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Food & Drink

Anything but ordinary

Girona's celebrated Roca brothers strip back fine dining's formality with Normal, a new restaurant built on proximity, seasonal produce and the intuition inherited from their grandmother's kitchen.

  • Issue #147
  • 1 min read
Interior view of Normal restaurant showing one of two dining rooms with wooden tables and exposed brick walls
Architecture

Riverside revelation

A rebuilt clutch of 1930s-style buildings on the Zürichorn river delta in Switzerland now houses a restaurant complex that can turn heads and tantalise taste buds.

  • Issue #146
  • 5 min read
A blue card or menu showing illustrated fish types labeled in German, titled 'Fisch-Lexikon'
Design

Happy meals

Copenhagen studio OEO has spent two decades turning hospitality spaces into human-centred havens — balancing acoustics, materials and light to ensure the room matches what arrives on the plate.

  • Issue #140
  • 3 min read
Happy  meals
Food & Drink

Refined palette

Swiss chef Andreas Caminada is a connoisseur of fine art as well as food. We sample the works hanging on his restaurants’ walls.

  • Issue #139
  • 1 min read
Framed pop art illustration of a wide-eyed figure on a blue background.
Travel and restaurants

Plate expectations

We make for the shoreline of the Baltic in Stockholm, where Tommy Myllymäki opened Aira earlier this year. In a berth in a boathouse-style structure, this restaurant serves haute cuisine without starchy service.

  • Issue #136
  • 1 min read
Plate expectations
Architecture

Height of taste

Japan’s capital is home to a new restaurant from the team behind Noma. We tested the flavour of its aesthetic fusion.

  • Issue #116
  • 8 min read
Inua restaurant kitchen team of chefs in blue aprons posing together, led by head chef Thomas Frebel in front right.
Affairs

The opener

In our global news round-up we find a remedy for stiff bottoms at the Bayreuth Festival, dance to Egyptian pop in the Mediterranean and make a case for taxi drivers donning national dress.

  • Issue #106
  • 5 min read
The opener
Design

Making an entrance: Nott Architects

Meet Nott Architects, the firm behind some of Auckland's most liveable restaurants. Their work, from casual oyster shacks to wineries, imbues spaces with warmth, personality and a touch of theatre.

  • Issue #90
  • 3 min read
Making an entrance: Nott Architects

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