An On-Foot Food Tour of Troon
While down south sunny days and unseasonal heatwaves have been occurring, up here we have been having a lot of rain, broken up by grey skies, strong winds and the occasional burst of hail. Noting the...
View ArticleAn On-Foot Food Tour of Glasgow’s West End: Route 1
Man, this post has taken a long time! It’s mostly because I don’t enjoy making maps. I kept putting it off and putting it off, and now we’re well into December when I actually did the walk on a frosty...
View ArticleThe Icecreamists, Covent Garden
Another month, another post without photos. My newish job has taken up a lot of my brain space, leaving me woefully ill-placed to remind H to bring a camera and/or take photos with it. However faced...
View ArticleWee Hurrie, Troon
I don’t know how, but when I was living up in Ayrshire last year I totally neglected to post on my favourite UK fish and chip shop, the Wee Hurrie in Troon. On our recent visit to H’s mum T, this was...
View ArticleTaste Buds Caribbean Cuisine, Aldershot
One night recently H and I fancied some takeaway and decided to try out a restaurant in Aldershot called Taste Buds Caribbean Cuisine (98 Grosvenor Road). We tried phoning a few times, but it went...
View ArticleDutch Food Exploration: Patatje Oorlog
Fries/chips/frites/patatje – chop a potato into straws and deep-fry it and you are on to a winner. I looked into “must-eat” foods before we went to Amsterdam, and something that came up repeatedly was...
View ArticleSicilian Food Exploration: Arancini
Arancini are a little bit like the pies of Italy. By this I mean a portable carb package surrounding a delicious protein centre. In arancini, the pastry is replaced by risotto rice with a coating of...
View ArticleSoho Rose Part 3: Desserts
If you’re like me, you probably haven’t eaten many rose desserts. They just aren’t that common. Perhaps something soaked in a rose syrup, or incorporating Turkish Delight? Where rose goes, sugar...
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