Probably two of the five greatest meals I’ve had, have been Italian. One was a major family affair when a ‘mamma’ of a friend of mine produced four courses that I can still remember now, thirty years later. Another was in a bakery in Tuscany.

On to the food. The menu for the Maison des Brasseurs reflects the traditional look and feel of the restaurant. The usual Luxembourgish dishes are well represented, notably the famous Judd mat gaardebohnen (smoked pork neck with broad beans).

Agua de Côco, with its playfully hilarious name, is marked as the place to go for funky food and a hot Latino atmosphere. It was recommended to us by a girlfriend who said it was lively and the food was funny and creative.

All restaurants have a purpose. Some are clearly the kinds of places where you might bring your wife or girlfriend, apart from if you’re French in which case you would obviously bring both… at …

There has been a subtle invasion over the last couple of years of “sushi” establishments. Just like those terrifying replicating pods in the movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, sushi places have exponentially popped up all over the Grand Duchy.

Given the richness and variety of the culinary heritage, it shall remain one of life’s mysteries to me, how difficult it is to find a decent Spanish restaurant north of the Pyrenees. Now here in Luxembourg we have a couple and I haven’t been to all of them…

When a car showroom for a certain British luxury car manufacturer closed here recently, many might have thought that it was yet another sign of the beastly recession bearing down on us here in Luxembourg. …