The Shard by night – London, April 2013
Click here for a full portionGem squash with a cheesy spicy creamed sweetcorn filling
“Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it – memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.” Wise words indeed from American author Tad Williams, […]
Click here for a full portionHerdade de Comporta, land of wine and rice – Costa Alentejana part 2
I had expected to encounter piri-piri prawns and chicken in Portugal. I was prepared for some bacalhau; for donkeys on the beach; for intricately patterned ceramic tiles; for full-bodied, hot-climate red wines; for wild lavender and olive trees. But none of these were in evidence as I gazed out over a flat landscape divided […]
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Waterfall sculptures, Dubai – September 2013
Click here for a full portionBoereboontjies – South African beans with mashed potatoes
“Your cat likes to eat… what?”, said the teacher as she loomed over me, seemingly impossibly tall and alarmingly perplexed. I wasn’t aware that I’d said anything particularly unusual but I was suddenly aware that all my classmates were now also looking at me. “Umm… asparagus, Miss,” I repeated. “You know, the long white things in […]
Click here for a full portionSushinho City review
Sushi made with Italian fillings like olives, basil and calamari. Mushroom ravioli with korma sauce or spaghettini with lamb curry. Tandoori chicken pizzas. Indian curry burritos. Pesto gyoza dumplings. Prawns in chocolate sauce. Ah yes, it’s astonishing the number of culinary crimes that people are willing to commit in the name of “fusion food”. The theory […]
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