The Corinthian Club

# 2010 BEST COUNTRY CLUB

Presenting the ever fluctuating Corinthian Club located in the heart of Glasgow... The Glasgow Ship Bank was built in 1843 and ranks high on the city’s most intricate and ornate buildings list. And now, millions of pounds later, the establishment has opened its doors again to become the epitome of classic brilliance and new beauty.

The Corinthian Club features a casino, hotel suites, bars, restaurants, meeting rooms, and press rooms. This grand, Victorian former bank is now all about fine food at affordable prices. Ideally situated in the center of Glasgow, The Corinthian Club is always abuzz with activity.

Enter and you'll find bars to your left and right, above and below - a myriad of bar styles, including 30s cocktail and girlie boutique all feature, each providing something new and unique. We ate in the grand and majestic banking hall, which is now knows as the Tellers Bar and Brasserie. The ceilings soars and is framed by the most amazing cornicing and ornate plasterwork. Modern touches are fused with the building’s original decedent glamor. The restaurant below is replete with beautiful bays and cozy winged seating surrounding a central bar - the lively hubbub is both exciting and welcoming.

The ostentatious Victorian architecture - as well as a host of quirky touches - ensures that The Corinthian Club provides a feast for your eyes as well as your palate. So If you feel like getting dressed up and going to a place where you can have a cocktail, dinner, and then dance -all under one roof, then come here. Enjoy!

McFancy, Eat Drink Chic

Is there a happy median between fast food and fashion? Apparently there is and it's called McFancy.

The people at The Cool Hunter came up with this amazing concept of a temporary luxury McDonald’s eatery that’ll be set up at fashion weeks all over; London, New York, Paris, Milan, Sydney and Hong Kong. "It is part art installation, gathering spot and, of course, a restaurant that offers a traditional McDonald’s menu but packaged in a way that makes a playful yet stylish nod to the lifestyle of the highly desirable, influential consumers that attend Fashion Weeks."

They’ll be serving up things like the Burberry Burger, Chanel Fries and Paul Smith Sundaes; all contained in packages with the designer brand’s trademarks. Burberry with the plaid and Paul Smith with the colorful stripes. Waiters in tuxedos will be serving you with silver service in private dining areas or in one of the chic booths.

Cupcake Couture

Look what I've found!

A perfect combination of two things I love:
cakes and couture!
Don't you just love them?


These couture cupcakes were shot by Swedish photographer Therese Aldgård and styled by Swedish prop chick Lisa Edsälv. The duo created 5 delicious cupcakes, inspired by Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin, Agent Provocateur and Betsey Johnson. They all look good enough to eat, or too good to be eaten? Can't take off my eyes of the icing on the (cup)cake.

Laduree, Paris

Address: 75 av. des Champs-Elysées, 8e

Location: 8th Arrondissement (Champs-Elysées/Madeleine)
Hours: Daily 7:30am-1am
Website: www.laduree.fr

Ladurée is a beautiful, luxury cakes and pastries brand which is based in Paris. Paneled walls, gilt accents, and bobeche-dripping chandeliers set an elegant scene for this busy tea room.

As if the luxe interior weren't enticing enough, Ladurée offers some of the city's most luscious pastries imaginable... It is the inventor of the double-decker Macaroon, 15,000 of which are sold every day), and they come in a dozen flavors. If they're not enough to send you into paroxysms of delight, look to napoleons, cakes, croissants, and pains au chocolat for your temptation.

D&G Gold Restaurant

D&G Gold
Address: Via Carlo Poerio 2/A,
20129 Milano, Italy
Website: www.dolcegabbanagold.com

In the new Dolce & Gabbana Restaurant, gold as the unparalleled symbol of money and luxury is not the theme. According to their official web description gold is here to emphasize upbeat and sunny color, translating into taste for beauty and sensual pleasure.

On its several levels D&G gold serves international food with a stunning range of refreshments, while the downstairs bistro opens at lunch time, upstairs the more formal restaurant serves only dinner, in your spare time you can also relax in D&G Golds Coffee Room and Cocktail Bar.