The best thing about being a tour guide to those who visit is the motivational kick to find new things.I’m starting to realise that one afternoon of tour guide options just isn’t enough. Particularly since I’ve got my Mum turning up soon for a week. I have on module down pat. It goes a little […]
Eating out – London
There are lab coats and gloves. There are beakers. There are goggles. There are plumes of smoke and large canisters of liquid nitrogen. And then there’s some of the smoothest ice cream I’ve ever tasted. Husband and wife team Ahrash Akbari-Kalhur and Nyisha Weber have been making ice cream to order at the Chin Chin […]
“Brindisa started as a Spanish food importer, which is how they get the amazing ingredients for their tapas bar at the Borough Market. Gwyneth says it’s one of the best meals in town right now*) (*Food and Wine magazine). I may not always agree with Gwyneth Paltrow- but on this matter, she’s not far off. […]
Brixton is not where I expected to find the best pizza I’ve had in recent memory. Jerk chicken, yes. Callaloo,yes. But pizza- no. Brixton’s central market has an effervescent Afro Carribean atmosphere. There are plenty of pig feet to ponder in the butchers and there’s scads of cheap cleaning products and commercial size stew pots […]
To start with, it’s all about the button. There you are, sitting in a gilded leather booth that’s so ornate that you feel it might be time to stand up, push your serving of ‘Bobcorn’ away and get back to investigating a suspected felony on this luxurious train charging across Europe. ‘Bobcorn’ Except you can’t, […]