An unexpected find……

  When a friend suggested we drive over the Crown Range from Arrowtown, on a gloomy, wet day for lunch at Florence’s Food Store and Café I was ambivalent…until I got there. This incredible restaurant / deli / homeware store on the outskirts of Wanaka is a foodie’s destination. The bitter wind had us heading indoors […]

Authentic, cheap Italian in NYC

I found this little Italian restaurant, Rafele, on a foodie tour I did in Greenwich Village, New York recently. The food was tasty, authentic and very reasonably priced. When I googled it on trip advisor I was surprised to see it’s rated 14 out of 11,362 restaurants in NY but then again I wasn’t – it’s excellent. […]

Great casual dining in NYC -Eataly

If you like open space market style of eating, where restaurants have no boundaries and meld with delicious food products, you must visit Eataly in New York. It’s one of only two locations in the USA, located at 200 Fifth Avenue, as well as one in Chicargo. As the name suggests it’s an Italian company foundered […]