Mint Middleton Cocktails
Her Majesty’s Cucumber Chicken Crowns
Prince William Pork Wellington
Prince Harry Spiced Ginger Relish
Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall’s Organic Lemon Curd …
It’s easy to fall down a cake hole of sweets in Turkey. Before you know it you’ll be finishing every meal with a plate of syrup soused pastries or a tower of pastel cubes as soft as a toddler’s cheek.
If you fancied, a piece of baklava could pose as a metaphor for time spent in Istanbul. It’s layer against layer of colour and interest, contrasting stickily sweet with grit (some of which is nuts).
When it’s bad, it can be all too much. There’s too much noise (sometimes it’s from the pastry, sometimes from the crowds). It can be chaotic. But when it’s good, it’s sublime.
If you’ve made it to Istanbul, …
A follow up to my travel essentials. This one is from The Hungry One, aka ‘Mr Technical’.
When we travel with hand luggage only for a weekend away, this is what always comes with him. He sometimes has to work when we’re away. He likes to prepare for contingencies. He likes his technology.
The stuff below his, but the words are mine. He would explain it in much more precise detail.
1) iPhone, iPad
These don’t just come on their own. You can pick The Hungry One’s i-products out of a line up because they look like something Bruce Wayne would own. They’re sheathed in black kevlar cases made by Griffin. They’re ‘Independently tested …