It is beginning to feel like summer on the Island hoorayyy! We are honouring an invitation sent to us by our local wine merchants -an evening with Dr. Loosen! You lot know I love me some Riesling wine and my first taste was a Dr. Loosen.
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Votavota Marina di Ragusa, Italy – easy lunch tasting for birthday din dins
I can not believe we are on the final days of our Sicilian road trip with the oldies! Having this time with them has been such a blessing! Plus, it’s Neal’s birthday and he gets his wish – spending it with his parents, so yeah in a state of gratitude.
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Taberna Dei Cinque Sensi, Ragusa, Italy – the best unplanned tasting menu yet
It is day three of our road trip through Sicily with the oldies and we are in Ragusa! It has been such a wonderful experience. This is the first time the oldies have been able to visit and we have been island living for over 14 months! When I tell you Covid has a lot…
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Trishna, London – a truly Indian food experience
Asian food is as complex as the continent itself. For instance, the stir fry noodles known as ‘chow mein’ to the Chinese, is ‘pancit’ to the Filipinos as is ‘pad-thai’ to Thai people (in my opinion anyway).
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Restaurant Story – Third time’s a CHARM 🥰!
You know how I am in a food relationship with Simon Rogan? (if you are wondering who Simon Rogan is, well, he owns some of the best restaurants in the UK – Aulis, Roganic, L’enclume and he is my food crush
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The Golden Fork, H’Attard, Malta – a delayed not denied Christmas dinner!
Our first food adventure of 2022 was a Christmas dinner at the golden fork! I know, I know, Christmas dinner in March? Like, gyal it should be spring right? Well,
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Hammet’s Mestizo, San Giljan, Malta – tasty fusion small plates
Our visit to Hammet’s Mestizo was necessary. We both were feeling the post-holiday blues and whilst Malta is relatively warmer than the UK, it ain’t no bados! Winter is very much here and gosh I am over it 🤨
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Primo bar and bistro, St Lawrence gap, Barbados – where chocolate flavours reside
Nothing beats sunny skies, turquoise coloured sea and fantastic food! This is what you get at Primo. The view of the sea, the breeze; Mother nature definitely took her time when creating the Caribbean is all II am saying.
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Lobster Alive, St Michael, Barbados – once is not ENOUGH!
The food at Lobster Alive is so good, we had to experience it TWICE! Why? Because when you are in the Caribbean, fresh sea food and sunset dining is a must okay?
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Bahia, Lija, Malta – A Maltese heritage food journey
DECEMBER! How are we already at the end of yet another pandemic year? It’s 12 days to Christmas like how 🤔? It is very surreal for us because it just brings home the fact that we have lived in Malta for a year 😮..
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Fork and Cork, Rabat, Malta – because the synopsis menu is where it’s at okay?
This is a thank you blog to Carl, the head chef at Fork and Cork. Why? Because he not only created and served amazing food, but, did so despite the kitchen closing 👏🏽 now if that ain’t customer service
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Anglo – simple, refined British dining at it’s best
The food adventure at ANGLO was an E X P E R I E N C E!!! My goodness wonderful does not even begin to describe what is created here!
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I Banchi, Ragusa, Italy – sea food on steroids 😮
What do you do when your train has major delays and you end up missing the ferry? You get an overnight stay in Sicily; rent a car for the day, enjoy driving the Sicilian country roads
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Tartufi & friends, Roma, Italy – where truffle dreams are made
Day two in these Roma streets and it is raining! Never mind we outchea still, rain or not ha! We brunched today and boi 🥰! So, it is well known that I have a thing for foie grais yes? the same can be said for truffles!
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Casa Bleve, Roma, Italy – whims, vanilla ice cream with pepper & tart! Welcome to Rome 😀
Helloooo from Roma! After fourteen hours on the overnight train from Siracusa, we are here!!! As we arrived in the wee hours of the morning, our room was not ready, but, we got to experience how the city rises. Starting with a police horse parade whilst making our way to see the Spanish steps. Yeah,…
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Porta Marina Ristorante, Siracusa, Italy – Squid filled with ricotta cheese and an almond semi fredo
The meal at Porta Marina was unplanned. It happened whilst we had a 10 hour stop in Siracusa, before heading to Rome
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Lord Nelson, IL-Mosta, Malta – where our beloved burrata initially left us wanting 🥺 but beef cheek and calf liver parfait save the day 😋
Having a food experience at Lord Nelson has been on Neal’s list for quite a while, so, when we finally managed to get a booking, we were well excited. Whilst I don’t want to say, we should have curbed our excitement a lickle…, we should have curbed our excitement a lickle!
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Commando Restaurant, Mellieha, Malta – where texture rules and beef carpaccio is KING!
C O M M A N D O Restaurant! Oh how I adore thee!!! Yes, I am attempting to sing / quote a sonnet? Poem? Lyric? Whatever you decide to call it about this gem of a place. Why? The food up in this here restaurant will have you singing PERIODT!
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Legligin, Valletta, Malta – Legligin by day is a feast: fish cake, pistachio lasagne, Tuna, beef pasta, pork, Rabbit…
Just shy of being two months in on the Island, and, to celebrate another trip round the sun, we had din dins at Legligin and it was brilliant. Chris and his team create a ‘homemade’ taster menu experience and it is delicious!
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Terrone, Birgu, Malta – wood grilled calamari, coppa di parma and a bone-in veal rib-eye
The food experience at Terrone was random to say the least ha! We had been to the area, Senglea to be precise and had eaten at Hammett’s Macina at the beginning of summer. We really liked the area, the three cities as it is fondly called.
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