The Firehall Bistro in Oliver, British Columbia

The Firehall Bistro restaurant is located in a small town of Oliver in the Okanagan Valley known for it’s many wineries and award winning wines. Oliver is also known as the Wine Capital of Canada.

Driving through Oliver you can’t miss the Firehall Bistro. Is is located right on main street. The building used to be old firehouse hense the name. After extensive restorations and additions the old firehouse is a home to one of Oliver’s finer restaurants.

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Delhi’s Khan Market Gets Its Very Own ‘Dilli Haat’

Some attach a strange perception to Indian handicrafts of them being raw and unpolished but a visit to the Dilli Dastkari Samiti’s new shop in Khan Market and this opinion would stand corrected.

Synonymous with arts and crafts the Dilli Dastkar Samiti has opened a quaint outlet in Khan Market which almost encompasses the entire Dilli Haat in one place. Imagine all the goodies of Dilli Haat imploding at one location and you can think what this shop looks like.

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Petit Robert Bistro – Boston’s Favorite Affordable French Restaurant

You’ll almost think you’re in Paris when you dine in Boston’s best French bistro, Petit Robert Bistro. Chef/co-owner Jacky Robert opened his neighborhood restaurant with a commitment to serving authentic French bistro classics prepared with the finest local New England ingredients at affordable prices. He has succeeded so well that he had to open two additional bistros to keep up with demand from enthusiastic diners.

You can find the three branches of this Boston favorite near Fenway Park (468 Commonwealth Ave), in Boston’s South End neighborhood (480 Columbus Ave), and in suburban Needham, just a few miles southwest of Boston.

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Taste A Yaad Restaurant – White Bay, Jamaica

Dwight had a nightmare which compelled him to flee Babylon, the name given to the capital, Kingston, by many Jamaicans, and move to the country. With no capital to invest, he decided to “try a ting” and established a cook-shop called “Taste A Yaad Restaurant” on the sandy beach at White Bay in Trelawny, Jamaica.

Walking along White Bay from the Breezes Hotel in the West, I passed rows of lounge chairs filled with bodies baking in the morning sun before I came upon a small complex of craft shops jutting out of the mangrove forest onto the South edge of the beach. These shacks are typical of those found near tourist resorts all over Jamaica. A couple of vendors greeted me, trying to initiate a sale with something like “Good morning, Mon! Take a look at my…”, but I walked on as I had seen and heard it all before, and I had an appointment to meet Brian, an instructor, for my first kitesurfing lesson further along on that fabulous white sand beach.

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