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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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La Colombe, Cape town, South Africa – where food is theatre and the show’s dope!
On the 2nd night of our 3 day stint in Cape town, the rains came – Whoop! Whoop!!! And why this is exciting? Well, there has been a drought in the city and so having some rain fall is a blessing.
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La Pentola, Hermanus, South Africa – mushroom bread, Game sausage and KVW cognac
It is day 2 of our 6 days in Hermanus and the temperature has dropped slightly, it is winter after all in South Africa. Not as cold as London, but fresh – requires a scarf plus or minus a jacket.
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Gramercy Tavern, New York – butter that melts in your mouth, pork belly & cheddar rice ice cream
Been in New York for a few days and the food here has been lit! We decided to give Gramercy Tavern a try as it came highly recommended by the good folks at Restaurant Story and it did not disappoint!
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Musket Room, New York – the time we experienced New Zealand in New York
Musket room! o Musket room!! how I adore thee and what you do with food and wine! We didn’t just eat incredibly good food, we drank some darn good glasses of wine!
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Restaurant Story – Our Story night of storeos, dripping lard, orange wine and edible sweet wrappers
It’s been about 5 weeks since we have been back from our 17-day road trip around Europe celebrating Neal’s birthday. Summer ’17 has been pretty amazing so far.
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Champers, Bridgetown, Barbados – dinner comes with epic sunsets, sea views and dope Art
As our time on this beautiful island of Barbados comes to an end, we have dinner at the very elegant and artful restaurant called Champers. On my first morning in Barbados, the island god(s) blessed
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Pompadour by Galvin, Waldorf Astoria, Edinburgh, Scotland – menu Gourmand for the birthday girl
Another trip around the sun for little ol’ me! Hip! Hip! Hip! Hooray!!! I have spent the morning exploring more sights and sounds of the city! The Royal mile is such a delight,
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The Honours, Edinburgh, Scotland – where wine o’clock turns into a pudding delight
We are live in EDINBURGH!!!!! Soo excited as it’s my first time here and the food scene beckons!
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The Hand at Llanarmon, Llangollen, Wales – comfy chairs, cracking fire, best signs & excellent starters
It is crazy to think that we are already in the month of December and 2016 is coming to an end! What a year it has been eh?
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ROKA Restaurant – where sushi is a premium dining experience
We are back again at Roka, Charlotte street because our first stint had us intrigued. We found this place earlier this year whilst exploring, stopped for a wine spritzer and vowed to come back again
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Xerta Restaurant, Barcelona – catalan symbiosis, soap and water
Here I am back in Barcelona or shall I say Barna (as the locals call it). Why? well Neal had a conference, I happen to have some free time; and here I am!
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