Tom Aikens
On the second day of my trip to London a while back we had dinner at Tom Aikens. The whole experience was quite enjoyable. I snagged the menu we had from their website at the time (I put the whole thing in a convenient definition list).
Jealous of Lizzie E
In my search for a hotel room in Illhaeusern I came across this blog. Man, she really likes her food it seems. And she’s been to restaurants that are still on my wish list, too!
Anyway, I added her to my feed reader as she’s already given me loads of ideas for places to visit while going to the West Coast in October. Keep those reviews coming, Lizzie!
My b’day this year
Being a foodie, my birthday present the last couple of years has been dinner at a Michelin star restaurant. Last year we went to Oud Sluis, the year before to Beluga and this year we’re going to l’Auberge de l’Ill. I can hardly wait! 
Restaurant Week
Restaurant Week is on the horizon again and I just finished booking two restaurants – one for lunch and one for dinner. Since I’ve got an American Express card I’m allowed to book them a week earlier than most other people, but judging from the amount of restaurants already full (most of them being Michelin star ones) I’m not the only foodie with one of those in their wallet.
I wasn’t interested in Michelin star restaurants per se, as I’ve got two lined up later in the year (not for €25/€35 per person though!). So I booked ‘t Tolhuysch in Oegstgeest (while I’ve heard good stories about it and it’s nearby) and Maxime in the Hague (for it being Calla’s more laid back and hip sister). Should be a fun week.
The Truth About Food
I still had some stuff on my hard disk recorder waiting for me to watch, so, since I arrived home relatively early from work today, I decided to watch two episodes of the The Truth About Food. I’d already watched a few a while back and thought they were quite interesting (BBC quality). As were these – it gave me some new insights into my diet.
Wine flavours visualized
This reminds me of those paper wheels designed to help you put words to the scent of a wine.