, given …

Noma Alumni This week at Fine Dining Lovers we kicked things off with an interesting tour of Copenhagen. We ventured to different dining spots operated by chefs who previously worked at the city’s award-winning restaurant Noma. These Noma alumni are everywhere opening exciting new eateries inspired by the cuisine of …

For the mango smoothie Combine the mango, coconut milk, yogurt, lime juice, and agave nectar to a blender. Blend on high until smooth. Add the crushed ice and blend again for a further minute until smooth. To serve Divide the smoothie between bowls. Top with the frozen berries, blueberries, coconut …

It might be the smallest region in Italy but its gastronomic merits are recognised not only throughout the country but also beyond its mountainous Alps. Valle d’Aosta, in northern Italy, is a top tourist destination in both summer and winter, with its landscapes, ski slopes, exclusive holiday resorts, luxury accommodation and …

A veritable feast of top chefs will be hitting the stage for the next #50BestTalks event, held ahead of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018 in Bilbao.  Seven of the world’s best chefs will be taking part in the invite-only talks, which this time around will focus on the theme …