Ellen Jacobson of Centennial, Colorado, wrote, “I would like readers to write in about the good food experiences that others can expect to have in different countries. I’m not talking about specific restaurant recommendations but about the particular dishes or types of foods that travelers should seek out in new places.”
While in London in September ’09, we used the website www.restaurant-guide.com regularly to check out restaurants and to find special offers. We have been pleased with the recommendations and the “two entrée for one” offers.
If you use their service, be sure to print out the reservation/offer. One restaurant we used asked which offer we had booked, and one didn’t credit us the free entrée until we showed the reservation.
From GLASGOW, Scotland, Oct. 4, 2009…
• Two Fat Ladies at the Buttery (652-654 Argyle St., Glasgow; phone 0141 221 8188, www.twofatladiesrestaurant.com).
by Jean Nethery, Blairsville, GA
by Teresa O'Kane, San Jose, CA
We had a surprise in Dubrovnik, Croatia, that hopefully others who read this can avoid. My husband took me out for a belated birthday dinner in May ’09 at Restaurant Nautica (Brsalje 3, 20 000 Dubrovnik, Croatia; phone +385 [0] 20 44 25 26), an excellent restaurant just outside the city walls. The view couldn’t have been better, with the dining terrace sandwiched between lit city walls and a fortress and with the blue Adriatic off to one side.
by Sandra Scott
From ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, Sept. 6, 2009…
by Jay Brunhouse
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