For our most recent Alphabet Adventure, the girls and decided to be brave and truly adventurous and try a cuisine which was unfamiliar to us all – Ghanaian food. We invited our honorary member Jane (who last joined us in Denmark) and booked a table at Sweet Handz in Holloway Road, North London. The restaurant was […]
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Celebrating Swedish midsummer with Scan meatballs
A few weeks ago Scan meatballs sent me some Swedish meatballs and recipe ideas. The recipes were for summery, light recipes to celebrate Swedish midsummer, but when I told Andrew about them he demanded that I try to recreate his favourite IKEA meatballs. I bribe him to take me to IKEA by saying that we’ll […]
Week 23 – birthday countdown
On Monday 15th June I’ll be celebrating my 39th birthday, which is quite exciting, especially as this time next week I’ll be starting my celebrations by having dinner care of Galton Blackiston and his crew at Morston Hall in Norfolk. I need to make the most of the festivities you see, as it’s Andrew’s 40th […]
Week 22 – going out on the pull
Don’t worry, Andrew and I haven’t decided to part ways. My night out on the pull, which is happening on Tuesday, is actually a tug of war at the House of Lords to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. As part of winning Team AXA / AXA IM last year, we’re going back to pull ourselves […]
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Bubba Gumps – an … experience (review)
Bubba Gumps, for those of you who don’t know, is a chain of Forrest Gump themed restaurants. I first came across one at the airport in Cancun, although they are all over the States too, and my brother noticed that one had opened in Piccadilly Circus which he loved the idea of going to, so […]
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An evening of Indian food with food bloogers at Gaylord – review
Thanks to Zomato, not only do I have a handy little app which allows me to search for restaurants and read honest reviews from customers, but I also get invited out to lovely restaurants with fellow food bloggers for their Zomato meet-ups. I have been to Bierschenke and Ink, and also had vouchers for Whyte […]
F is for France – Cigalon
Oh yes, Alphabet Adventures is back. Charlotte’s lovely baby Henry is a year old now – wowsers – and she is back at work, making it a little bit easier for us all to meet up. Actually, we met up for our F meal in February, but I have only just found the time to write […]
Chef’s table on Netflix – review
A few days ago I received an email asking if I’d like to review a new series on Netflix called ‘Chef’s Table’. The six episode series is due to launch on 26 April (as with all Netflix series, the whole batch of episodes launches at the same time), but I would be able to access […]
Three ways with Tabasco in a #Funwithflavour challenge
A few years ago, if anyone had ever suggested to me that I would be using Tabasco in a starter, main course AND pudding I would have reminded them that I am weak around chilli, and when I was younger used to find tomato ketchup too spicy. However, times change, and although I am still […]
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Viva – Barcelona
When I went to Barcelona in March 2010 it was pre-blogging days, and so I never wrote about the lovely experience of this gem in Catalonia. Then recently I had the chance to work with the Catalunya tourist board – they were offering bottles of Catalonian wine to bloggers who had visited the area and […]