February 2016

Paris restaurant

Why chef Guy Savoy’s Monnaie de Paris restaurant, 3 Michelin stars, sizzles

“Cooking is the art of instantly transforming ingredients steeped in history into joy,” says the motto of three-star chef Guy Savoy, hung on the wall of his new restaurant in neon red lettering. For the star of Nouvelle Cuisine who formed Gordon Ramsay, cooking is an art of artisanal precision with dreamlike powers where the […]

Paris hotel

Secret Paris: Hotel Particulier Montmartre

Nestled in a secret passage in the magnificent picturesque district of Montmartre in Paris, it is at the Hôtel Particulier Montmartre, the former residence of the Hermès family, that the biggest stars of the world like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and Robert Downey Jr. spend the night in the City of Lights. In the […]