The secrets from the Chef & Sommelier

 There is Formula 1 in the sport and there is Bocuse dOr in gastronomy, bot are of the same caliber when it comes to training and setup and sacrificing everything while training and execution. The Bocuse dOr 2025 just finished in Lyon France with Sweden as bronze, Denmark as silver and the gold went to the home nation of France, correct or not is for others to judge but I am sure that politics and sponsor requirements have some to do with it as always, nothing is for free guys! In my opinion its harder and harder every time and to achieve podium is a miracle so well done to everyone and especially my friends from Latvia who managed to take the 14 spot, good on you considering the size of this small country and the financial situation needed to set up a team like this, its hard to fight with the big countries with endless wallet and all the support needed so yeas some team will never reach the podium but in my opinion all the chefs are brilliant and some of the best around. here are...

 La Dolce Vita, the word is beautiful and full of excitement, lust and happiness, this 1960 famous film by Fellini staring the Swedish model Anita Ekberg and the Italian stallion Marcello Mastroianni is memorized by her bath in Fontana di Trevi, cheesy film but fun to watch but even more interesting for me is that my first restaurant was La Dolce Vita in Helsingborg Sweden after I came home from my adventure in the US, how I became the owner of this Italian establishment will be another story but let me tell you that the 3 years I had this place formed me as a chef and a culinarian in a way that forever live with me. the photo of the actual original movie poster showed here) are still in my possession well kept and cherished, who knows maybe there will be another La Dolce Vita restaurant somewhere in the world.

 Christmas is over and I am back in Cairo to keep pushing the staff here to the next level and more happy customers, the time is flying in record speed and I have been here now for almost 2 years, unbelievable! Cairo is fantastic in many ways but it was a blessing to be home with my girls for some weeks and just not do nothing, Selma the westie is a big girl now and it was fun to see her development, she is a terminator! but fun to have around. one of the joys to be home is to eat everything that I had cravings for, proper burgers, semla, sill, korv, jansons frestelse, proper sushi and pork of all kinds, yummy in my tummy. I wish you all a prosperous new year with some photos of my Egyptian garden, salute