Tag: Modern European Food

Zagreb: Croatia

Zagreb Croatia   As a travel writer I’m usually too busy flying somewhere to enter competitions but every once in a while I throw my business card into the hat, thank goodness I did. I recently won an all expenses paid trip for two to Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, courtesy of Monarch Airlines and the Zagreb

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Jungfrau: Switzerland

Jungfrau region Bernese Oberland Switzerland    Read more about this wonderful region in Switzerland that is impossibly beautiful and tremendous fun (and it’s not all about skiing)!  It’s ridiculously easy to get to Zurich from London, only a 75-minute flight from Heathrow. From there I travelled on the superb Swiss Rail system that saw me

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Glazebrook House Hotel – Devon

Glazebrook House Hotel South Brent Devon TQ10 9JE Tel: 01364 73322   Between Exeter and Plymouth is a small village called South Brent on the A38. Off a smallish county lane you will find the entrance to Glazebrook House Hotel. The gate pillars are old and as you wind up the drive you haven’t got

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Ox & Klee – Cologne

Ox & Klee Richard Wagner Street 20 50674 Köln Germany Tel: 0221 169 566 03   The food scene in Köln or Cologne (as we know it) is thriving. I have visited many times and have always been impressed with the diversity and quality on offer. They also do something I wish British restaurants would

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Nimb’s Brasserie, Copenhagen

Nimb’s Brasserie Bernstorffsgade 5 1577 Copenhagen Denmark Tel: + 4588 70 00 00   Our journey that ended up in Copenhagen’s Nimb Brasserie incongruously started with an attempted booking to the world’s best restaurant, Noma. I logged on and registered with Noma three months in advance and sat waiting until the booking opened online. Within

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