Food and travel blog focusing on food travel and sight-seeing, from Cardiff to the Caribbean
Christmas can be a stressful time of year. In between traipsing around town hunting for Christmas gifts, wrapping presents (and having a breakdown when you can’t find the end of the Sellotape), digging the decorations out of the attic, putting up the tree, ordering the Christmas turkey, and visiting friends and family, it’s very easy to forget […] Read more…
Kolkata (known as Calcutta until 2001, when it was renamed to suit its original Bengali pronunciation), the capital of West Bengal, was my first stop in India after flying in through Delhi Airport, and my visit here was connected to why I chose to visit India in the first place. While studying journalism at Cardiff […] Read more…
Baileys. This thick, creamy Irish liquer needs no introduction. It’s not really Christmas until I’ve knocked back at least a couple of these over ice. However, this festive tipple is actually just as tasty to use as an ingredient in Christmas baking, and in hot drinks. To mark Christmas this year, top London baker, Lily Vanilli, […] Read more…
Earlier this month, I was introduced to Grey, the new restaurant at the Hilton Hotel on Kingsway, Cardiff, in the form of a tantalising thirteen-course mini tasting menu. Overlooking Cardiff Castle, the restaurant gets its name from the order of Franciscan Grey Friar monks that used to live where the restaurant now lies. Grey opened […] Read more…
Wondering what to get this Christmas for someone who loves food? Forget traditional Christmas hampers full of chutneys and condiments that’ll never get used, or tacky cookery kits from the Boots 3 for 2 range. Show the foodie in your life you’ve put some thought into their present by giving them a personalised Christmas hamper […] Read more…