I love food and I love photography so I make both of them for the happiness of my life.
I just comeback from Chiang Mai. What a country!!! It is just amazing to feel the heart of many simple but wonderful persons around every corner. Cannot wait to go back one day...
On sunday afternoon around my house. I love this city. So much things to see and exiting for my eyes. I did not try this restaurant but it look yamee... :) :)
I am very proud and happy to present this picture from our Mezlai restaurant. We have been working very hard with my Emirati chef Ali and sous chef Salim on this menu for the past 12 months. The result is very impressive, the food is exceptionally good,...
Lately, I had to go back in France for an emergency, not fun but on the last day, I had a chance to take my camera and go to the market in Nice where I love to go. If I would have to take one market that I love the most in the world the one in Nice would...
This year we have the great pleasure to offer a fantastic Ramadan tent at Emirates Palace. In the culture of our country, Ramadan is a very special moment of the year when it’s a good time to think about what poor and unlucky people feel all year round....
What a strange experience to go to one of the most busy, incredible and exciting food court in the world during Ramadan time. Beside being the biggest mall in the world the Dubai Mall is also well known for having one of the most incredible restaurant...
Everyone that knows me well would know that I am a pastry addict. Of course, I am sure that growing up in the 2 pastry shops from my parents have something to do with that.... I still have so much memories from my father and his magical hands. He was...
This year, we were very happy to welcome chef Mauro Colagreco from his two stars Michelin restaurant Mirazure in Menton. During 5 days, chef Mauro and our Sayad team produced a fantastic menu that was representing the best of the best from the French...
Going to the market in the morning. Kathmandu is not a night city. After 9:00 PM it is difficult to do something fun because everybody is at home and getting ready to go to sleep. But at 5:00 AM, my goodness, the city is so busy already and full of energy....
Few days ago we had a very special event for couple of days in our hotel. The GM meeting… This is the kind of event that you really want to make sure that everything is perfect. :) All of the Kempinski general managers plus all of the top management from...
Like many countries I have been visited in the world, Thailand is where colors is very important for their locals. I dont know if I am right or wrong but I feel in many poor countries, using many and beautiful colors all over is a tradition. For sure...
This morning I went to the Abu Dhabi fish market to test my new toy. Of course I love to go to markets anywhere I am in the world but I have to say that I really like this one. One of the main reason is that people are very nice and I always connect very...
Today, here are some pictures from Mezzaluna Restaurant, one of my favorite dining place here at Emirates Palace with our Italian Chef, Andrea Montella.I really love his cuisine and his passion for good food. As a good Italian, he likes to talk and always...
I am always very proud to showcase the work of one of my chef that perform very well. His name is Sinju Varghese he was sous chef 1year and half a go, I promote him as a chef de cuisine for our fine dining restaurant, he just won the competition of best...
This morning I had the challenge to photographe some citrus fruits for a dessert buffet that I want to create for some VIP guests. Sincerely, I had the pression because taking picture to put on public is a big difference that just posting on a blog. Overall,...
What to do when you are a chef and somebody asked you that you have to do it because so many of my colleagues did it already… :) Cooking at the level of 50 meters in air is anything except easy but so fun. I really enjoyed that experience. The filming...
For the past couple of years, I have always been thinking about where should I stop regarding this fine line. Creating a dish that is for a great picture or shooting a dish that will not be so good looking but very delicious… As a chef, it is very difficult...
This weekend, we had one of the most chic and glamour event at Emirates Palace. I love doing this party, full of beautiful and very chic people, high class professional on the field. All of the ingredients for a 2 fun days Polo run. My team did a fantastic...
The market was a big surprise for me. The quality of the ingredients was extraordinary, especially for the fish and vegetable side. A chef can only be happy in the level of freshness and quality that I saw. You can also see that everything is outside...
I did something very cool this week. Few members of my team and I had to go to a photo studio to make some portrait photos and we end up having so much fun. Funny enough for Steve ( the professional photographer) that it was his first time in his long...
I love going to food market for 2 things. First, looking and tasting the food of course and second, meeting interesting and crazy people. When I say crazy people, I mean doing unbelievable hard things and I do say that with a lot of respect for them....
Couple of days ago, I got an opportunity to visit a fantastic little museum of photography in the city. I was like a kid in this place, so much beautiful photos and old cameras. I learned that day that every chinese family should go one time in Beijing...
Today I was invited for helping someone to go to his new apartment. It was the first time I was able to go out of the city and got a good feeling of the suburb. I have to say that I was very surprise with the quality life that people have here.The air...
Today I went to a place called M50 in Shanghai. This is the place where local artists exposes their arts. I really love it. It was very interesting and fun to see the creativities you can have in this city. I met an artist name Cong Fang Zheng, a very...
I was able to go in Japan for a long weekend last week. In fact it's very close from Shanghai, only 2 hours in airplane. I love so much Japan, that's the best country for food lover in my opinion. I was surprise to see that Japanese dont like peoples...
