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Category Archives: City AM
The Story of the World’s Best Beef: How Kobe Conquered the Globe (City AM)
Wedged between the Rokko mountain range and Osaka Bay, Kobe is the sixth largest city in Japan with more than a million and a half people. Its namesake beef doesn’t come from the city itself but from the surrounding farmland of Hyogo Prefecture where Kobe is the capital and the key port. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, Food, Japan, Luxury, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged City AM, Food, japan, kobe, kobe beef, luxury, restaurants, Travel
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The Inside Track on the Ultimate in Slow Cooking at Europe’s Biggest Annual Snail Festival, l’Aplec del Caragol (City AM)
Since its humble beginnings as a small riverside picnic among friends in 1980 to the grand foodie fiesta it is today, l’Aplec del Caragol occurs every May, about 100 miles northwest of Barcelona in the provincial town of Lleida. The party offers townsfolk and visitors alike a chance to enjoy a weekend celebrating one of the region’s favourite foods: snails. Continue reading
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Learning to Cook (City AM)
The Cook Islands is a nation comprising 15 small islands sprinkled across a patch of the South Pacific, roughly halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. As remote as they are spectacular, the collection of islands is reminiscent of Hawaii before its mid-century tourism-boom, and though the largest of its islands is today ringed by boutique hotels, much of the country is untouched and feels wildly tropical. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, Cook Islands, Hotels, Luxury, Travel
Tagged Aitutaki, City AM, Cook Islands, luxury, Pacific Islands, polynesia, Rarotonga, south pacific, Travel
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Come and Get Samoa (City AM)
Samoa has one of the South Pacific’s most beautiful and varied coastlines, complemented by a lush mountainous interior. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, Luxury, Samoa, Travel
Tagged City AM, luxury, Pacific Islands, polynesia, Samoa, south pacific, Travel
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Get Arty, History and Coffee in Austria’s Capital (City AM)
The noble pursuit of viewing compelling art and sipping the perfect cup of coffee can make for a meaningful Viennese excursion – but can also work up a mean appetite. Continue reading
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Cross the Arid Namibian Desert on a Self-Driven Safari (City AM)
It’s hard to imagine a landscape more dramatic than that of the largely uninhabited southern African desert nation Namibia. Dot its picturesque lands with a hefty assortment of big game and wildlife and you’ve got the right conditions for an … Continue reading
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The Best BBQ in the American South (City AM)
From Arkansas to South Carolina, Chris Osburn goes in search of top barbecues, grills and roasted meats. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, Food, Restaurants, Travel, USA
Tagged BBQ, City AM, Drink, Food, restaurants, road trip, The Best BBQ in the American South, Travel, USA
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The Ultimate Foodie Safari in Sabi Sabi (City AM)
The streets of Mayfair may seem a world away from the remote South African bush, but for discerning gourmet travellers the metaphorical – if not physical – distance between the two has just become smaller. A new initiative at Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve invites some of the world’s top chefs into the kitchen at the area’s renowned Earth Lodge. The partnership was launched in February, with Michelin-starred Eric Chavot making the inaugural visit, taking a week-long break from his eponymous Mayfair brasserie (at The Westbury on Conduit Street) to share his experience with the cooks at Earth Lodge. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, Drink, Food, Hotels, Luxury, Restaurants, South Africa, Travel
Tagged africa, Africa Collection, Brasserie Chavot, City AM, Drink, Earth Lodge, eric chavot, Food, hotels, luxury, restaurants, Sabi Sabi, Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, safari, south africa, Travel
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Washington DC: Where to Eat in the Political Capital of the Western World (City AM)
Over the past few years, ravenous London scenesters have been snarfing down a vast array of steaks, burgers, hot dogs, shakes, pizzas, burritos and all sorts of other full-flavoured Americana from a diverse range of restaurants, pop-ups and food trucks. US food, as our Stateside cousins would say, is hot right now. Meanwhile, denizens of US capital Washington DC have been reinvigorating the very concept of what it means to eat American, as I discovered during my recent city break there. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, Coffee, Drink, Food, Hotels, Luxury, Restaurants, Travel, Virginia, Washington DC, Wine
Tagged Baked & Wired, Barboursville, Barboursville Vineyards, Barboursville Wine, BARS, Ben’s Chili Bowl, City AM, Drink, Food, Georgetown, hotels, luxury, Montpelier, Muirkirk Research Farm, Off the Record, restaurants, Rose’s Luxury, Travel, United Airlines, virginia, Washington DC, wine
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DC Dining? It’s a Capital Idea!
A commission for City AM had me visiting Washington DC and rural Virginia at the end of September to write a piece about the exquisite Hay-Adams hotel and its relationship with regional food and drink suppliers. I’ll be sure to do a heads up post here on the blog when that article is published, but in the meanwhile I thought I’d share some of the best bits of my trip in a quickie roundup. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, Drink, Food, Hotels, Luxury, Restaurants, Travel, Wine
Tagged 1804 Inn, Barboursville, Barboursville Vineyards, Barboursville Wine, BARS, Ben’s Chili Bowl, City AM, cocktails, Drink, Food, heathrow terminal 2, hotels, James Madison, James Madison’s Montpelier, lafayette, luxury, Montpelier, Muirkirk Research Farm, Off the Record, Orange Country Virginia, restaurants, Rose’s Luxury, The Hay-Adams, Travel, United Airlines, virginia, Washington DC, wine
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Find Your Sea Legs at Tahiti’s Pearl Regatta (City AM)
Intrepid adventurer Chris Osburn reminisces about his adventures on Tahiti’s high seas. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, French Polynesia, Travel
Tagged boating, City AM, french polynesia, leeward islands, pacific, pacific ocean, polyneisa, polynesia, polynesian, race, regatta, sailing, society islands, south pacific, tahiti, tahiti pearl regatta, tahitian, tikcihris, tiki, Travel, yachting, yachts
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Whisky Wonderland – 2013 Jura Whisky Festival (City AM)
Waaaaaay back at the end of May I travelled up to the remote island of Jura to check out its annual Whisky Festival. This year’s event was even more worthy of red letters on the Jura calendar than usual, as the occasion marked 50th anniversary of the island’s distillery. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, Drink, Scotland, Shopping, Travel
Tagged City AM, jura, jura festival bottling, jura festival edition 2013, jura whisky, jura whisky festival, review, whisky
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Just Back from Tahiti. Whoa!
Hey folks. I’m back in town after a week and a half sailing around French Polynesia’s Leeward Islands. And aside from a couple of hours of choppy sailing and a bout of seasickness that I thought might never end, the trip was truly awesome: eating lots and lots of fresh papaya … swimming around in giant bathtub lagoons off wild coasts of far flung specks of land … spotting dolphins … ogling tikis … taking in all the many different shades of blue … I had a a bona fide blast in the tropical breeze. Continue reading
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Posted in City AM, French Polynesia, Hotels, Photography, Tiki, Travel
Tagged boating, City AM, french polynesia, hotel, INTERCONTINENTAL, InterContinental Resort Tahiti, leeward islands, pacific, pacific ocean, polyneisa, polynesia, polynesian, race, regatta, resort, sailing, society islands, south pacific, tahiti, tahiti pearl regatta, tahiti yacht charter, tahitian, tikcihris, tiki, Travel, yachting, yachts
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