Travel Guides

In the Sichuan Basin, the southern most district of western China, there is a little city named Chengdu. Chengdu has been referred to the most relaxing and laid back cities in all of China. Locals have a leisurely manner and the overall atmosphere of the markets and neighborhoods is just….comfortable, which is rare in pretty much all of China’s other industrialized cities. Chengdu is well known for its Sichuan cuisine. Compared to the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong and other metropolitan cities, along with pretentious and expensive food, the food of Chengdu is just like everything else, homely and comfortable.

One of the most popular Sichuan dishes is Huiguorou. This is a tender pork dish mixed with roasted peanuts and a spicy chili sauce. There are many variations of this dish, and each food purveyor is going to tell you theirs is the best. It’s quite hard to tell because all the food in Chengdu is excellent.

Miami Florida has some of the freshest ingredients and most modern chefs anywhere in the United States. With an abundance of incredibly fresh seafood and citrus, Miami is the rising star of culinary cities in American fusion cuisine. Although it would take months to talk about all the great restaurants in Miami, here is a short list of some of the best.

ACQUA (Miami Four Seasons Hotel)
The very popular ACQUA restaurant is located right off of the ground floor lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami. With a very fresh take on Asian ingredients and Latin American preparation, ACQUA is one of the must see restaurants in the area. They are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and meals typically range from $20- $40 per guest. .

Saffron, or Crocus Sativus by its scientific name, is one of mans earliest and most revered spices. Ancient tradelines were carved into unknown lands for its traffic, and presumptuous adventurers traveled halfway around the world on the mere rumor of this revered spice. References to the Saffron plant go back as far as Creatan cave paintings dating1600 BC.

Greek legends claim that Crocus, a humble Greek farmer, was playing a game of stones with the god Mercury. One of Mercury’s stones missed its mark and struck Crocus on the head, killing him instantly. As Mercury wept for the loss of his mortal friend, his tears blessed the land and the revered saffron crocus plant blossomed every year to commiserate the passing of Crocus.

Edinburgh is an exciting and vibrant city and the perfect place for that special weekend getaway. As well as plenty of shopping and site seeing, Edinburgh also has some excellent restaurants, pubs and cafes to offer, so here is a quick guide to all the best places to eat and drink during your stay.

Breakfast

The Scots love their breakfasts, so you will find plenty of cafes, delicatessens and pubs offering breakfast service from 7am right through to lunchtime and one of if you find yourself in the north of the city in the morning a trip to Porto & Fi is a must. This is a great little café style delicatessen with views over the River Forth, which serves excellent tea, coffee to go with your breakfast or brunch. Some of the most popular dishes include sliced Parma ham and eggs, and a selection of freshly baked pain au chocolat and small pastries served with cups of deep rich coffee. Another great place for breakfast is Urban Angel, which specialises in cooking ethically with fair-trade and organic produce, and a favourite dish in this smart café is the eggs benedict with locally smoked haddock.

Everyone knows that London is famous for its tea and scones and a pint at the pub with some fish and chips. But is that the only cuisine that London has to offer the rest of the world? There’s no way that London could be so popular and so full of culture if that is truly all it had in the way of food. Could it?

Montreal restaurants offer the same types of cuisine that you can find in almost any country. They offer a multi cultural array of foods, such as Italian, French, Canadian and American. Of course, if you’d like to try something else, you can probably find it.

What makes Montreal restaurants a unique experience isn’t necessarily the food they serve, but the atmosphere that is served with it. Many places can make a good hamburger, but the reason you might like one place over the other is because of the way you feel when you’re there. That’s what is so special about Montreal restaurants.

They have Little Italy. Who ever thought you could have an authentic Italian meal and feel while you were in Montreal? Or enjoy a meal in an underground tunnel? If you are wandering around the Underground City of Montreal, there are plenty of restaurants that offer fare for any taste.

Whenever you go someplace new, you always wonder if the food will be good. There’s nothing like taking a vacation and then not being able to find a restaurant that’s good, or even offers the kind of food you’ll eat.

So before you go to Munich, you might want to do your homework on the Munich restaurants. Find out what kind of food they serve, if you can find all types of cuisine, or if you will only be able to find fare native to Munich. This is especially important if you are traveling with kids or if you have special dietary needs.

Okay, so you know that you need to do your research. How can you find out about great Munich restaurants? Well, that’s easy. There are a great many websites on the internet always willing to share some knowledge. You can find reviews, some even done by customers. And you should be able to find out about prices and the clientele and cuisine they normally serve.

Have you ever wondered what kind of culinary delights Moscow restaurants cater to? Maybe you are doing a research paper, maybe you are learning about your heritage, or maybe you’re getting to plan a wonderful vacation to Moscow. Oh, wouldn’t that be fun. A beautiful place to visit. So it makes one wonder, is there food as great as their architecture?

Well, it may not be as rich and ornate as their architecture, but it is as eclectic. You can find all types of international cuisine from American and French to Italian. There are restaurants that cater to Eastern European fare or just plain European. So if you can find something enjoyable that you would normally eat, you shouldn’t have any difficulty.