Category Archives: travel
Viennese treat – Bistro Delicat, Battersea
I admit the last time I was in Vienna, inter-railing aged 18, I had far from a gastronomic time. Aside from a lot of amazing cake, most of my foodie memories involve bread and cheese from supermarkets at the best, and McDonalds … Continue reading
Filed under Austria, Battersea, Restaurant Review, restaurants, SW London, travel, wine
You scream, I scream
Filo hits CNTraveller.com and eats a lot of ice cream in the process. So to celebrate here are more pics of the scientific treats at Chin Chin Labs. Is it novelty over substance? I don’t think so. I don’t really care, … Continue reading
Eat, pray… nah, stuff that, just EAT: Bali
In my travelling tummy experience often the best meal you’ll eat in a country is the simplest. Goo-y creamy mozzerella and you-can-still-taste-the-green-of-the-vine tomatoes in Rome, a bowl of steaming fresh mussels in white wine and skinny just-crisp-enough frites in Bruges, … Continue reading
Filed under Bali, Choux Boy, Indonesia, main course, markets, recipes, street food, travel, vegetables
Beanz Meanz Heinz
‘You work too hard, you are very tense’ Somehow I don’t think my spa therapist is right right now. I’m lying being scrubbed by sand flown in from St Barts in a treatment room that looks like the VIP room … Continue reading
Filed under dessert, Heinz Beck, Italy, Restaurant Review, restaurants, travel, wine
Dining on Cloud Nine
‘I don’t think I’ve tasted olive oil until this weekend’ Choux Boy’s right. Somehow we find ourselves at the beginning of an eight course tasting menu (well nine we decided it was equivalent to if you counted the olive oil … Continue reading
Filed under Choux Boy, Gordon Ramsay, Italy, restaurants, travel, wine
>A taster of Tuscany
>Nine courses, Chianti, gelato and fast cars. Under Tuscan sun (and rain). Full post to come but for now… tuck in. A room with a view A midnight snack Milling about Siena Ice, ice baby Food, glorious food Pizza: thin, crispy, perfect The … Continue reading
Out of Africa
In this old cultural-melting pot that is London, even in this yummy mummy corner of South West London, you can eat the world without even leaving your postcode. I mean within walking distance on my flat you have French, Indian, … Continue reading
The travelling foodie
I’m very lucky that my job takes me to some far-off lands, where usually there is some far-off food to try. Half the joy of travelling for me is the food and wine. The restaurants, the wine tours, the markets, … Continue reading
