a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in dining out, food, Lebanese, London, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, vegetarian on Aug 17th, 2009
Background: I booked a table for a work lunch at new Lebanese eaterie Yalla Yalla, having heard positive reports of the food there. ‘Yalla’ means ‘hurry up!’ or ‘let’s go!’ in Arabic and is a most familiar word to me, because an ex-Lebanese boyfriend used to say it to me constantly. Not that I was [...]
Posted in cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, pasta, recipe, vegetarian on Aug 8th, 2009
I’ve been eating out rather too much lately and suffering the consequences. The waistline has expanded, while the wallet has contracted. On the other hand, the kitchen cupboards are so well stocked that the husband and I could survive a Siberian winter. So after recently booking a ‘traveleating‘ trip to Japan in November, I decided [...]
Posted in Chinese, cookery, cooking, food, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Aug 2nd, 2009
Stir-fried Chinese morning glory with fermented bean curd is one of my all time favourite dishes. I’ve been enjoying it ever since I was a young teenager, regularly ordering it in Cantonese restaurants. Strangely enough, my mother never made it at home, even though there was usually a jar of fermented bean curd sitting in [...]
Posted in dining out, food, Italian, London, organic, pizza, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, vegetarian on Jun 14th, 2009
Background: People seem to really enjoy the pizzas at Franco Manca in Brixton Market, South London and I’ve read many a rave review. I must therefore be one of the last food bloggers to make the pilgrimage. When little brother told me that he regularly eats at Franco Manca and Wild Caper, FM’s tiny delicatessen [...]
Posted in dining out, food, Japanese, London, restaurant review, restaurants, sushi, traveleating, vegetarian on Jun 2nd, 2009
Background: After missing Japanese restaurant Tsuru‘s sake tasting because of a cold, I was instead invited for a complimentary dinner. Accompanying me was my little brother, who makes a good dining companion because he doesn’t dine out as much as I do and therefore his judgement of what he eats is often clearer than mine. [...]
