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Peck Milano: Gourmet Food and Wine Emporium

Gourmantic — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:22:43 +0000

If you’re strolling along the streets of central Milan on your way to the Duomo, turn into Via Spadari. The giant slabs of meat, prosciutto and cheese wheels behind glass windows will make you turn around and stop. Peck is more of a gastronomic institution than a multi-storey delicatessen dating back to 1883. Selling a [...]

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Bavarian Bier Café: Bondi Beach

Gourmantic — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:33:39 +0000

Walking along the Campbell Parade stretch of Bondi Beach with its busy strip of shops and eateries, I can’t help but feel that this part of the city no longer belongs to me. As a resident of Sydney, I have come to view Bondi Beach as the domain of backpackers and transient dwellers and have [...]

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Shoo Fee Ma Fee: Moroccan Dining in Dubai

Gourmantic — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:33:46 +0000

The sounds of abras gliding over the winding waterways turn into music. Over the tent-filled terrace, the full moon casts a silvery light while the majestic Burj Al Arab hotel rising from the Arabian Gulf puts on a spectacle of colour and light. This is not a mirage. Shoo Fee Ma Fee is a Moroccan [...]

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The Ghost of the Local Pizzeria

Gourmantic — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:32:53 +0000

The last time I ate at Pizzeria Italiana*, I stared at the crumbling walls, the plastic moulded chairs, the easy to wipe tables and thanked the pizza gods that this local haunt has remained the same over time. For over ten years, many Friday nights were spent in its surrounds, crammed around tables, eagerly waiting [...]

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Hotel Cristal Palace: Palermo

Gourmantic — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:04:26 +0000

During our trip to Sicily, a last minute change of plans had us spending 24 hours in Palermo. There was little time to look for accommodation and we needed a hotel that was relatively inexpensive but comfortable. Since we were arriving by bus from Mazara del Vallo and there was a stop near Teatro Politeama, [...]

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