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New & Noteworthy: Dining Debuts

Posted on by Nicola Chilton

Have food, will travel? If you’re the type who plans vacations around must-visit restaurants, you may want to bookmark this page. Here are the newest, most exciting culinary arrivals at Four Seasons properties around the world.

Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Cartagena

At the recently opened Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Cartagena, there are ample spaces wherein guests can unwind and indulge, from two rooftop pools to the Umari spa to eight restaurants and lounges. At Bar LeLarge, the cocktail menu spotlights Cuban-influenced concoctions made with local and seasonal fruit. The Grand Grill, a twist on a traditional steakhouse, is located on the grounds of the former high-society watering hole Club Cartagena, a Beaux Arts institution founded in the 1920s. And Pizzera Della Chiesa, a prime spot for authentic Neapolitan pizza, inhabits a space that was once the Teatro Cartagena movie house. —Margo Gonzalez

Four Seasons Hotel Nashville: Bacco

Taking inspiration from Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and revelry, Bacco brings Italian conviviality to Nashville. Ingredients like spicy ‘nduja sausage, squash blossoms, and Sicilian fennel butter meet in dishes centred around bold flavours and seasonal ingredients, including mortadella bruschetta, dry-aged steaks, fresh seafood, and house-made pastas. “If there is one dish that captures our approach at Bacco, it would be the lamb belly,” says executive chef Derek Simcik. “It draws inspiration from both Tuscany and Southern Italy while showcasing locally sourced Kentucky lamb, prepared with a focus on balance and depth of flavour.” The restaurant is a lively hot spot and a celebration of Italian culinary culture, with a year-round outdoor terrace, a central bar and lounge, and an open kitchen that offers a glimpse of the magic behind the menus. 

Four Seasons Resort and Residences at the Pearl-Qatar: Nicolas Rouzaud Maison De Haute Pâtisserie 

Acclaimed pastry chef Nicolas Rouzaud has brought his jeweller-level precision to Doha, opening a patisserie that’s a master class in French technique. From seasonal tartlets to the indulgent pistachio Paris-Brest cake, creations celebrate fresh fruit and refined simplicity.

Naples Beach Club, A Four Seasons Resort: The Merchant Room 

The elegance of Old Florida meets the dynamism of a New American brasserie at The Merchant Room by the two-time James Beard Award–winning chef Gavin Kaysen. With a sparkling poolside setting, the new restaurant—featuring a striking mural of flamingos in misty mangroves—blends French culinary techniques with seasonal ingredients and seafood sourced from the Gulf. Signature dishes include the seared red snapper with baby bok choy, crispy basmati rice, and coconut-curry broth. 

Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Street, Boston: LPM

This summer, the joie de vivre of the French Riviera lands in Boston with the opening of LPM Restaurant & Bar, the latest iteration of the globally loved brand—founded in London in 2007—with locations in Dubai, Miami, Mykonos, and Hong Kong. The Boston establishment will feature a French Mediterranean menu centred on grilled fish and meat and homemade pasta, as well as the Tomatini—the essence of LPM in a martini glass. The savoury cocktail is crafted with muddled Campari tomatoes, Ketel One vodka, and white balsamic vinegar. 

Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge: Cooper’s Cut 

Grass-fed British côtes de bœuf, Hokkaido A4 Wagyu fillets, and bone-in Basque Txuleton rib steaks highlight the menu at just-opened Cooper’s Cut. Named after Sir Edwin Cooper—the architect behind the neoclassical building that houses the hotel—the restaurant champions exceptional meats from top global producers, as well as a selection of British seafood like Dover sole and Scottish langoustines. In the kitchen, the talented team of chefs brings precision and restraint to a menu that focuses on dry-aging and a respect for seasonality. The centrepiece offering is the côte de bœuf—from a breed native to the country’s Lake District—which is fire-roasted, rested, and carved tableside. In a nod to London’s trading past, it is seasoned with the restaurant’s signature pepper blend of Espelette, Kampot, and Sel de Guérande, before being finished simply with herbs and roasted garlic. 

The Culture Cut: A Museum Opening, the Return of Gold, and Other Spottings from Around the World

Posted on by The Editors

Heads up: there’s a new gold rush coming; the Middle East is the hot place to be for art lovers; and Hawaii has two just-opened, must-try sushi restaurants. Here’s what’s on our radar from the world of art, culture, style, and fine dining.

See

Richard Serra in Qatar
Serra’s East-West/West-East sculpture.  Photograph by Iwan Baan, courtesy of Qatar Museums.

Art in the Desert: Extraordinary public art pops up all over Qatar’s capital city of Doha—home to both Four Seasons Hotel Doha and Four Seasons Resort and Residences at the Pearl-Qatar. But two unexpected monumental sculptures are worth seeking out in the country’s remote desert. Richard Serra’s steel monoliths loom over the sands of the Brouq Nature Reserve, while Olafur Eliasson’s Shadows Travelling on the Sea of the Day in Al Zubarah uses mirrors and metal rings to create a disorienting yet dazzling experience. —Nicola Chilton  

Cascading Roses at the Frick
Porcelain roses at the Frick. Photograph by Joseph Coscia Jr./The Frick Collection.

The Frick Collection: The storied New York City museum has emerged from a glorious renovation of its Beaux-Arts building and gardens, welcoming visitors to the second floor for the first time and featuring an exhibit of porcelain flower works by sculptor Vladimir Kanevsky. Located on East 70th Street between Madison and Fifth avenues, the esteemed museum is just blocks away from Four Seasons Hotel New York City. 

Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum

Grand Egyptian Museum: After a partial debut last fall, the GEM celebrates its highly anticipated full opening this November. Housing more than 100,000 artifacts, including a colossal statue of Ramses II, and affording panoramic views of the Pyramids of Giza, the archaelogical institution located outside Cairo will finally unveil the Tutankhamun Galleries, featuring thousands of items laid to rest with the boy king (he was nine years old when he assumed the throne) and displaying them together under one roof for the first time. —NC 

Eat

Komo at Four Seasons Resort Maui
Komo at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea

Island Fresh: Two sublime sushi spots recently debuted in Hawaii. Graced with the Hawaiian name for a subspecies of the black noddy seabird, the Big Island-based Noio is an intimate space perched above Four Seasons Resort Hualālai’s ‘Ulu restaurant. Chef Nuri Piccio’s delectable creations range from Japanese Wagyu tempura and sake-steamed chicken to the crown jewel, a seven-course omakase experience. For the new restaurant Komo—inside Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea—the Tokyo-born chef Kiyokuni Ikeda flies in a selection of fresh seafood each week from Japan’s Misaki Megumi Suisan. Komo’s signature Mystery Box is a choice way to experience Ikeda’s masterful, precise method with nigiri while enjoying the element of discovery. 

Shop

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 1908
Rolex’s Perpetual 1908

Gold Watches: After years of stainless steel being the metal of choice for luxury watches (think steely examples of the Rolex Daytona, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, and Patek Philippe Nautilus), the tide is shifting to designs crafted in precious metals, especially gold. At this year’s Oscars, Timothée Chalamet, Sebastian Stan, Kieran Culkin, and Robert Downey Jr. brandished gold timepieces on the red carpet, and sale prices of pre-owned gold watches are on the rise. In Switzerland at the recent Watches and Wonders fair, standout watches gleamed in timeless gold, among them Rolex’s stunning new Perpetual 1908 dress watch and Chopard’s latest L.U.C model featuring a sublime astronomical moon-phase display. —Degen Pener 

Versace La Vacanza
Sneakers from Versace’s new summer collection

Versace’s La Vacanza Collection: Seaside chic enjoys a maximalist interpretation in the Italian label’s new summer fashions. Dario Vitale, the brand’s chief creative officer, has rendered iconic Versace motifs in sea and sand hues to create must-haves, like the Mercury M_VS_01 Sneakers (shown), that epitomize casual glamour. Versace supports the reef restoration efforts of the Coral Gardeners nonprofit in French Polynesia. —Laurie Brookins 

Saint-Louis Twist Collection
Saint-Louis’s Twist collection

Elegant Stemware: Saint-Louis—crystal glassmaker since 1586 in France’s Moselle département—has released a collaboration with Nicolas Julhès, co-founder of Distilllerie de Paris, which crafts gin, vodka, and rum in the French capital. The new Twist 1586 collection includes a decanter and long-stemmed glasses with Venetian ribs that guide the liquid to the mouth. —LB  

Spa

Four Seasons Bali at Sayan
A sacred nap at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan

Bali Bliss: The Indonesian island known for yoga retreats and spa escapes is more attuned to well-being than ever before, thanks to a new six-night immersion across two distinctive Four Seasons resorts. The escape draws inspiration from the fundamental Balinese concepts of sekala, the tangible or visible, and niskala, the intangible or invisible. “I see it as an awakening journey,” says regional director of spa Luisa Anderson in reference to The Seen to the Unseen, which takes guests from the oceanfront Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay to Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, located in a river valley near Ubud. The physical body is the primary focus at Jimbaran Bay, where classes and treatments at the Healing Village Spa include AntiGravity yoga, Pilates, massage, volcanic mud masks, ice baths, and infrared therapy. After a transfer to Sayan, guests have their spirits soothed at the Sacred River Spa with chakra ceremonies and mystical therapies, among them the gentle Restu Bumi ritual featuring Balinese instruments such as the gong and the sacred genta bell. Says Anderson, “It feels like Mother Bali cradling me in her arms.” —Kathryn Romeyn