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Riverview Dining
Villa La Massa, Florence-Candeli, ItalyYou sit on the luxury hotel's restaurant terrace and look down at the Arno straight below. The opposite bank is so rural the view could be medieval. As the sun sets, there are still ducks swimming but as night falls frogs provide a background cacophony that complements the live pianist. Your table, set with Bernardaud, is lit by little night-lights, and Andrea Quagliarella's cooking might include finest tagliatelle with white truffles. www.villalamassa.it |   |
The Nile Hilton, Cairo, EgyptIf you want to toast the glorious Nile, your best bet could well be the rooftop Belvedere Restaurant here, an institution since the 12-floor property opened on Tahrir Square in 1959 (the hotel, currently run by GM Jean Welti, even hosts a wine club that has over 80 enthusiastic members). Wild mushroom ravioli covered in foam of fresh herbs, or caramelized veal sweetbreads with mousseline, are among the many Belvedere favorites.
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You have a choice of restaurants a few feet from the ever-busy Chao Phraya river. There is the two-floor outdoor Thiptara, where you taste the most authentic Thai food, perhaps sitting up among the treetops. At River Café and Terrace, you are literally at the water's edge, and you will marvel at the air-conditioned 'outside' cooking stations. WOW.travel is also particularly fond of the Pacific Rim cuisine at Jesters.
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Grand Hyatt Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaHere, you look down, far down, to the Huangpu river. On the 56th floor of this 88-floor building, the restaurants include Japanese, Asian quick-food stalls and, our favorite, Cucina, where a tomato and mozarella caprese salad comes as a big soup bowl filled with dozens of halves of flavorful tiny cherry tomatoes and a whole Italian mozzarella cut in two. As a hotel guest, you can also head higher up, to the Club Jin Mao club on the 86th floor.
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The Langham Hotel, Melbourne, AustraliaThe Melba Brasserie is named for the city's most famous opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba (who also famously gave her name to a rich peach and ice cream dessert). Here, you sit looking right across the Yarra River - where rowing crews may still be practicing - to Flinders Street and the City. Live stations include tandoori ovens and woks, so the menu includes Aubergine masala and Prawns stir-fried with mushrooms and soya sauce, but not, currently, Dame Nellie's own.
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For your own private terrace dining with sensational 12th floor sunset views west across the Hudson River, take the 1,350 sq ft loft suite 120 here. Have dinner sent up from Ian Chalermkittichai's Kittichai restaurant, on the hotel's ground floor, and imagine you are dining as regular guests Russell Crowe, Stella McCartney and others have done. If it gets chilly later, move inside and watch the view from your two-floor picture windows.
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The intimate 50-seat La Rive restaurant, where Roger Rassin is chef, has two Michelin stars, and you dine level with the Amstel river - looking across to some of the city's famous houseboats. Dishes WOW.travel has enjoyed here in the past include a salad of celeriac and Savora mustard with avocado, penne stuffed with ricotta and preserved red pepper - and turbot and truffle wrapped in potato spaghetti with a veal sauce. The sauce, of course, is faultless.
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