Category City

Skál – Icelandic / New Nordic in NYC

Skál is a relatively new restaurant in NYC that has the feel of an Icelandic sea side cottage  – Owner Oli Bjorn Stephensen  is from Iceland. The food at Skál is made with Nordic techniques  – Chef Ben Spiegel previously was at Willows Inn on Lummi Island Washington, and then trained at Noma.  Does Skál (pronounced scowl ?) serve really authentic […]

Kuro Kuma: Hidden gem of a coffee shop in Morningside Heights, NYC

A food blogger friend had blogged about Kuro Kuma as soon as it had opened in 2012, but I had to check it out for myself and when he suggested we meet there, I was thrilled to be able to go there.    Kuro Kuma is a hidden gem of a coffee shop in Morningside […]

La Bottega: Italian delicaffe in SW London

La Bottega is an Italian deli caffe that serves home cooked food with the finest Italian ingredients.  We stopped by La Bottega on Old Brompton Road, on a not so cold and sunny afternoon and loved the food there.  There is precious little information on their website but for the fact that they have 6 […]