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Hos Thea Best restaurant in Oslo

Why is Hos Thea the best restaurant in Oslo according to TripAdvisor?

Posted by Thien Lan on September 25, 2016September 25, 2016 in Food, French food, Luxury, Oslo, Restaurant Review

We’ve been living in Oslo for a bit over a year now. My husband and I are keen foodies. We love going out to restaurants. We enjoy cheap and cheerful joints as well as fancy 3 Michelin starred restaurants. This time,…

cosy lunch in Oslo

5 top picks: cosy lunch in Oslo under 170 Kr

Posted by Thien Lan on March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 in Food, Kids friendly, Oslo, Restaurant Review

As mentioned in a previous post, it’s not that easy to find places to eat at lunch as most restaurants only open for dinner, from 3pm. For us, lunch is much more convenient as we can bring the kids along on…

best steak in Oslo

St Lars, Bislett, best steak in Oslo and beyond!

Posted by Thien Lan on February 7, 2016February 9, 2016 in Food, French food, Oslo, Restaurant Review, Steakhouse

After our massive fail at Trancher we were still on a mission to find the best steak in Oslo. Grilled, chargrilled that is. As my mother in law in in town, we organised a date night with hubby and he made a…

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…

seafood in Oslo

Seafood fine dining in Oslo: Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin

Posted by Thien Lan on August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 in Food, Luxury, Oslo, Restaurant Review

Last week was heaven. The kids were in France with my parents and there were just the two of us, hubby and I in Oslo. We ate out a lot. Here’s our highlight so far: Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin (note I can use special…

Luzern Switzerland with children

Top picks: Luzern with 4 children under 7

Posted by Thien Lan on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 in Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Outdoors, Parenting, Restaurant Review, Swiss food, Switzerland

My friends Bev is still in town with her hubby and two boys. With my husband coming back for the week-end, we organised a get away to beautiful Luzern, one hour drive from Zürich. This is the very place to…

cheap tasty food in Zurich

The secret to cheap and tasty food: do it yourself

Posted by Thien Lan on June 18, 2015 in Asian Food, Food, Health, Kids friendly, Near Dubendorf, Oerlikon, Parenting, Restaurant Review, Switzerland, Zurich

This week I discovered another way to delicious food for less. Different to the Groupon deals I tried last time, this time is: help yourself! Yan Sushi und Wok: all you can eat Asian Buffet! How good can all you can eat…

Groupon Lunch deal

My take on Groupon Deals in Zürich

Posted by Thien Lan on June 4, 2015 in Fashion and Beauty, Food, Restaurant Review, Zurich

As you know, Zürich has become the most expensive city in the world. As such, especially since we didn’t have stable income here, we started looking for good value deals and tried Groupon Schweiz deals four times, once for hairdresser…

Waldmannsburg Dubendorf Restaurant Review

10th Anniversary lunch at Waldmannsburg Panoramic Restaurant, Dübendorf

Posted by Thien Lan on May 21, 2015May 20, 2015 in Food, Kids friendly, Luxury, Near Dubendorf, Outdoors, Restaurant Review, Swiss food, Switzerland, Zurich

My husband is now working overseas and he came back home on Thursday 7th May as it was our 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We decided to celebrate the next day over lunch while the kids are at school so we could…

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,…

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