Terror, pure and refined, is not what you expect when attending a gourmet festival. When that festival takes place in Abu Dhabi, however, and when a visit to Ferrari World, home to the world’s fastest roller coaster is on the programme, that is precisely what you get. An agonising 92 seconds on this vicious, snaking monster brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘white knuckle ride’. Enough said. Read More...

Tags: Abu Dhabi, Ferrari, Foie Gras

On the page it read like a train crash, on the plate it looked more appealing and on the palate it sang like a nightingale, especially when matched with a glass of JJ Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese 2008, introduced by the lady herself, Katharina Prüm. I speak of a dish described as: “Scallops in a foie gras and spaghetti shell,” served at dinner last week in the Brasserie les Saveurs at the St Regis Hotel in Singapore. In short, it was the best dish I enjoyed over the course of five days spent at the Far East’s gastro-fest, the World Gourmet Summit. Read More...

Tags: Riesling, Foie Gras