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rotterdamJuly 12, 2019May 22, 2026

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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LondonJuly 6, 2019May 21, 2026

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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AmsterdamJune 22, 2019May 21, 2026

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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SorrentoMay 21, 2019May 22, 2026

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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SorrentoMay 20, 2019May 21, 2026

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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LondonMay 11, 2019May 7, 2026

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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LondonApril 7, 2019May 21, 2026

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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LondonFebruary 16, 2019May 21, 2026

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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AmsterdamFebruary 3, 2019May 22, 2026

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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LondonJanuary 12, 2019May 21, 2026

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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LondonDecember 21, 2018May 19, 2026

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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LondonDecember 15, 2018May 19, 2026

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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LlandrilloDecember 1, 2018May 21, 2026

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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LondonOctober 20, 2018May 19, 2026

The Ledbury, London – Bantam’s egg is no ordinary egg!

Hey guys, how we doing? It’s October folks! Autumn is upon us, but we still feel the love of summer in the air. Summer ’18 has been glorious! Your girl still has not had the need to put on her tights since end of March?! Come through sunshine!

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LondonSeptember 29, 2018May 21, 2026

Tom’s Kitchen, London – milk chocolate and peanut butter parfait is ERYTHANG!

Tom’s kitchen by Tom Aikens was never really on our radar per se. We had heard about him. However, it was only when we sampled a few of his dishes at the Social Sunday we knew we had to go sample his cuisine.

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BarcelonaSeptember 9, 2018May 29, 2026

L’Angle, Barcelona – a grandiose eating affair

Our last food adventure on our mini break in Barna took us to L’Angle. I must admit I have struggled with not only how to caption this entry but how best to describe the experience.

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BarcelonaSeptember 8, 2018May 22, 2026

Restaurant 2254, Barcelona – food reunion so good!

Ahh Restaurant 2254, how I have missed you so! Neal and I have reconciled ourselves with the fact that anytime we come to Barna, we must visit this place. Why? Because the food is just THAT good!

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BarcelonaSeptember 7, 2018May 22, 2026

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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LondonAugust 11, 2018May 21, 2026

AULIS, London – 6 chairs, 6 strangers & 2 chefs

Aulis is a development kitchen owned by my food crush – Simon Rogan. I know! I know!! I become a groupie when I talk about this man, but I can’t help it, he is to me, the food god!

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Las VegasJuly 21, 2018May 22, 2026

Twist, Las Vegas – squid & prawn, eisrebe and pudding 2.0

Helloooo from LAS VEGAS! Yep, your girl is outchea in these Vegas streets, celebrating our girl’s 40th birthday. Come through Melanin and black girl magic, we are getting turnt up!

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