Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in Italy, Leeds, food heroes on May 16th, 2010
Superstar foodie chef Jamie Oliver finally has a presence in Leeds. The most northerly outpost of his Italian restaurant chain has finally opened in Leeds, with surprisingly little fanfair. There has been a lot of buzz in the foodie blogs about when it might open and after a week of ’soft launch’ to get things [...]
I think Phil posted some similar pictures last year but if in Venice a visit to the Rialto fish, vegetable and fruit market is a must for the visual experience alone. We found a small street bar close to the market called ‘Al Merca’ where the locals stood outside drinking wine or [...]
Posted in Italy, restaurants on Apr 2nd, 2010
After the launch of Ryanair’s new routes from Leeds Bradford we decided on a long weekend in northern Italy flying to Treviso. Tony and Pat joined us for the trip taking in Venice and then driving up to the Dolomites for some end of season skiing with some memorable foodie moments along the way. This [...]
Posted in Italy, Leeds, Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2009
Not a newcomer to this blog - in fact an old favourite.
A very welcome Monday night initiative from the entrepreneurial Pudsey Italian restaurant saw all the Troffers (minus John and Linda, still States-bound) convene for a chilled out Monday evening dinner.
Now I realise that Mondays are really meant for an early night and a cup [...]
Posted in Hotels, Italy, food heroes on Jan 27th, 2009
I think I’ve mentioned to everyone that I have a good mate who’s involved with The Well Hung Meat Company. This Devon based business supply some of the finest organic meat in the country and we had one of their turkeys at Christmas and can attest to the quality of the product. Have a look [...]
Posted in Italy, Portugal, Spain, restaurants on Jan 14th, 2009
Not quite a retrospective but an attempt to play catch up and get back to some regular posts. Where to start is a dilemma January or April, the latter being the start of the ‘Troffers’ journey and this web site, how time passes? Remembering foodie events from January to April 2008 is hazy [...]
Posted in Italy on Aug 9th, 2008
It’s taken a bit of time to get round to posting some stuff on Italy. It hasn’t been helped by the fact my memory card on my digital SLR has gone belly up, so all those pictures are lost I think. Luckily I took my compact out with us when we went out to eat [...]
Posted in Italy, home cooking on Aug 6th, 2008
Now when we were ion Italy, I thought it would be rude not to try out the regional speciality - Florentine Beefsteak. It does vary from place to place, but it’s essentially a T bone grilled to your liking with olive oil drizzled over it. Gorgeous.
So back in drizzly Uk, we decided to get a [...]
Posted in Italy on Apr 29th, 2008
Still playing with the page design and importing pictures but wanted to share this photo from the archives taken at one of our favourite restaurants in Italy. I think the picture captures what it’s all about, Good company, food, wine and conversation. Note to Phil … Firefox is the future, just like garlic bread!!
J&L
Posted in Italy on Apr 27th, 2008
Difficult to find pictures of food experiences in the archives but this is from last year at a beach restaurant in Bahia Sardinia. Prime position on the beach. The biggest lobsters ever!! Served with pasta and a local white wine accompanied by the biggest bill for lunch ever. We never learn!!
Wanted to test posting pictures so next [...]