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College middle school in France

School in France: the good, the bad and the strange.

Posted by Thien Lan on September 26, 2019October 3, 2019 in France, France

6 things we are discovering by coming back to France after 16 years! Especially with children who have never lived in France!

Le Restaurant Paris Michelin star

1* Michelin star Le Restaurant, Paris 6eme

Posted by Thien Lan on October 1, 2015February 4, 2016 in Food, France, French food, Hotel, Luxury, Michelin star restaurants, Restaurant Review

Located in L’Hotel, the smallest 5 star hotel in Paris The beauty of living in Oslo is that we can go back to Paris for a week-end. A couple of weeks ago, we came back for a friend’s wedding in…

Asian restaurants in Paris

Top 4 Asian restaurants in Paris

Posted by Thien Lan on June 11, 2015July 2, 2015 in Asian Food, Food, France, Hotel, Luxury

Here are my top picks, all very different in terms of prices, experiences and taste. Bottom line is, good value is very important when you rate Asian restaurant so the cheapest will always have an advantage, especially for my parents’…

easy healthy dessert recipe

Easy healthy stylish yummy dessert

Posted by Thien Lan on April 23, 2015April 15, 2015 in France, French food, Kids friendly, Recipes, Swiss food, Switzerland

I didn’t even thought my kids would love it but they did, so this is a definite winner: Verrine cremeuse et croustillante à la pomme i.e. Creamy crunchy apple dessert. It takes 2 minutes, it looks good, it has a…

Chateau d'Adomenil Relais et Chateaux

Chateau d’Adomenil****, Relais et Chateaux and 1* restaurant

Posted by Thien Lan on April 16, 2015December 10, 2015 in Food, France, French food, Hotel, Luxury, Michelin star restaurants, Restaurant Review

How much can you celebrate your husband’s birthday? Never enough! After an indulgent lunch at the Grand Dolder Hotel Restaurant in Zurich, we decided to take advantage from our trip to my mother in law in Nancy, east of France,…

what to do with kids in Paris

Paris with a 6 year old?

Posted by Thien Lan on February 26, 2015November 13, 2017 in Food, France, Kids friendly, Restaurant Review, Staff pick

Last week I spent 2 days with my 6 year old son in Paris. Just the two of us. I’ve never been inspired with what to do in Paris with kids. I’ve always found the city so kids unfriendly! I wasn’t…

Aupres du Clocher Pommard

Aupres du clocher, restaurant in Pommard, Burgundy France

Posted by Thien Lan on January 1, 2015June 4, 2015 in Food, France, Restaurant Review

During that week end in Burgundy where we were piling up the Michelin stars, we went wine tasting. Just to be clear, Manu and my friends enjoyed the wine tasting, whilst I volunteered to be on babysitter duty (so I…

Legumes pour les enfants au Chapeau Rouge a Dijon

Chapeau Rouge, 2 Michelin star restaurant in Dijon France

Posted by Thien Lan on December 25, 2014December 10, 2015 in Food, France, Kids friendly, Luxury, Michelin star restaurants, Restaurant Review

Last month, we stacked up a total of 5 Michelin stars in 2 days! To warm up for the 3 star La Lameloise the next day, we started our week-end with the 2 Michelin Star Chapeau Rouge on the Friday…

Scallops by Eric Pras, La Lameloise

La Lameloise 3 Michelin star restaurant, Chagny, Burgundy France

Posted by Thien Lan on December 4, 2014September 25, 2016 in Food, France, French food, Kids friendly, Luxury, Michelin star restaurants, Restaurant Review

I’m officially launching this new blog full of restaurant reviews today. It’s going to be updated with a new review every Thursday so you can go and try those places on the week-end! Let’s start with the third 3 Michelin…

Relais et Chateaux, La Lameloise 4 star hotel

La Lameloise Hotel, Relais Chateaux, Chagny Burgundy France

Posted by Thien Lan on December 1, 2014December 10, 2015 in France, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Michelin star restaurants

My childhood friends from Paris organised a long week-end alternating wine tasting and fine dining in Burgundy, France. While my Aussie friends are spending this beautiful summer at the beach, here we cope with late Autumn and enjoy what the…

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