Tokyo
The crux of the problem at this restaurant in Tokyo lies at the heart of most architectural challenges in the city: space, or rather what to do when you don't have any. In the case of Shikata, a barbecue restaurant in Meguro-ku, the problem was...
Shanghai
It's a brave company that sets out to make its restaurant look like something out of Kill Bill, but that was the design brief Prism Design were given for the Shanghai branch of Japanese eatery Kemuri. Thankfully the result was not utter carnage –...
California
There may not be much actual agriculture or cattle rearing done at Hock Farm, a new restaurant in Sacramento, California, but there's plenty of the spirit of the 1850s farmhouse which gave the place its name and pioneered the valley's food...
Barcelona
Specialist high street food shops haven't traditionally fared well against out-of-town supermarkets, but that's — thankfully — be changing somewhat of recent times. These one-stop shops may be a more convenient option than lugging your bag from...
Tokyo
The wow factor of this restaurant in Tokyo begins before you even arrive at the door. As one approaches the black, contoured ribs of Yutoku Soba look like a solid surface from an acute angle, the gaps opening up to let out light and let in the...
London
* Grain Store King's Cross is permanently closed. When eating at Grain Store at King's Cross' Granary Square, it's hard to tell where the kitchen ends and the dining area begins. Russell Sage Studio (responsible for eccentric wonder The Zetter...
Toronto
It's always nice when former industrial sites, so often the bad guy in today's eco-savvy times, are reinvented as something new – all the architecture and heritage, none of the belching chimneys. That's the story of the Don Valley Brick Works,...
Jerusalem
Do our eyes deceive us, or are those wall mounted racks re-employed childrens' seats from shopping trolleys? Yes, they are, and the list of assorted oddments used by OPA Interior Design at Jacko's Street restaurant in The Shuk - the increasingly...
Singapore
Start with a pun and you're already halfway there, so things bode well when Singapore restaurant MexOut announces on a window that their folks are “The Mex'perts”. I'm smiling before I've even sat down, and there's plenty more inside to keep the...
Rovinj
There's a new jewel in Croatia's crown and we want to shout about it. The region of Istria in the North West tip of the country is situated on a beautiful peninsula - the largest in the Adriatic Sea - close to Italy, and retains an authentic...
Sydney
There's an unmistakeable whiff of class about Cornerstone Bar and Food that wafts subtly around – maybe it's the smell of the huge, deep leather sofas, the fragrance of the pampas grass, or something cooking in the kitchen we can't quite put our...
Portugal
For those of you partial to your seafood shelled, Cervejaria Ramiro in downtown Lisbon is a little slice of heaven. Opened in the 1950s as a beer-house (its no-messin' aesthetic practically unchanged since), the owners soon introduced seafood due to...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
Dispatches
Whether you want to start sewing for the first time or you want to upgrade your current sewing machine, you might be wondering what’s on the market. Wouldn’t it be great if sewing machines were a one-type-fits-all kind of thing? However, the...
Dispatches
Getting the perfect hair color can be tricky, especially when using hair dye shampoos. Uneven color results are a common issue, but there are strategies to avoid them. To minimize color unevenness, it's important to prep the hair beforehand, ideally...
Dispatches
Dogs are more than just pets; they are part of the family. Keeping them healthy and active requires attention to their diet and gut health. Many dog owners are turning to digestive probiotic chews for dogs as a practical solution to support their...
Dispatches
If you’re planning a trip to Berlin and wondering what to wear for the capital’s nightlife, here’s everything you need to know. Berlin’s nightlife is fragmented across neighbourhoods and scenes. What works for a club in Friedrichshain...