Food & Drink
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Gold bar
Panimo Bar is a secret bolthole for locals escaping the harsh Lappish weather. Don’t have cash for drinks? You can pay in gold dust found in the rivers in surrounding Saariselkä.
Home brew
A café unchanged since the 1960s has become a great place to indulge in good coffee and the best of Norwegian design.
Manga juice
A manga about wine has proven a hit with readers in Japan. Written by a brother and sister duo, there’s a French edition and it is being made into a Korean TV series.
Muna Abu Sulayman
While in Dubai, 34-year-old TV host Muna Abu Sulayman met with Monocle for her ‘last meal’. The Saudi citizen and philanthropist chose Saladicious, a restaurant in the Jumeirah district.
Business
Why vineyards could be a wise investment, the pioneering Japanese store Lawson, and a Q&A with the president of the Geneva Motor Show.
Kurt Andersen
Novelist, columnist and founder of Spy magazine, Kurt Andersen reflects on a career of ironic experimentation over a last meal at José Andrés’ playful LA food temple, The Bazaar.
Market force
This month we start a new series that decodes the DNA of success – of anything. First up is a San Francisco food store that has become an urban sensation.
What’s in store
Monocle highlights Tokyo's new star retailers, including a supermarket with a concierge, a childrenswear store with skilled staff, and a bookshop that stocks back issues of magazines.
Mathias Dahlgren
Celebrated Swedish chef Mathias Dahlgren enjoys complex dinners at work but prefers simplicity in his free time. His last meal: a rustic rye and cheese sandwich with black coffee in Nyckelviken forest near Stockholm.
Jean Touitou
Fashion designer Jean Touitou enjoys good food and eating in down-to-earth settings. For his ‘last meal’ he has chosen Maisen, a tonkatsu restaurant on a quiet back street in Tokyo’s Jingumae district.
