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Rotterdam’s best seafood at Vis aan de Maas

Rotterdam’s best seafood at Vis aan de Maas
Rotterdam is a modern, cool and young city with many students. The heart of Rotterdam is it’s maritime history; home to the largest port in Europe and one of the busiest shipping ports in the world so it’s no surprise to find many deliciously inviting seafood restaurants. If... [Read more]

Delve into the fish auctions of Marseille

Delve into the fish auctions of Marseille
Occasionally being in a coastal city can be really annoying. Much of the fish caught there is often sent off to large supermarket packing plants and distributed throughout the country or overseas, meaning only a small portion gets cooked in the city from which it came. Thankfully,... [Read more]

La Boulangerie is a hit with Parisians

La Boulangerie is a hit with Parisians
Lately we’ve been trying to write more and more about the hidden and relatively unknown gems of Paris, Lille and Brussels (everyone knows about the Eiffel Tower already, right?). So after a strong recommendation from a Parisian-born French colleague we thought that the aptly... [Read more]

Discover French cooking at its best at Chez Julien

Discover French cooking at its best at Chez Julien
Chez Julien is a very small and exceptionally lovely place overlooking the Seine in the Marais area of Paris. This unique little place has an exquisite retro-chic décor with plush banquettes and tall mirrors dotted about. Being situated in a former bakery, it evokes the style of... [Read more]

La Semaine du Fooding

La Semaine du Fooding
Visit Paris and join us for the 2009 “Fooding week”. This year, don’t be afraid of being yourself; all is permitted in Paris as “Impropers” is the theme of the week. Go back to basics rediscovering horse meat, discover new pleasures with all sorts of creams and butter,... [Read more]

From dark days to the height of trendiness

From dark days to the height of trendiness
It is quite hard for foreigners to understand just how much Lille has changed over the past twenty years. One of the most striking examples of Lille’s transformation is the gentrification of the Old Town. The Old Town used to be one of the most unsafe and derelict parts of the... [Read more]