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Five must-try restaurants globally

Restaurant eating can be an experience in itself.

Often I reflect fondly on town and place because of the restaurant experience.

Atmosphere, food, service and views are all aspects that go into making the restaurants below  some of my favs world wide.

These are a few of the restaurants that ignite my taste buds and sensations :

Larvotto Beach
La Rose Des Vents on Larvotto Beach, Monaco

  1. La Rose Des Vents, Monaco

The great appeal of this restaurant for me is the fact it is on a beach in Monaco. It is accommodating (I have turned up straight from the beach) and or as glitzy as you want.

Seafood at La Rose Des Vents Monaco
Seafood at La Rose Des Vents Monaco

The food is delicious and I only have seafood when I go there. Terrains, kebabs, fresh seafood. It is all devine and delish! Check it out here. 

2. Frogmore’s Creek, Tasmania, Australia

Frogmores
Chess piece ice cream from Frogmore’s Creek Restaurant

Set outside of Hobart in Tasmania on a vineyard is a wonderful restaurant called Frogmore’s. I have had the pleasure of eating there twice and each time has been mind blowing. This is a more extensive blog about it and their website here. Fly down to Hobart just for lunch!

3. Rae’s on Wategos, Byron Bay, Australia

Wategos Beach Break
Julian Rocks off Wategos

Overlooking arguably one of the best beaches in the world is Rae’s on Wategos.

It’s a perfect for a long lunch with a great conversationalist or friend. You will be served scrumptious delights, not overly large which is good, and fantastic wines.

4. The African Queen, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France

The African Queen
Desserts from The African Queen

The day we turned up here was a story in itself.  Winding down the steep curved road cut into the French coast line, overlooking the vast ocean and cote’d azure we stumbled across The African Queen.

Chilled Champagne, delicate cerviche and the most amazing desserts,  The African Queen could win alone on food. But it also has a magestic out look and relaxed atmosphere.

This definitely goes on one of my favorite restaurant’s list.

 

5. Chez Gado Gado, Bali, Indonesia

A simple, comfortable restaurant by the ocean in Seminyak. The food is great, abundant and refreshing breeze is worth traveling for.  I have had a few meals at Chez Gado Gado and all have been worthy. If you go on a Friday or Saturday night you should book in advance.

Let me know your favourite restaurants in the comments and I will try to visit them 🙂

Luxury in Ubud – Puri Sunia

Last year I stumbled across the Puri Sunia twenty minutes outside of Ubud.

Balinese rice fields
Rice fields near Ubud Bali

It is a new resort that is very beautifully designed and connected to greenery in a very Bali way.

Retreats for Bali with Sam Beau Patrick
Retreats for Bali with Sam Beau Patrick

I stay in a deluxe room and it is deluxe. Much better than some of the other similar rated resorts in this region.

Fruit platter Puri Sunai
Fruit platter Puri Sunai

The spa area is good and everyone is welcomed with a complimentary foot spa massage. It really does work – massage is relaxing.

You could simply whittle time away at the resort starting with early morning yoga and stretching. If you want to slide in and out of the pool like I did, you can order excellent pool side dining.

Puri Sunia
pool area at the Puri Sunia

 

I think you should venture into town for a few “must experience” in Ubud.

Great restaurants, music and bars and funky art shops, Ubud is a well known in-land town higher than the better known beachside town of Kuta near Denpasar.

Ubud sunset
sunset over the rice paddies, Ubud

 

 

I love Ubud for it’s organic cafes, it’s colour, it’s history, and clothing shops.  A friend of mine has her own female clothing range called Goddess on the Go and she has the material made out of wood! Great fabric, nice and cool and easy to wash. Say I said hi if you make it to her shop.