Huong Viviet

Huong Viviet

It is a funny thing when a restaurant refuses to take my money. I should be a bit more specific.  They didn’t want to take my credit card.  No, it isn’t one of those ones where they try to make you pay things yourself through …

Casa do Frango

Casa do Frango

When I mentioned I was going to Casa do Frango to a few different people, I received a identical response. While I am one to find uniformity easier to process, when it relates in the same way to a particular activity, you have to wonder …

Chez Bruce

Chez Bruce

It has been a long time since I have been to a fine dining restaurant.  It seems that having small versions of yourselves puts a crimp in your plans to enjoy sensory delights.  However, if there is a will there is a way so encumbered …

Cocochine

Cocochine

I’m not one to comment on the dress of staff usually but I think this at Cocochine, this deserves a word.  Not that the staff were dressed in a threadbare or unkempt way.  In contrast, they were smartly suited up.  Instead, the second part of …

Noko

Noko

Noko – sounds somewhat Nordic.  In Japanese which I think is what they are going for it means child or comfort.  In the same ways that my kids look on a blank sheet of paper with wonder and mischief in their eyes, I try to …