http://birdiegolfblog.com The Travels & Adventures of Birdie Golf Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/2010-year-in-review/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/2010-year-in-review/#comments Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:00:17 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2905 Share|2010 came and went in a flash. We can’t believe it’s already 2011 next week. Looking back, so many exciting things happened in just the past 12 months. For starters, we had that amazing horizontal tasting of the 1996 DRC where we got the bottles to add to our collection. Then R went to St [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/2010-year-in-review/feed/ 1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-jamies-italian-canary-wharf-london-england/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-jamies-italian-canary-wharf-london-england/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:58 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2122 Share|We were taken to this place by R’s university friends and it was because C is a fan of Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks. We didn’t even notice that it was Jamie’s restaurant until we saw all the cookbooks and Jamie branded merchandise lining up the walls. The philosophy behind Jamie’s Italian was to re-create fantastic, rustic [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-jamies-italian-canary-wharf-london-england/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-galvin-at-windows-london-england/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-galvin-at-windows-london-england/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:28 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2150 Share|Opened since May 2006, Head Chef André Garrett and Chef Patron Chris Galvin, Galvin at Windows ha recently been awarded its first Michelin star, we were off to try this place for lunch. Located on the 28th floor of the London Hilton on Park Lane, it was very close to our hotel, the Mandarin Oriental. [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-galvin-at-windows-london-england/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-restaurant-gordon-ramsay-london-england/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-restaurant-gordon-ramsay-london-england/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:00:06 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2028 Share|This was the place to go. With three Michelin Stars, we were looking forward to this dinner as the highlight of our trip. But having 24 restaurants around the world and TV shows, could quality be compromised? Moreover, his restaurant at Claridge’s lost it’s only star in 2010. Nevertheless, we stuck by our reservation and [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-restaurant-gordon-ramsay-london-england/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-la-cuisine-de-joel-robuchon-london-england/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-la-cuisine-de-joel-robuchon-london-england/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:42 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1827 Share|This was the first stop on our London gastronomic fest. As Hong Kong already has a L’Atelier, we decided to try La Cuisine here instead. There’s also a L’Atelier in the same building as well as the Salon Bar. La Cuisine employs a traditional restaurant seating surrounding the open plan kitchen. This made us feel [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-la-cuisine-de-joel-robuchon-london-england/feed/ 3