Elite Traveler May-June 2015

DISCOVER

elite traveler MAY/JUNE 2015 ISSUE 3 54

Food&drink

Guilded youth

In London, a new lunchtime experience that's part Don Draper, part James Bond. The Three Martini Lunch involves dishes to complement the triple gin tastes. Now being served at Mark’s Bar in Soho every Thursday. $36 hixrestaurants.co.uk

You probably haven’t heard of Rue du Vertbois in Paris’s sleepy 3rd arrondissement. But once real estate developer Cédric Naudon has finished with it, the little cobbled street may lay credible claim to being one of the foodiest streets in French capital. Each of the 36 units on the street has been bought by Naudon, whose vision is to create the ultimate culinary street tour through a range of high-specification, independent gourmet establishments married under a collective name – La Jeune Rue. Already open is an organic butcher, Sicilian restaurant PAN (pictured), a Korean street food joint, designed by Italian maven Paula Navone, and the revamped Argentine restaurant Anahi. To come is a Tom Dixon-designed grocery store and a speakeasy. lajeunerue.com

A DAILY GRIND

Ideal for design snobs whose elitism extends to beans and bikes, this new hybrid machine is part coffee grinder, part bicycle. To use, choose your preferred coffee beans, fill and pedal to create man-powered espressos. The price includes personalized branding, but pedaling staff are not included. $14,900 velopresso.cc

Words: Emily Mathieson. Photos: Ernestp Benavides/Getty, Ivan Coleman, La Jeune Rue

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BOTTLEROCK Combine wine from Gia Coppola, Twomey Cellars and Robert Mondavi with a soundtrack from No Doubt and Robert Plant and you have a recipe for some seriously good quality imbibing. Where? Napa Valley, US When? May 29-31 bottlerocknapavalley.com

BIG FESTIVAL Ex-Blur bassist Alex James (with Jamie Oliver) opens up his farm. Think hearty English nosh, celebrity chefs and celebrity spotting - the Cotswold location is the weekend stomping ground of KateMoss andDavidCameron.

MISTURA Now that South American food (Peruvian in particular) is a big deal, the country’s biggest food event draws people from around the world. See Brazilian chef Rodrigo Oliveira and Gaston Acurio discussing ceviche. Where? Lima, Peru. When? September 4-13 mistura.pe

Grind as you go The Velopresso keeps you fit while fixing your coffee

TAKE THREE/// FESTIVALS FOR FOODIES

Where? Kingham, UK When? August 28-30 jamieoliver.com/ thebigfeastival

Gathering together to share food is taken to a whole new level with the spate of festivals springing up that celebrate food and drink. Here are three not to be missed around the world.