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RagusaMay 21, 2022May 19, 2026

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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small plate series St Lawrence GapFebruary 12, 2022May 16, 2026

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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London small plate seriesNovember 6, 2020May 21, 2026

Yauatcha – where dim sum is a fine dining experience

Aside from the slightly better weather in summer, another reason i love this time of the year is that my home town comes alive! Lots to see, eat, drink, do and just be! Plus, it is that time of the year where I get to spend time with the famz that i don’t get to see often because

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Bad RippoldsauSeptember 10, 2020May 22, 2026

Klosterle-hof, Bad Rippoldsau – ravioli, truffle, river Fish: a German style pub lunch

Gosh, I do love a road trip! You take detours, find gems, see new places and get to experience a place uniquely for you. We drove to Freudenstadt which is about an hour or so away from Baden-baden.

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Lisbon small plate seriesJune 6, 2020May 16, 2026

Tapisco, Lisbon, Portugal – People and good food done right

Tapisco happened a day after we had visited Local. What an adventure that was –the food was just fabulous. Anyway, it was a sunny afternoon in Lisbon, after being tourists for the day, we were hungry. Siesta, is not a ‘thing’ in Portugal per se, but on this particular day, we just could not find a place that was open

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London small plate seriesMay 30, 2020May 22, 2026

Hâm – An introduction featuring Quail and sirloin beef

Hâm an old English word meaning ‘homestead’ or more loosely ‘home’ is our local restaurant in Northwest London. We have been here on several occasions because their breakfast, brunch, is darn good but never tried any other menu’s.

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London small plate seriesMay 24, 2020May 22, 2026

Arthur Hooper’s – A charcuterie board, a cheese board + a taste of the Mediterranean

I kicked off January 2018 feeling refreshed and eager. We spent our Christmas holiday in New York, and it was well…. New York is no London for sure, I was not ready for the cold (FREEZING), noise, people, or the food!

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Amsterdam small plate seriesApril 30, 2020May 16, 2026

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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London small plate seriesMarch 31, 2020May 21, 2026

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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LondonFebruary 5, 2020May 15, 2026

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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BangkokDecember 25, 2019May 16, 2026

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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BangkokDecember 22, 2019May 21, 2026

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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LondonSeptember 21, 2019May 19, 2026

The Square, London – Scorpion fish, Beeswax, Grouse, chocolate and hammer

Lisbon was awesome but it is good to be back home. How are we? It has been an eventful September so far, doing the most with friends and family. I took my dear friend to a boodle fight aka kamayan

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LisbonSeptember 10, 2019May 16, 2026

Restaurant Sala, Lisbon, Portugal – ham brûlée, mushroom ice cream, wood and leather

It is a few days into our city break, and Lisboa has just been fantastic! I have soaked myself in the 30-degree sunshine. I mean come through sun kissed skin in September!

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LisbonSeptember 6, 2019May 16, 2026

Local, Lisbon, Portugal – 2 chefs, 10 seats, banana and cheese

For our city break this time round, we decided to try somewhere other than Barcelona, and here we are in the gloriously sunny and hot city of Lisboa!

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LondonJuly 28, 2019May 21, 2026

Petrus by Gordon Ramsay – flavour at first bite

Hi Garmavsfood family! How are we lovely people? You guys out there enjoying summer? Eating, drinking and living your best lives? Well I hope you are. North Sea jazz festival was freaking brilliant!

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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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