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The Art of Good Service

Posted by in Food, Hotels, Restaurants

Certain jobs, which might appear easy to do, often require skill to master and patience to execute. Waiting is definitely one of them. Someone in the hospitality sector once told me that what sets hotels in the same category apart is neither the décor nor the establishment, but the standard of service the place offers – and I realised just how right this person was when I got to spend a weekend at the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julian’s. There is something incredibly inspiring in the fact that a hotel…read more

Of Tea & Chatter

Posted by in Food, Good Service, Hotels, Sponsored

How a good, old afternoon tea at the Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa is an easy way to revitalise. Fruit flans and fine bone china, wood-smoked cheddar-filled sandwiches and Choux pastry with cream. For centuries the preserve of the rich (mainly because tea leaves were expensive and the working classes rarely had time to sit down for a two-hour affair half-way through the day), afternoon tea is to this very day an elaborate ritual. But invited to afternoon tea at Orange Grove Brasserie within the Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa…read more