Spread over three floors, Mon Coco has the comfort of large windows, two heated terraces (one of which is entirely non-smoking), a cocktail bar coupled with a dance floor and a restaurant. That’s for the arrangement. What about the spirit?
Category: Hotels & Chefs
In this Hotel and Chef category, Icon-Icon is interested in luxury in its most experiential aspect… These palaces which, throughout the world, transpose the refinement...
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Chanel at Courchevel – Another Star
For this winter season, Chanel has indeed decided to install itself once again at the iconic ski station of Courchevel. The letters of Chanel now illuminate the place du Rocher in red neons.
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Patrick Roger, Chocolatier and Audacious Artist
Chocolate to him was a “passport for the world. It was a sudden revelation. Everything became possible whereas at the beginning I never expected my life to go this way. I went to sixty countries, I am travelling often...
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The Iconic Bûches Cakes of Christmas 2019
It is in this way that Chef Pâtissier Dominique Costa revisited for the Peninsula Paris the shape of vines. In a very sweet and highly inspired version. His bûche is composed around an almond praline bonbon associated to a vanilla dark ...
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The Ritz, Prestige for 120 years
In June 2016, after 4 years of renovation, the magnificent Hôtel Ritz at Vendôme Square in Paris reopens its doors – the interior remains full of splendour, charm and the illustrious history of the Ritz! Opened on the first of June 1898, the Ritz came together through the audaciousness and influence of the Swiss gentleman...
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The “Magic Top” Yule Log at the Shangri-La Hotel
The holidays are fast approaching, and with them come Christmastime treats aplenty. The Shangri-La Hotel has announced its newest production with head pastry chef Michaël Bartocetti – the idea: bring out an exquisite iced dessert. This is a yule log, but a yule log that takes on the shape and motions of a top. As...
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Flocons de Sel Hotel, Mégève
Megève looks out over a breathtaking landscape. This village is tucked in the Savoie, in the Mont Blanc range at the heart of the Alps. Here, there is a building that has preserved all the charm that made this village renowned for being one of the most beautiful ski stations in the world. The setting...
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Anne-Sophie Pic’s Blue Lobster
In 1973, Anne-Sophie Pic was worried, demanding, and constantly seeking the best when the death of her father, chef Jacques Pic, left her running the kitchens. This fragility of a self-taught artist has allowed her to endlessly reevaluate herself. The meeting of her husband also proved to be a fortuitous one: at his side, Anne-Sophie...
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The Louis Vuitton Store, a Symbolic Display
“Stores will become museums” – this premonition comes from the Nostradamus of art and pop culture, Andy Warhol. When you see the marvel that is the Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Elysées, it’s obvious that he wasn’t too far off. London, New York, Jakarta, Hong Kong, and a number of others… while the trunkmaker is eminently present on the...
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Petrossian Beluga Caviar
There are some products that simply saying the name can evoke spooky sensations. Petrossian has that power. As a designer of haute couture, Armen Petrossian had become a master in the art of caviar. The worthy son of a grocer, he made the gamble to bet on a sturgeon breeding. The iconic product of the...