Passion For Luxury

Friday, August 24, 2012

Noma best restaurant in the world

René Redzepi

Noma is a two Michelin star restaurant run by chef René Redzepi

Best Chef in the world 2012

Noma is a restaurant that offers Nordic gourmet cuisine with a personal touch and an innovative gastronomic take on the more traditional cooking methods.

The establishment offers the very best Nordic produce and shares the legacy of their food heritage.

The owners of Noma regard it a personal challenge to revive Nordic cuisine and allow the distinctive flavors and the foods regional character to brighten up the world. The two-Michelin star restaurant Noma has the luxury of being more than just about the finest olive oil, foie gras, black olives and other produce that is seen in some of the very best cuisine. They are about exploring the Nordic regions of the world and discovering outstanding foods and ingredients which they bring back to the restaurants home in Denmark.

These include high quality ingredients such as Icelandic skyr curd, fresh halibut, Greenland musk, berries and water. They also search for new sources of inspiration in Denmark along with the remainder of the Nordic countries to always ensure they are able to provide top quality produce. The restaurant treats not only the very costly and the best of ingredients with great care and attention but also the more modest of ingredients such as grains and pulses. These are found in cuisine in new and unexpected ways.

The aim of Rene Redzepi, the chef, is to pay attention to the qualities of their luxury culinary heritage while at the same time offering something brand new to customers. The countryside is combed for new types of berries and exploration is made in new ways to use milk and cream along with some of the lesser known cereal grains. The Noma undertakes their own salting, pickling, drying and grilling along with preparing their own vinegars. They rely on state of the art luxury kitchen equipment of the very best along with techniques and care deeply about the textures of their food just as any other world class restaurant in the world would.

The chef regularly replaces wine in the sauces and soups for beers and ales, fruit juices and fruit vinegars which adds freshness and flavor. When in season the top of local fresh vegetables, herbs, spices and wild plants play a very important role in all of the dishes they prepare.

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Louis Vuitton - A sparkling arrival in Place Vendome

On July 3, Louis Vuitton opened its first store dedicated exclusively to their collection of fine jewelry and watches, as well as its first jewelry shop at the iconic number 23 in Place Vendôme. The space is just a few meters from 4, rue Neuve de Capucines, the historical address where Louis Vuitton established his first store in 1854, the birthplace, savoir faire of the Maison.
All the excellence in the know-how of Louis Vuitton will be presented in the new haute jewelry store in the Maison, located on the top floor of the elegant 17th century building, where the old benches of master jewelers for numerous generations still remain. Inside the walls of the workshop, a precious tradition is held; Louis Vuitton has created a bright and contemporary showcase with a magnificent view of the elegant Place Vendôme. The new space will be the source of inspiration for teachers who work there, those who perpetuate the excellence of craftsmanship in the tradition of the Maison, as well as the boldness of their innovation. Precious stones from around the world will end their trips in the workshop and together with the expert hands of men and women, who will extract all of their luminous; they will be given a new radiant life in the scintillating jewelry of the store. This will create exceptional pieces that will reprise and celebrate the unique legend continually renewed “L’Ame du Voyage” by Louis Vuitton.

Photo: Louis Vuitton Place Vendôme collar, photo by Coppi Barbieri for Louis Vuitton

Photo: Louis Vuitton Place Vendôme bangle, photo by Coppi Barbieri, clickable

The collection that includes necklaces, rings and earrings made of diamonds designed by Creative Director Lorenz Bäumer. Each jewel demonstrates a certain path or place in Paris—one of the rings shows the way to the LV boutique with yellow diamonds, a necklace plays reflects the traffic on the Champs Elysees as the cars head for the Arc de Triomphe and back. Diamonds are cut in the form of Vuitton’s iconic flower shape and symbolize the Place Vendôme itself.
The soft tone of the boutique is the idea of architect Peter Marino who wanted to make a special focus on the jewels.