a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in England, Modern European, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Aug 11th, 2009
Background:
It was the husband’s birthday, so a dinner was organised by his dad at St Helena in a small village near Bedford for five of us. Of course I conducted the obligatory online search to see what other people thought of it. The reviews ranged from positively raving about the place to hating it, the [...]
Posted in Cantonese, Chinese, England, cookery, cooking, dim sum, food, recipe on Jun 16th, 2009
Although I cook Chinese food at home and I know more or less how to combine various ingredients and achieve the flavours that I want, I’ve always regretted not learning more from my mother when I was younger. In order to build up my confidence, I’ve been planning to attend a Chinese cookery class for [...]
Posted in British, England, Ireland, Scotland, cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, food & travel, recipe, traveleating on May 29th, 2009
After recently enjoying a lovely dinner at Hix Oyster & Chop House, I was intrigued to receive Mark Hix’s British Regional Food, sent to me by Quadrille Publishing to review. Billed as ‘a cook’s tour of the best produce in Britain and Ireland with traditional and original recipes’, the book promised a wealth of information [...]
Posted in England, Korean, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Apr 24th, 2009
Background:
I’ve never had the chance to visit any of the Korean restaurants in New Malden, Surrey, so when Charmaine from tasty treats! suggested a trip to Sorabol, I jumped at the chance. Sorabol is one of about a dozen restaurants (and several supermarkets) catering to the large Korean community in the area. After an approximately [...]
Posted in Alan Yau, Australian, Beijing, China, Chinese, England, Hong Kong, Italian, London, Macau, bakery, cafe, cookery, cooking, dining out, fish and chips, food, recipe, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, vegetarian on Nov 30th, 2008
The monthly summary for November…
The first half of the month was spent frantically trying to finish the remainder of the Postcards from China. Each day of the China trip has finally been written up as Postcards, outlining not only our eating experiences, but also travel tips, noteworthy places to visit and interesting shops we came [...]
