After the awesome afternoon tea at Higashiya, we took a wander around Ginza to not only walk off all the confectioneries we had at afternoon tea, but more importantly, we are determined to see as much of Tokyo as we can.
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Higashiya, Ginza, Tokyo – Traditional Japanese afternoon tea Samajiki style
It is day 3 of our 6 days in Tokyo and we are still loving it. Even though we have been on the go non-stop. It literally was a case of doing the most
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Gyu-An, Ginza, Tokyo – Bad ass women + efficiency = best Kobe beef steak
We are in Japan folks! It seems ages since the last food adventure. How are you garmanvsfood family? You counting down to Christmas? Shopping for family and friends who are on your list? Gosh I still can’t quite believe that we are coming to the end of the year and about to start a new decade?!
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The Square, London – Scorpion fish, Beeswax, Grouse, chocolate and hammer
Lisbon was awesome but it is good to be back home. How are we? It has been an eventful September so far, doing the most with friends and family. I took my dear friend to a boodle fight aka kamayan
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Restaurant Sala, Lisbon, Portugal – ham brûlée, mushroom ice cream, wood and leather
It is a few days into our city break, and Lisboa has just been fantastic! I have soaked myself in the 30-degree sunshine. I mean come through sun kissed skin in September!
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Local, Lisbon, Portugal – 2 chefs, 10 seats, banana and cheese
For our city break this time round, we decided to try somewhere other than Barcelona, and here we are in the gloriously sunny and hot city of Lisboa!
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Petrus by Gordon Ramsay – flavour at first bite
Hi Garmavsfood family! How are we lovely people? You guys out there enjoying summer? Eating, drinking and living your best lives? Well I hope you are. North Sea jazz festival was freaking brilliant!
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Umami by Han, Rotterdam – Getting ready for North Sea Jazz festival with Chinese fusion food in Dutch?
It is North Sea Jazz festival weekend!!!!! I love festival season, going to performances, concerts, gigs and everything in between. When my cousin, Wana – a freelance journalist, poet, writer, performer and one of the most creative people I know (who loves festivals even more than I do),
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The Clove Club – Anniversary lunch featuring Wiltshire trout, Aylesbury Duck, Hereford beef and English Strawberries
Hellooo July! Gosh time is flying by real fast. It seems like we just come back from our break in Sorrento but that was back in May! How you guys doing? We have gone past the half way mark for the year and its five, 5 months to Christmas …
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Pianeta Terra, Amsterdam – where slow food tastes the most delicious
Hey Garmanvsfood family, how we doing? We are midway through this year already! Hope the first half of the year has been kind to you and yours.
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IL Buco, Sorrento, Italy – Signore Rossario & Chef Peppe’s creations
The food adventure at II Buco happened by chance but I like to think we were meant to experience the food and hospitality of Signore Rossario.
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Don Alfonso, Sorrento, Italy – 129 year history, 1982 vintage & Eel ice cream
It’s that time of the year where we celebrate Neal’s birthday and we are back in Italy, specifically Sorrento. The first few days here were glorious, the weather was superb.
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Sabor – boiled Octopus and suckling Pig?
Spring has sprung (hopefully), the weather is changing and as we eagerly await the return of summer, we decided today was a good day to have a random food adventure in our beloved city.
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Elystan Street – duck egg in mayonnaise, chocolate bar & truffle to go!
Hello Garmanvsfood family, we are slowly getting into warm(ish) months! How we all doing? First quarter of the year gone, less winter blues and more spring and summer vibes yes?
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STEM by Neo – Chef’s Table: wholesome food extraordinarily cooked
Is it me or the run up to Valentine’s day gets more manic each year? I mean we’ve barely gotten the Christmas decorations down and the next thing is RED everywhere!
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The Restaurant at Drakes, Brighton – hand dived scallops and hazel nut soufflé
The coldest of the winter months is here!!! Although, I think March might be gunning for this position. How are we? I particularly like February not just because it is the shortest month of the year, but you feel like you are really getting into the new year and January blues are finally fading
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ROGANIC – 4 is not too many!
The first food adventure of 2019 is ROGANIC! You know that saying – ‘‘two isn’t enough, third time is a charm but four too many’’? Well, I’ll tell you now, this does not apply to any restaurant belonging to Simon Rogan!
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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London – Jury still out on this one
The first time I heard of Heston Blumenthal was via the BBC series called Heston Blumenthal: in search of perfection in the early 2000s. At the time I was not that much of a foodie and focused on university
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Pollen Street Social, London – magic Chinese box & ice cream = GENIUS!
Its 10 days to Christmas! Where did the year go? We both cannot wait for Christmas break to just relax, spend time with loved ones and hopefully not binge on too many chocolates ha!
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Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo,Wales – Celebrating Mama G
You probably read the title and gave up?! Ha ha! I ain’t mad at you. It is welsh and if you were hoping for the phonics of the word, so you can sound it out? Err…
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