Simone's Kitchen Travel Archives

In any country I love visiting the local market and we were lucky that our guide Laa showed us around hers...

Curacao is surprising when it comes to good food. There are so many restaurants in Curacao that you'll have a hard time ...

We were invited t come to Vietnam by Queens and Vinh Hoan to take a look behind the scenes at a fish farm raising pangas...

Maybe one of my favorite things to do in a new city or new country is to discover the local cuisine and the local delica...

It doesn't happen every day that you receive an invitation by Nespresso to join a dinner hosted by a 3 star Michelin che...

I was fortunate enough to be able to take a look into the Nespresso kitchen...

We did a culinary workshop when on Samosir island and that was great fun. We prepared a traditional fish curry batak sty...

Our trip to Sumatra has come to and end. It was pretty amazing and can't believe those almost four weeks are already ove...

The first time I went to Berlin was on july 21st 1990. Yes, indeed that was right after the wall had fallen (8 months af...

We’ve  been running around Berlin trying to see as much as possible in the very limited time we have here and there i...

Going out for dinner for me has a lot to do with the atmosphere of a place.. If I would have to choose between a fantast...

It’s been almost a year since we met Mari during the workshop that Meeta, Sandy and I organised in Amsterdam last year...

The second part of our trip around lake lugano has a lot to do with groundhog day, deja vu and other fun stuff...

Verona is one of Italy's finest cities; small enough to walk around and explore everything and filled with sites to see ...

A great restaurant in Gent with delicious food and good atmosphere!...

When in Vietnam it is definitely a must see to go to the mekong delta; colorful, authentic and chaotic...

Great workshop at Belle Isle Cookery School in beautiful Ireland...

A lot of people ask me why on earth I go to so many different workshops… Yes, well…mmm. How shall I explain this to ...

We all know dim sum right? Or should I say, we all think we know, dim sum? I thought I knew what dim sum was all about w...

I’ve know Trudy for quite some time as we used to work together at Nike for what seems to be centuries ago. She left t...

Would you consider not moving to - say - Italy if that meant you would eat too much? In other words; would you let your ...

Without any hesitation I immediately signed up for the first plate to page workshop when I saw it announced.. And I have...

For most of our trip we have been eating in small Osteria’s, Trattoria’s or even little cafe’s; as much as possibl...

I am not really keeping a chronological order when telling you of our Italian adventures but I am sure no one will mind....

As I told you yesterday we got to watch Lorna at work in the kitchen today and we even managed to help a little (or mayb...

Where to begin?? Shall I start talking about the wonderful food, the scenics we have seen, the people we have met or …...

In case you have been wondering why I have been so quiet… I was gone for a couple of days with a friend to Spain. She ...

Wow… How hot can it get? We are now in Riung a little village situated by the sea (but without a beach) and it is incr...

What is it that makes a country irresistable? Is it the food, is it the weather or is it the people in it? Or maybe simp...

This weekend we went to Den Bosch with friends, just to spend a fun weekend in a pretty city… We were very lucky that ...