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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pollen Street Social, London – Social Sunday featuring my faves
It has been a few weeks since we returned from our South Africa break and you best believe I have been scouring the internet for independent wine shops that carry the pinotage wine!
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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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Creation Wines, Hermanus, South Africa – wine tasting is a brunch staple
Can I just say that Hermanus is just stunning! The landscape is gorgeous- hills, vineyards peppered across, long winding roads perfect for driving. *sigh* I could get used to this lol!
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Forage at Wilderkrans, Bortvier, South Africa – rituals, food of the land and Pinotage
The adventure at Wilderkrans was over 2 days and no folks, we did not eat the chef out of kitchen and restaurant either. Wilderkrans is a wine estate and Forage is the restaurant on the estate.
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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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