Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2008
Another great dinner at Kendell’s last night. We had the early bird menu - or rather, we started off on the early bird and then went off piste with a la carte because we couldn’t resist - and as usual the food was superb and the service, as ever, on the money.
I had the boudin [...]
Posted in London on Nov 28th, 2008
On a trip to London last week I got off the tube at Southwark with the intention of wandering through Borough Market. As it was the middle of the day and midweek not all of the stalls were open but even with depleted numbers it was still great to see so many great providers and [...]
Posted in cheese on Nov 26th, 2008
In preparation for the Globe Troffers cheese and wine evening I paid a visit to the rather excellent cheese emporium in Harrogate as recommendended by my good friend Craig.
In search of something rather special for the evening’s festivities, I was seeking the seriously strong Cabrales that I’d sampled in Madrid. It had to be ordered [...]
Gurdev and I spent a fabulous weekend in London with friends, it started with a show(The Jersey Boys, well worth seeing) followed by dinner at The Ivy. There was the odd celeb in but we ignored them. Dawn had Fish and Chips with crushed minted garden peas and I had Calves Liver, both [...]
Posted in Cornwall, Uncategorized on Nov 3rd, 2008
Tess, Pat, Tony and I had a great four day break staying at the Aramay, a lovely five bedroomed B & B set in gardens near Trevaunance cove. An extensive breakfast menu catered for everyone and included fresh fruit with berries, sunflower seeds, natural yogurt and honey, a vegetarian option and a very hearty meat [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 2nd, 2008
Finally arrived and it was an incredible success.
There will be a full report in a day or so - also a full picture gallery on Flickr.
In the meantime here’s a photograph of the lovely Priscilla!
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