Having a meal at Rabbit was the best way to end a good day. We had spent majority of the afternoon in the Saatchi gallery to see ‘beyond the road’ exhibition and it was so dope – immersion of sound, light and space.
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Dehesa – red wine chorizo, chilli prawn in squid ink and pork belly
Dehesa! where the food is inspired by Spanish and Italian cuisine meaning the food is going to be colourful, flavourful and wholesome. A place, where after sampling the starters, you know you must have a few more dishes because the food is that good!
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Tapas Tia Rosa, Amsterdam – Tapas, wine and cupid?
Discovering Tapas Tia Rosa during my ‘unplanned’ long weekend in Amsterdam last June was a delight. I say unplanned because I really had no business being in Dam. Neal had a conference and I tagged along because why not?
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Sticky Mango – a little taste of South East Asia
Some of my friends still don’t understand why I spend hours eating a meal which they opine not to be filling very satisfying either.So, I decided that ever so often I would treat my sceptics to food adventure and here we are!
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Boqueria – where hand carved Iberian cured ham is a must!!
Our first visit to Boqueria was 3 years ago. Gosh, three years already! I still remember that Friday evening, Neal and I were not sure, no, let me rephrase that, I was not up for going out. Why? Well WINTER! Listen, I am from the tropics, I don’t do cold well lol.
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Santa Maria Del Sur – the best steak in London, PERIODT!!!
I have thought about the controversy this blog title might stir, but, yeah, I said what I said! Santa Maria Del Sur serve the best steak in this London Streets!
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Social wine and tapas – mangalista pork, peppers and peanut butter parfait
Social wine and tapas is a wine shop and tapas place owned by Jason Artherton. This was our first introduction to Jason Artheron’s menu and let’s just say, we were hooked.
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Lock down food adventures – Introducing the small plate series
Hi Garmanvsfood family. How is everyone holding up currently? The last few weeks have taken the world by surprise, we are in a global pandemic and no one is equipped on how best to address this!
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Salon – Coffee, Chocolate, Amaretto
FEBRUARY! universally known as love(rs) month if valentine’s day is your thing! And no! I am not being a sour puss lol! I just think there are other things that make it a unique month. It is the shortest, albeit, the coldest month of the year. Plus, payday comes round quick no?
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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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Baan Khanita The Heritage, Iconsiam, Bangkok – because traditional Thai afternoon tea is a must
It is almost time to leave Bangkok and end this oriental tour. This past 4 weeks have been epic – reconnected with friends, met and made some new ones, seen some incredible sights and eaten some of the best food yet!
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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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Secret Garden, Ben Nghe, Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnamese tapas lunch and happy hour cocktails
Day 5 in Saigon and we have settled well into our rhythm of pool, sun, relax. We really are not eating much, no scrap that, let me try this again. We really didn’t have any food adventures planned because, aside from this being our first time here, we just didn’t know how and what to…
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Rice fields, Quan 1, Ho Chi Minh City – lunch in the Jungle, dinner at rice fields
Xin chào từ thành phố hồ chí minh meaning hello from Ho Chin Minh City aka Saigon. Yes, y’all we are in South Vietnam and have been here for a few days. The weather is fantastic! I have been soaking up the sunshine and getting much needed R & R sine we were always on…
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Café De Lambre, Chuo City, Tokyo – blanc et noir queen amber, coffee jelly and champagne glasses
This post is dedicated to the coffee house that is Café de Lambre. These guys make the best coffee in the world! Phew chile! these guys turn the traditional methods of making coffee into an art form. My lord the coffee here is amazing. I am a tea drinker, but, if I can get the…
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Ginza Kenyo Sake Cellar, Ginza, Tokyo – epic vibes is sake tasting & connections
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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