Day 2 in Baden-baden and what a day it has been. Spent the afternoon sampling wines at Robert Schatzle, yep, #reislinghunt is very much live people! For din dins, we went into town, restaurant Nigrum and OMD!
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Sarap – dynamite Lumpia, market Fish Kinilaw and Lechon Liempo
Hi Garmanvsfood family, how are we doing? Counting down to pay day? January is loooonnng right? so, what have you lot been up to aside from secretly wishing for spring? please do not get me started on Valentine’s day fast approaching!
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Gaggan Anand Restaurant, Sukhumvit 31, Bangkok -🤔🙄😮🤨😋😀🥰😎
It is 2 days after Christmas and today is the day for Gaggan Anand! if you have been following and / or read (ing) the blog, we embarked on this maiden oriental tour since the beginning of December starting in Tokyo, Ho Chin Minh and now Bangkok, which is the last leg 😢
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Bo.Lan, Soi Sukhumvit 53, Bangkok – An essentially Thai Christmas dinner story
Merry Christmas Garmanvsfood family! Were you good this year? Did Santa visit? Are your Christmas stockings filled with goodies?😊 I truly hope so. Our Christmas morning started with some pool time. At breakfast, we relived our Jay Fai experience
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Raan Jay Fai, Phra Nakon, Bangkok – beer, friendships & The crab omelette
What a Christmas eve this has been! Today we witnessed the Legendary Jay Fai in all her element and this woman is a …… If you do not know who she is and you have Netflix, where have you been? Ok, fair enough if food isn’t your thing you could get a pass but still……
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Kinnaree Gourmet Thai by Vanessa Wu, Sukhumvit 8, Bangkok – finger foods and special cocktails
Dear Lord, Bangkok is hot! Phew! Since it is the last leg of what I dubbed our Oriental tour, we are slowing things down and not doing much of the touristy stuff. We are here to sample Thai Cuisine people, we focusing on that and only that 😊 !
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Baan Khanita, Sukhumvit 53, Bangkok – where the welcome is spicy and fish soup is king
Helllooo from the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok to be precise! It is officially winter season and the temperature is a currently 30+ degrees😎. Yep, winter for them, perfect summer weather for us
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Monvinic, Barcelona – Boss lady and her wines
Monvinic is run by Head Chef Adriana Julian. According to her ‘Food is nutrition for the body, but with passion and dedication, you can give pleasure and bring happiness, beauty and fullness for the soul’. Let the church said AMEN! Yass hanty, I stan!
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Forage at Wilderkrans, Bortvier, South Africa – rituals, food of the land and Pinotage
The adventure at Wilderkrans was over 2 days and no folks, we did not eat the chef out of kitchen and restaurant either. Wilderkrans is a wine estate and Forage is the restaurant on the estate.
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Restaurant Fraiche, Oxton, Wirral – double entrées, monkfish and encore desserts
It is 3 days to my birthday and the celebrations are in full swing. Nope, it is not a milestone birthday, but I made a conscious decision to celebrate regardless. Why? well, aside from the fact that it is the one day of the year that is mine, why not?
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