Food & drink
How to Tell a Good Burger from a Bad Burger
Social media is the place to go for recommendations from travellers. But the reality is we don’t usually know personal preferences or weird little foibles… […]
Food & drink
El Hierro
Quesadilla, a speciality of El Hierro not Mexico
What do you mean a quesadilla isn’t a tortillas filled with cheese?
Obviously it is… if you’re in Mexico. If you happen to be on the Canary Island of El Hierro… […]
Europe
Gastronomy and Restaurants on Fuerteventura
As we walked our way across Fuerteventura we found a stomach-pleasing mix of restaurants and cafés that were a mix of cheap and cheerful, upmarket traditional and… […]
Food & drink
Sexy Salmon & Cava on a Saturday Night
This variation of a ‘light and sunny as a spring day’ Rick Stein recipe totally changed our opinion about salmon. This is the Grace Kelly of fish dishes… […]
Europe
A Dining Experience at Casa Efigenia on La Gomera
There are no menus, no house specials and no choices to be agonised over, except whether you want wine, beer, soft drinks or one of her home made lemonades sweetened with Miel de Palma sap of the palm tree… […]
Europe
Gourmet on the Rocks at La Tegala in Lanzarote
Placing the emphasis firmly on flavour, Germán Blanco uses 30%-40% local produce in his kitchen, combining the taste and quality of some of the Canary Islands’ finest products with his culinary know-how and own unique style… […]
El Hierro
Restaurants and Where to Eat on El Hierro
After we picked our friend up from the Puerto La Estaca we stumbled across this gorgeous looking restaurant in Valverde, El Hierro’s capital… […]
Bute
A Scottish Tablet Awakening with Mrs Tilly’s
Before Jack first took me up to Scotland some 20 years ago, long before the digital revolution, the only tablet I was familiar with was the kind taken in pairs with a glass of water when I could feel a migraine coming on… […]
Africa
When Africa and Europe Meet, Moro Cooking at Home
For those whose have yet to discover this culinary gold mine, Moro is a vivacious blend of North African and Spanish cuisine with flavours that swirl around… […]
Europe
Tasting Valais Wines at Château De Villa in Sierra
There are 643 wines from 140 growers in the cellar of the magnificent 17th century Château Ville and I am currently speed-tasting four of them because my Swiss Grand Tour is running late. […]
Europe
Gran Canaria Rural, a Surprising Gastro Hike Destination
Over the last couple of years we’ve spent quite a bit of time walking on Gran Canaria. On one trip we walked from the hills above the south coast right to… […]
Europe
Review of Hotel Victor in Beauvais
The Hotel Victor’s brasserie is what really makes it a pleasurable place to stay. It was the sort of place we’d have chosen to eat and drink… […]
Food & drink
Ten Travel Commandments or Travel Myths?
Ask a Local assumes every ‘local’ is a travel guru who knows all about history, culture, traditions and where there’s a secret attraction only locals know about. […]
Food & drink
Which is Better, Food from Ferran Adria or Zavaroni’s Chip Shop?
A blog I’ve just read got me pondering the difference between gourmet food and simple good food as well as the differences in people’s attitude to food. […]
Croatia
Review of Konoba Lambik Restaurant, Milna, Hvar
In the flower-filled garden at the front of the house we take our places on wooden benches beside a wooden table as Mata and Mihaela’s son, Marcos, brings plate after plate of aromatic, succulent, orgasmic, organic goodness and places them before us. […]