Hello spring! long-time no see? You certainly have taken your time but I am glad to see you! The sun is out, the flowers are blooming and summer is on it’s way.
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Local & Co, Speights town, Barbados – Fish tea & rum tart
It is 6 days to Christmas, and 12 days to the end of the year! How are we feeling Garmanvsfood family? feeling the holiday cheer? getting into the holiday spirit? ready for some R&R and time with loved ones?
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Anglo – Silver birthday celebrations with Nnenne
We are celebrating Nne’s silver birthday! with a taster menu at Anglo! whoop! whoop!! Her first taster menu was a few years ago when we had lunch at Restaurant Story, and she is now a certified taster menu lover ha! It’s only right that almost six year’s later, we usher her 25th trip round the…
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Ramazuri Bristonomy, Budapest, Hungary – where the red tuna ceviche is to die for!
Hellooo from Budapest! Yes, here I am in Budapest, with my dear Tinu to watch the world athletics games 2023! Bucket list item (check). It has been a superb weekend of athletics and I still cant quite get over seeing some faves; live in the sports arena! When I tell you we were loud, We…
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PIDGIN – where the ‘bombay’ mix is giving version 10.0!
The first taster menu of the summer in London, and it’s in PIDGIN. What is very interesting about Pidgin is they offer tasting menu that changes every week?! When I say that this is not an easy feat to accomplish but these guys? Have it on LOCK! Like they have never served the same dish twice…
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Ginza Katsukami, Tokyo – birthday din dins Tonkatsu style!!!!
Time for another solar return celebration and I am fully embracing this era! Before we leave Tokyo for Kyoto and Osaka, to usher in my birthday,
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Six by Nico – black pudding scotch egg😮 #thatisall
I can not believe it is 5 days to Christmas! Where has the year gone? I hope you all are in the holiday spirit and looking forward to all the food, wine and family time. I know I am! Finally got a reservation at Six by Nico and today is the day whoop! Whoop!! Not going to lie, we are eating our way through this festive season .. because why not🤷♂️
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Risette, Valletta, Malta – Gold pork crackling🤔😮
Here we are at the our second wine merchants event, exploring the culinary delights offered at Risette Restaurant in Valletta.
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Chef’s table, Bugibba, Malta – A farewell
Our first experience at tasting the culinary delights of Chef James was last July with our friends for our anniversary din dins! The food was yummy and the extra care in ensuring Lucy had her preferred options made it even more special. Today we are back to experience his culinary delight one last time before the restaurant closes 😥
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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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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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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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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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ION – The Harbour, Valletta, Malta – kaluga Caviar, Gillardeau Oyster, foie gras & red snapper; an exceptional sea food adventure
Every food adventure we have been on has been unique but ION created one which was truly special – our first sea food taster menu! We secured a table on the last day of the restaurant’s 100 days with Chef Alex Dilling and let me tell you,
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The Golden fork, H’Attard, Malta – honey croissant, Pigeon on a stick and peach lollipop 😮
You know when you read up about a restaurant and you are like ‘yep, going to give this a go’ .. this is exactly how we felt about the golden fork. Plus, the executive chef Letizia interned with Heston Blumenthal at the Fat duck, so yeah, expectation was high and hanty did HER TING!!!
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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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Capo Crudo, Valletta, Malta – Burrata, Prawn tartare, and a double toffee delight 😮
How are we people? Have you enjoyed summer? Got out into these streets and mingled? Or is the anxiety level still on an all time high? Either way, hope you lot caught as much as or some sort of joy in spite of the Rona and what not
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Chef’s Table, Bugibba, Malta – Tuna tartare, wild seabass, strawberry celebration; anniversary din dins with friends
Okay month of July, I see you – doing the most this summer eh? We’ve had the tension of the footie (Euro Cup) and currently experiencing Olympics! In some ways, it has been bitter-sweet. It didn’t come home but the boys made us proud, super proud!
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59 Republic, Valletta, Malta – Chef Maria’s free style tasting menu is a culinary delight!
Hello July!!! How is it the second half of 2021 🤔? Don’t get me wrong the heat is still ON but I beg you someone explain to me why time suddenly feels like the year is on a sprint ha! How are we people? We venturing outside a bit more, enjoying summer as best we can
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