a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in breakfast, cafe, dining out, food, London, restaurant review, restaurants on Jul 2nd, 2009
Background: When our Canadian friends wanted to go to Notting Hill on a Saturday, my immediate thought revolved around where to have lunch. I normally either avoid Notting Hill altogether on the weekends or ensure that I have a reservation. However, because this was such a spontaneous outing, the lunch venue also had to be [...]
Posted in afternoon tea, bakery, breakfast, British, Chinese, cooking, dim sum, dining out, fish and chips, food, Italian, London, restaurant review, restaurants, tapas, traveleating on Apr 22nd, 2009
This short guide to eating in London was inspired by various people. Armelle is a reader who visited London over a long weekend with her husband using mostly my recommendations, while Jen from Jenius is an Australian food blogger visiting London next month as part of her European tour. And quite often, friends based abroad [...]
Posted in breakfast, dining out, food, London, restaurant review, restaurants, tapas, traveleating on Mar 16th, 2009
Background: When I was living off Marylebone High Street many years ago, it wasn’t quite the exciting gastronomic destination that it’s subsequently become. I loved fish and chips at the Golden Hind, hearty Irish food at the O’ Conor Don (which sadly is no longer there) and sushi at a small restaurant on Marylebone Lane [...]
Posted in breakfast, dining out, England, English, food, food & travel, restaurant review, travel, traveleating on Sep 26th, 2008
Last year, when I was researching places to stay near Goodwood for Revival weekend, I came across Charters Bed & Breakfast in the picturesque harbour village of Bosham, Sussex. We stayed just the one night, but it was so well-run, and the full English breakfast so delicious, that we booked a room for 2008 before [...]
Posted in breakfast, cookery, cooking, Costa Rica, food, food & travel, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Jul 21st, 2008
Gallo pinto, or ‘spotted rooster’ – rice and black beans – is Costa Rica’s ‘national dish’. After having eaten endless servings of this simple but very tasty dish while visiting my parents last year, I suddenly developed a craving for it. It seems to be particularly popular in Costa Rica’s Central Valley region, but I [...]
