Seafood lunch at Parsons, Covent Garden
Since I moved to the Kent coast from London I feel a lot closer to the food we eat. The butcher sells meat from nearby farms, the lamb grazes on heritage land, if you follow the seasons there is plenty of locally grown fruit and vegetables and you can buy locally caught, sustainable fish off … Continue reading
Food, Bigger than the plate & a London foodie day
Very often I see exhibitions and events that I want to go to. Usually they are long gone by the time I actually remember and I missed them. Could this be age perhaps? Or just being busy? I don’t know but I knew when the exhibition Food, Bigger than the Plate was launched I really … Continue reading
Chicken wings at The Korean Cowgirl
American barbecue deliciously fused with Asian flavors at the @korean_cowgirl in lovely #Canterbury
Food and friendship
Every now and then you come across someone that you just click with. A few years ago I met someone who became a very close friend. We bonded over our love of good food and as we ate our way through delicious dinners and realized we had lots in common. Over the years we didn’t … Continue reading
Okonomi-Yaki
I lived in London for many years and one of the best thing about this city is the food. There is an amazing variety of, well, pretty much every cuisine in the world. There are of course just as many, if not more, bad or even terrible restaurants as there are good ones but reading … Continue reading
Food inspired by the Barbary coast
Every now and then a restaurant opens in London and I just know I want to go there. It has nothing to do with fancy food or being expensive, it is about flavor. When The Barbary opened I knew I wanted to go there and try the food. The Barbary coast covers Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia … Continue reading
Delicious Malaysian food in Deal
The other day I was asking the fishmonger if there would be any crabs this weekend. He scratched his head and said it would either be an abundance or very few, if any. All this had to do with the full moon and the tides, I feel like I learn something about the sea every … Continue reading
Go Native in Neal’s Yard
London is many things, busy, bustling, full of people, polluted, beautiful and what I perhaps love most of all, it has something for everyone. Me, I like, no I love food and I can’t imagine there being a better place to get authentic food from all corners of the world. The other evening I met … Continue reading
Flavour, flavour, flavour at the Smoking Goat, Soho
The Smoking Goat in London’s Soho is a restaurant devoted to authentic Thai street food. Space is limited so get there early, or late to make sure you get in. The kitchen is tiny but the food that comes out of it is amazing. I heard about this about a year ago through Chef Sebby … Continue reading
Lunch at the Gilbert Scott bar
When you have time lunch is a wonderful thing. I decided to catch up with a friend and we took our time. My friend is a mega foodie so I was happy not to make any decisions and just go with the flow and the main thing was to catch up. Even before we sat … Continue reading
