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Review: Brace – The Copenhagen Restaurant that Michelin forgot?

Johan Johansen — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:38:47 +0000

Dear Brace I am sorry… This is one of those love song that should have been written long ago… Frequent visitors to my Instagram may remember that I first visited Italian-born chef Nicola Fanetti’s culinary playground Brace almost a year ago, and like many of my peers (Gastromand and Feinschmeckeren for example) at the time, [...]

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Copenhagen Restaurant Gems: Krogs Fiskerestaurant – Danish lunch with class

Johan Johansen — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 06:12:40 +0000

“It’s not usually like this,” restaurant manager Michael Pedersen assures me. For a moment, I think he’s referring to the obvious absurdity of the situation: the bulky looking security guards perched outside, “drinking coffee” or the almost painfully aesthetic, young, regal-looking, Asian women sharing the near-empty dining room with me… He then continues… “Never this [...]

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Pairing Champagne and Food: Charles Heidsieck Winemaker’s Dinner at Restaurant Niels

Johan Johansen — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:27:28 +0000

SPONSORED CONTENT NOTE: I attended the winemaker’s dinner described in this post as a guest of Interbrands Denmark. View, opinions and strange metaphors are entirely my own! Champagne is a breathtaking creation. No other drink in the world evokes quite the same feelings of luxury, splendor, hedonism, sex, beauty and sin in quite the same [...]

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Review: Michelin-starred Restaurant Substans Revisited (Better Than Noma?)

Johan Johansen — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 09:04:20 +0000

“That blue dress you helped me pick for my mother in law’s birthday? Too fancy?” The frenzied text came from friend and trusted proof reader Tina a half hour before departure. She was rightfully nervous. The evening was to be her first star. Her first Michelin star, that is, and she had not had much [...]

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Beginner’s Guide to Caviar, Part II: Purchasing, storing and serving Caviar

Johan Johansen — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:43:49 +0000

Sponsored content note: The Caviar used in the recipe included this post was kindly donated by Lyksvad Caviar. The herbs used were likewise gifted by Growing Home. Well, hello there, fellow hedonist! Welcome to this second part in our Beginner’s Guide to Caviar series! In Part I of this series, we had an in depth [...]

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