SEVENTY FOUR Charlotte street come to the front NOOOWWWW!!! You lot did your big one with this menu. I should have known it was going to be fantastic, the head chef is Ben Murphy and he cooks up a STORM!
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Bloempot, Lille, France – roasted vegetable broth, sunflower tartlet, Pear sorbet lunch
And just like that, 2026 has arrived!
Hope you lot have had a good Christmas and new year break with your loved ones. Mine was a mixed bag, the winter blues struggle is REAL. Nonetheless, looking forward to 2026 food adventures which will be a little different this year I reckon.
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Counter 71 – The Brixham Cuttlefish is giving main character energy!
Joe and his team at Counter 71 kicked off the London food adventure season and they did the darn thing! The weather was fantastic (spring really be trying to come through). The city was buzzing with people out and about, oh how I have missed the London food scene!
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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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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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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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Noni, Valletta, Malta – A love day special with sea Urchin, Pagru, pickled dates and Mgarr strawberries
I swear February has got to be the best month of the year. No, not because it’s your girls’ birth month or that it also is Valentine’s day, but the fact that it is the shortest month of the year! You finally feel you are getting over the January blues;
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The Dairy – Chicken liver mousse, Peach sorbet, Cherry bake well
Exactly thirteen months to the day today! What a day this was! Started with reggae brunch celebrating a friend’s birthday. Let me tell you something, I have never been to a reggae brunch before but boi! I am for sure going to the next one! It is a whole Vibe.
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Sticky Mango – a little taste of South East Asia
Some of my friends still don’t understand why I spend hours eating a meal which they opine not to be filling very satisfying either.So, I decided that ever so often I would treat my sceptics to food adventure and here we are!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Restaurant Fraiche, Oxton, Wirral – double entrées, monkfish and encore desserts
It is 3 days to my birthday and the celebrations are in full swing. Nope, it is not a milestone birthday, but I made a conscious decision to celebrate regardless. Why? well, aside from the fact that it is the one day of the year that is mine, why not?
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