[…] to me the people of Leningrad seemed to walk more proudly, to be brisker, intelligenter [sic] […]

There is a general mood of expectation, these days, of limitative results—but back in 1931, this came as a bolt from the blue.

The chef, Csar Ramirez, and his partners, Kiwon Standen and Didier Palange, all Bouley alumni, have an eclectic menu, with dishes like slow-roasted rabbit and sweetbread salad, oxtail consommé, ginger-steamed daurade, slow-cooked Cornish hen and Japanese rice risotto with shrimp; 142 West 10th Street, (212) 255-2330 .

Bergen, in Hordaland county, is Norway's second-largest city.