Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in Leeds on Aug 28th, 2008
Julie’s birthday delivered a trip to Kendall’s Bistro for a midweek Globetroffers treat. Apart from Gurdev (with clients at Bibis) we had a full house of Troffers to enjoy the delights of Kendall’s.
I did take some pics on my phone but I’ll be damned if I can get them off, anyway we had a great [...]
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 Leeds on Aug 7th, 2008
Spent a very nice lunch in the company of my two favourite girls at Anthony’s Patisserie in the VQ. Georgia had an egg mayonnaise and smoked bacon bagel whilst Julie enjoyed a poached salmon and lime mayonnaise roll, both superb. I opted predictably for the club sandwich which was very substantial but lacked something special [...]
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 [...]
Well, it’s been some time since we’ve all been out together and last weekend saw the inaugural Globe Troffers Day Out at sunny Burnsall in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. And what a grand day out it was!
There’s no better place to set up for a picnic and paddle than the great spot by the river [...]