Journal in English

By Corinna Gronau · 9 October 2026

Les Antiquaires in Paris: a little like coming home

On every visit to Paris we go to Les Antiquaires on the Rue du Bac: nine oysters, onion soup, crêpes Suzette, and Polo, who always greets us. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 23 September 2026

Sóller and Port de Sóller. Between town, harbour and mountains

Sóller in the valley basin of the Tramuntana and Port de Sóller in its round bay. Two places that are hard to think of separately. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 22 September 2026

Market day in Sóller. Lanes, ikat and the old tram.

A Saturday morning in Sóller: empty lanes in the first light, flowers, bread, the tram from 1913, Mallorcan ikat fabrics and, at the end, the Sóller Orange Bomb at Maria's in El Petit. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 8 September 2026

Michelle and Wong in Hamburg-Langenhorn

During the pandemic Michelle pulled up outside my shop on a black scooter, looking for something in rose gold. The next day we sat in her restaurant for the first time. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 11 August 2026

My View of Fashion: Munich

A personal fashion weekend in Munich with Katharina Hovman on Praterinsel, Supreme Women & Men and an evening above the city. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 11 August 2026

Aimy Munich: Returning to a Special Place

My return to Aimy Munich: where Carmen Mayrhausen's boutique once stood, personal memories now meet modern Southeast Asian cuisine. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 6 August 2026

Le Bistrot Saint Roch – our favourite place after the market in Saint-Rémy

My friend Gaby Herlyn has been travelling to the Provence for years, together with her friend Almut. After the market day in Saint-Rémy, a visit to Le Bistrot Saint Roch in Maussane-les-Alpilles is one of their firm rituals. Market-fresh cuisine, a quiet garden – exactly the right tip for your next trip to the Provence. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 5 August 2026

Chefs Warehouse Hamburg. The restaurant tip from HafenCity

In the HafenCity, inside the hotel The Tide, one of the most beautiful restaurants in Hamburg has opened: Chefs Warehouse, with a Cape Town concept. An evening with a view across the fleet, Salt and Pepper Squid, Tandoori cauliflower and Amalfi Spritz Zero. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 27 July 2026

Pades Restaurant in Verden. When a top chef loves the Thermomix

At a Thermomix event at Pades Restaurant in Verden, chef Wolfgang Pade showed what the new TM7 can do: sous-vide beef fillet, lemon risotto with salmon and a baguette with a surprise. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 25 July 2026

Ducasse sur Seine. Paris from the water, until the Eiffel Tower sparkles

Once in your life you must experience an evening at Ducasse sur Seine: dinner on a glass electric boat, a private jetty at Port Debilly, the Nuit étoilée menu, and the sparkling Eiffel Tower for the finale. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 23 July 2026

Ti Breizh. Crêpes, galettes and Breton joie de vivre in Hamburg

Ti Breizh on Eppendorfer Weg has been Hamburg's first Breton crêperie since 1998. Galette Forestière, Filet de sardines, rhubarb spritzer and soon a fourth location in St. Georg. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 19 July 2026

Brüdigams Wildwechsel in Kaaks. A country inn I recommend to friends.

A personal restaurant tip: country inn near Itzehoe in Schleswig-Holstein, European country cooking, boutique hotel rooms. I have known Frank for 30 years. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 14 July 2026

Schlachterbörse. If Hamburg had a dining room

The Süße family has run the Schlachterbörse in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel since the early seventies. An evening with the traditional scampi, roast beef and a steak carved at the table. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 11 July 2026

Par ici. My piece of France in Eimsbüttel

Agnès and Martin Brinker are taking over the Funk-Eck on Rothenbaumchaussee. Why this news makes me so happy and how par ici in Eimsbüttel connects to my family history. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 10 July 2026

Simone and the Landhaus am Stein. How a fabric appointment became my third home

Simone Schnoor was my Designers Guild sales rep, today she runs the Landhaus am Stein in Bad Wiessee on Lake Tegernsee. The story of a friendship and of my fixed quarters at the lake. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 23 June 2026

My Tegernsee. A love letter to paper, duck, and a hotel owner I have known for years.

My Tegernsee. Paper at Gmund, duck at Weissachalm, a hotel owner I have known for years (Simone Schnoor / Landhaus am Stein) and my favourite stops in Bad Wiessee, Kreuth and Munich. From a printer's daughter who keeps coming back. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 10 June 2026

Mallorca restaurant tips. Seven favourite places from Sóller to Palma.

A week in Sóller in June, a day out to Deià, and the usual arrival in Palma. The water during the day, the old town in the evening. With friends,… Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 9 June 2026

Port de Sóller. A day at the beach.

A day at the beach in Port de Sóller. Sometimes only the water will do. A hand raised to the sky. Fish below me. And in front of me a… Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 8 June 2026

Palma: Sant Nicolau, Mallorca Delikatessen and Rialto Living

Three stops in the old town of Palma: Café Sant Nicolau, Mallorca Delikatessen, Rialto Living. A day in June, twenty nine degrees, a thread running from Pig & Hen and Paviot all the way back to Hamburg. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 8 June 2026

Ca’n Llimona Sóller, Italian in the old town

The last evening in Sóller. Italian in the Carrer de la Victòria. Summer pasta with rocket and Sóller lemons, a tomato salad with pesto, a rosé by Toni Gelabert from Manacor. The chef Claudia comes from Argentina and has been cooking on Mallorca for many years. Tiramisu at the end. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 8 June 2026

A long table for Wing and Juan at Lume und Co, Palma

A celebration that was postponed: Wing and Juan, a Saturday in Palma de Mallorca, a long table at Lume & Co. A welcome drink with five appetisers, a sit down lunch with monkfish and suckling pig, caramelised torrija for dessert. And a couple who have finally taken some time for themselves. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 8 June 2026

Sunday lunch at Agapanto, Port de Sóller

Sunday lunchtime at the Agapanto, Port Sóller. Reopened a week ago, a carefully considered design in beige and olive green, festoon parasols with a patterned inside, the AGAPANTO logo in olive green on cream plates. We are back at our old favourite place by the harbour with our friends from Bremen. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 8 June 2026

Wing, Juan and the Sóller Bomb at El Petit Bistro

A Sóller midday with Wing and Juan at the El Petit Bistro on the Plaça de la Constitució. Maria and Martin Winkler make an exception and serve us the original Sóller Bomb in the bistro as well, along with the highlight of the house: tuna tartare with wasabi sorbet. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 8 June 2026

The harbour ritual at Es Passeig, Port Sóller

Friday evening in Port Sóller. The four of us at the harbour, rosé cava as a sundowner, aubergine tartare, sushi rice with wagyu and caviar, tuna tataki, a Can Axartell rosé in the glass. Es Passeig is the address you always come back to. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 8 June 2026

Sundowner at the Nautilus, Port Sóller

An address since 1972, up on the slope above the bay. A frozen strawberry daiquiri as a sundowner, sea bass with clams, a Sóller orange tart, and at the end the red sun disappearing into the sea. Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 4 June 2026

From Sóller to Deià

Midday with friends in Sóller. We are getting ready on the terrace for the drive ahead. Sun above us, behind me the tiled painting with the big octopus among the… Read more › By Corinna Gronau · 4 June 2026

Arriving at Portixol

Our arrival ritual on Mallorca: the first dinner at Portixol in Palma, and a last lunch there on the day we fly home. Read more ›