Vietnamese food is up there with my favourite global cuisines and so visiting Hanoi, the central hub of the Vietnamese street food scene, was a bucket list experience that I wanted to make the most of. On our first day in Hanoi we signed up for a street food tour to get a feel for … Continue reading Hanoi: A Street Food Tour
Before travelling to Vietnam I asked a few friends for advice about where to go and what to do. One friend had spent a year travelling the world with her husband and then four-year-old daughter and wrote about her experiences on her blog, Fog and Wonder. The very first tip she shared with me was … Continue reading Sapa: A Two-Day Trek With a Local H’mong Guide
Hue, the 19th century Imperial capital and once the seat of the Nguyen Dynasty, was the third destination on our tour through Vietnam. Hue might not be as big and as popular as Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, but it has just as much if not even more history and some incredible food. It … Continue reading Hue: Highlights
The old port town of Hoi An in Central Vietnam is celebrated for its bright, yellow old town and the colourful lanterns that decorate almost every building in the town. I’d heard Hoi An compared to Luang Prabang, Laos which I absolutely fell in love with during our time there last year for its amazing … Continue reading Hoi An: Highlights
The buzzing capital of Vietnam certainly meets expectations where hustle and bustle and motorbikes are concerned. But Ho Chi Minh City (or HCMC) is more than the rumble of motorbike engines - there's a fair amount of history here, particularly relating to the Vietnam War, and foodie destinations too (more on that here). Here's just … Continue reading Ho Chi Minh City: Highlights
Ho Chi Minh City - conveniently abbreviated to HCMC and still often referred to as Saigon AND importantly the home of the banh mi (Vietnamese baguette). HCMC was the first stage of our journey through Vietnam and a great place to delve straight into the food scene! Here's a few of the highlights. PropagandaNot far … Continue reading Ho Chi Minh City: Food & Drink
The Water House Project is a supper club in Bethal Green by Chef Gabriel Waterhouse aimed at making seasonal fine dining more accessible and more social. I came across it on Instagram where I was immediately captivated by the innovative ideas and creative menu - in particular a cheese course of Perl Las blue with … Continue reading The Water House Project: Social Fine Dining in Bethnal Green
It will come as no surprise that I’m quite the cheese fan. I was recently trying to think of which cheese features most heavily on this blog and I actually think it’s probably feta. It’s interesting because I’m not sure that I’d put feta as my favourite cheese - probably more like a crumbly Stilton, … Continue reading Dukkah-Coated Feta Bites
Yesterday we went on a lovely and somewhat windy walk in the English countryside. (I tell you what - the cup of tea at the end of that walk was the BEST THING!) Anyway, along the walk we came across some teeny tiny wild violets in the cover of the hedgerows. Wild violets are very … Continue reading Wild Violets
"Eager anticipation" doesn't quite do justice to the lead up to my first ever three Michelin star dining experience. As soon as the date was in the calendar for our reservation at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea my appetite started building! We arrived well in time for our reservation (did I mention I was eager?) … Continue reading Restaurant Gordon Ramsay: My First Three-Star Dining Experience
A Year in Dinners 