Food & drink
From Secret Cinemas to Timples, a Guide to Teguise in Lanzarote
Teguise is the prettiest town on Lanzarote and feels as though its maze of streets lined by whitewashed buildings hasn’t changed much in centuries. […]
Food & drink
Food & drink
Recipe for Thai Fish Cakes (Tod Mun Pla)
Preparing Thai fish cakes is as easy as falling off a log. Anyone who’s witnessed them being cooked in Thailand will have spotted that making them involves… […]
Food & drink
Why Ignoring Vegetarians is Total Madness for Restaurants
Over a number of years of being sneered at in restaurants when I revealed I didn’t eat meat, I developed an empathy for the plight of the average vegetarian… […]
Europe
Exploring Brittany With Le Picnic
Brittany’s Rance estuary affords endless opportunities for al fresco dining as around every bend in the road it seems, another stretch of water lends itself to a view worthy of idling an afternoon away with a glass of Bordeaux and a piece of brie. […]
Food & drink
Whining and Dining, The Curse of Fussy Eaters
Over the years of dining out with other people we’ve noticed certain traits that can restrict the experience, i.e. when you have to meet the needs of… […]
Asturias
Sawdust and Cider, a Review of Sidrería Casa Lin, Avíles
Casa Lin is such an unpretentious establishment that the food is somewhat of a surprise. Smooth and creamy scorpion fish paté comes with a twirl of… […]
Barcelona
24 Hours in Barcelona
Nearly every little bar and café looks inviting in Barcelona but start the day in opulent style at the café in the Palau de la Música Catalana… […]
Andalucia
A Whistle-Stop Tour of Granada
Granada, the great city of the Moors where the centuries have fashioned the architecture and culture with Romanesque, Moorish, Jewish, Gypsy and… […]
Andalucia
Gobsmacking Gildas, Tasty Tapas in Ten Seconds
Listen carefully, I’m going to teach you a magic trick that will wow your friends and have your taste buds calling for an encore. […]
Food & drink
Bohemian Rhapsody, The Majestic Café in Porto
Theatrical marble faces smile down from atop their gold pillar pedestals whilst antique looking Flemish mirrors lend the long and quite narrow interior the illusion of width. […]
Andalucia
Moro Cooking, Walking and a Taste of Village Life in Andalucia
In the mouth the light, golden pastry melts into the creamy fried egg yolk before the fiery harissa paste kicks in, tempered by the salty anchovy and rounded off with the peppery coriander. It’s fried egg, Jim, but not as we know it. […]
Food & drink
Bite Me, Café Aviz in Porto
It might not be the sort of establishment you’d head to for a special meal, but settling into a seat at the Café Aviz in Porto is like slipping on a… […]
Food & drink
Hungry to Discover Gastro-Hike Destinations
Some destinations offer great walking but functional rather than outstanding food; in other places you can gorge on the finest of food but then not have any… […]
Catalonia
Being Wined, Dined and Wowed at Magical Castell d’Encus in Tremp
Not all vineyards weave as potent a magic spell; it requires a delicious mix of ingredients and Raül Bobet’s Castell d’Encus near Tremp has them by the fairy dust load. […]
Asturias
Bite Me, Restaurant Tierra Astur in Oviedo
Not so much a case of ‘eat me’ but ‘meat me’ at this wonderfully quirky shrine to Asturian cuisine outside of Oviedo. […]