Blog Category: Restaurants & Bars
Perfecting Continuing Luxury Travel Trends
While each year brings a host of hot new trends within the travel industry, it is important to fine-tune those concepts created in the years previous. The Telegraph UK highlights some continuing developments that have been adopted and refined to match the tastes of luxury travelers: Bringing Non-Travel Branding Into the Travel Sector Non-travel luxury…
Helena Rizzo of Mani Named World’s Best Female Chef
From the best female chef of Latin America to the best female chef around the world, Brazilian chef Helena Rizzo has made quite the splash. The recipient of The Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List for 2014, Rizzo is both an ex-model and a trained architect, however it is her…
The Culinary Vision of Qbara
We would like to extend our congratulations to our friends from Patrick John, Sakura Maruyama and Elmar Pichorner on their opening of chic new restaurant Qbara. Qbara is the brainchild of JAS Hospitality, bringing forth compelling food combined with immaculate service, all to the glamorous backdrop of Dubai. With stunning interiors conceived by award-winning Tokyo-based…
Basque Cuisine Meets Thailand: Phuket’s Aziamendi Restaurant
Martin Michalik is the Founder and Managing Director of 365Playground Management. I was recently honored to be invited to the soft opening dinner at Aziamendi in Phuket, a new restaurant from acclaimed 3 Michelin star chef Eneko Atxa and the sister restaurant of Azurmendi in Bilbao. I would like thank to my friends Danny Drinkwater,…
Brazil’s Newest Dining Experience: ASSUQ
The creative mind behind Brazil’s newest dining experience, ASSUQ, finds that the simplicity of life moves him to create. As executive chef and 365Playground team member Alex Nassar says, “To be alive and healthy is an inspiration.” That purity and simplicity translates well at ASSUQ, where key philosophies and elements — simplicity, freshness, local, the…
Heston Blumenthal, Chef of the Decade
Outrageous ideas will get you far in the culinary universe — Heston Blumenthal, whose restaurant Dinner is ranked top 10 in the world, and is well-known for his innovative molecular food creations, was recently crowned Chef of the Decade by Observer Food Monthly. Blumenthal’s celebrity status was cemented through his cutting edge experimentations at his…
Two Incredible Chefs at The Chedi Muscat
Take a peek at this gorgeous photo compilation of the culinary works of Sebastien Cassagnol and Andras Arvay, two past colleagues of 365Playground founder, Martin Michalik. Cassagnol was appointed the Executive Chef at The Chedi Muscat in 2012, after having worked as a chef at such renowned names as Jean-Georges at his Paris’ Market location,…
Bocuse D’Or Menu from Next
Next has created an incredible reputation for itself with its exciting, revolving theme dinners which change every 3 months. In the past, such themes have included The Hunt, Vegan and elBulli — now, Next presents Bocuse D’or, a nod to the the world famous cooking competition named after the French chef Paul Bocuse. Next is one of…
10 Wonderful Drinking Experiences Around the World
We love a drink that is more than just a drink, and bars that place creative design a step above the ordinary — exactly what AFAR Magazine has rounded up. From London’s Zetter Townhouse where your drink is spiced up with a splash of gunpowder to Times Square’s last true dive bar, here are 10…
Recipes from Acclaimed Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa
Does Soil Soup sound like it might be just the thing for dinner? You’d be surprised — Yoshihiro Narisawa, the Japanese chef at the top of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants List for 2013, shares his exclusive recipe for this dish and more with Fine Dining Lovers. Narisawa’s focus is on local and seasonal food with…