London for me is Zuma. It is the first thing we make sure we have a reservation for whenever we go.  Contemporary Japanese cuisine, Again an informal place, and beautiful, but it doesn't matter, you will look only at your food, delicate, refined, exquisite! And you will be so happy.


 In Italy you could go to the restaurant of a camping and eat well. Once I was in a small beach town near Naples, a guy came with his fishing boat, went to this wooden shack and started making sandwiches with his fresh caught fish. One of the best things that I ever have eaten in Italy. But if you ask me tomorrow, I can tell about the pizza at Campo dei Fiori, or the spaghetti alle zucchine da Maria Grazia. Anyway before I get too hungry, two of the restaurants I always get back to.  Fiumara Beach in Tuscany, in the wild Maremma region. There you can also eat fresh fish on the beach, but this shack is a luxurious one, you can even reserve a beautiful tent for you and your friends.
Gusto in Rome, is an enormous complex on Piazza Augusto Imperatore. I used to work on the same square and love going back there. Gusto has a restaurant, a pizzeria, a cafe and an Osteria that I can really recommend. On Sunday there is a nice antique market right in front and you can get brunch.


My favorite Dutch restaurants are both are located just out of the center, in gorgeous buildings, but could not have been more different. Bazaar In Rotterdam is multicultural with North African and middle Easters dishes. How gorgeous are all the Moroccan lamps that they hanging from the wooden ceiling!
At Hotel Lloyd's they serve traditional Dutch food with a twist. When you stay the night, you can also get a very nice breakfast with Dutch local farm products, the Dutch yogurt is unbeatable. This is a place that men love. My guy will schedule a business trip to Amsterdam just to go have lunch there. Actually that is where I should bring him for his birthday...