Thank you. Winter travelling around late February was perfect; outside seating was the kind of cold that would settle in your bones, which was great if you smoked (I don’t) and wanted your beer to go a long way (I do). If not, the bar inside was warm and inviting, as much as it could …
When my partner’s niece turned thirteen, we thought to introduce the girl to what we as adults loved – chic cafés with cool interiors and all day breakfast brunches. I mean, who doesn’t love all day breakfast? Turns out, thirteen year olds don’t fancy those things as much as adults did. She didn’t even liked eggs. If …
See the cookbook above? Great. Now you know what was used as a reference, at least on page 9, which was then promptly chucked because it was just easier to “figure it out” from where we were and then see what happened. Chugging jug after jug of homemade mojitos (my new favourite thing, btw) greatly …
Writing is practice. When I stopped writing for a few weeks and then had to come out of it to try and talk to you about umai, I felt my brain going batshit crazy and wanting to communicate Flintstones-style. This. Fish. Raw. Good. You get it? By evening from when I started trying, I’d drunk …
Ribs are not my thing. Everyone has a type of meat they love the most, for which they’re known. Are you the guy who loves steak? Or the one who always gets the chicken on a plane? Do people come up to you asking where to get the best lamb? Well for some, ribs it … Continue reading »
Savoury charred lamb ribs, cucumber and tomato salsa (sublime with a squeeze of lemon) Chilli, tomato and fennel mussels, served with tender-centre, crunchy-side grilled bread Part of early love note post I’d written about Brunswick, this here is about the Little Creatures Dining Hall, brewery and restaurant. Recently their brews have been popping up all over the … Continue reading »
What we’re all here for: Sarawak Laksa, which is a jaw-dropping RM5.00, approxmiately SGD2.03 now. There’s quite a few stores in this eating house, and this lady here sells fried mee goreng. It’s like the third Hemsworth brother; just not that hot. Kolo Mee, a little like glorified instant noodles with wantons tossed in … Continue reading »
This is really a recipe for one but I’ll let you in on a secret – chorizo and tomato sauce for pasta really tastes absurdly delicious when you add rocket (arugula) to it. Not even kidding. The colour clash is amazing but flavour, too? Discovered quite by accident when rocket was an extra ingredient left over when … Continue reading »
If you gag at the sight of grease, then I’m afraid we’re not going to be fast foodie friends. Well. Not on days when I’m at Pinotxo Bar anyway. And if you gag at the sight of stewed offal, then we’re going to be fabulous because that just means more for me. Things the Spanish do … Continue reading »
To say that I am enamored with Nantsuttei would be a slight exaggeration, could it? To say that I am in love with their black ramen, pan fried gyozas and dumplings would be woefully distressful, would it? I mean, you can’t love something perishable right. You can’t adore something that won’t wrap its arms around you and hug you to … Continue reading »
Roast chicken is one of those things I’ve never thought to make at home. To make a whole entire chicken, as a dish, just never occurred to me. It was not like trying to cook a perfect medium well steak, or frying up a storm in a wok, it was just…roasting a chicken. But then … Continue reading »
It all started one night, as do all these stories somehow do, with a craving. A good old fashion hankering for fish and chips. This led me to Smith’s Fish and Chips (Singapore), a store I’d hoped would stay true to its namesake and thereby its heritage, providing me with the comfort of a sharp … Continue reading »
Spend an Hour or Two at La Puerta del Sol On a weekend, you can see a lot of Madrid life pass you by at the Puerta del Sol, the “Gate of the Sun” in Spanish. Here is where the iconic Oso & Madroño (Bear and Madrone tree) statue stands, if you are so inclined to pictures … Continue reading »
El Tigre del Notre is not a pretty place. By that nature it’s also a classic place, a dive / tapas bar frequented by locals, students, tourists who hear on the grapevine of a great hang out. El Tigre was on our recommended food list without us having read much about it, and we visited … Continue reading »
