Alentejo is set to be Portugal’s next big destination for food lovers, and this feast was here to prove it. In the The town of Vila Viçosa is home to no more than 9,000 residents. This little place, nestled in the Évora district in Alentejo, is barely a speck on the map of Portugal. But […]
Crush Festival: A Day Of Food, Wine & Music In The Adelaide Hills
One Sunday earlier last year, I took to the Adelaide Hills in South Australia for the annual Crush Festival. What this festival entails is many of the wineries in the Adelaide Hills wine region opening their doors for the day. They put on an event with food, wine, music and good times, and you make your way […]
12 Travel Moments & 12 Eating Experiences To Mark The Last 12 Months
I know we are already a week into 2016, but in Spain it doesn’t really feel like the New Year gets properly underway until the Three Kings have come on the evening of the 5th of January and thrown literally thousands of kilograms of sweets in the air. This is followed by the final public holiday […]
When Everything Looks Bleak (Or, That Time I Found Awesome Gluten Free Lunch in North Wales)
It has to be said, eating gluten free in the UK was a lot more difficult than I expected. I mean, I always found something, but it would have been nice to not get accidentally “glutenised” several times. In cosmopolitan London, initial requests to find out the gluten free dishes on the menus were met with blank stares. “G-whaaaaaaat?”. In North Wales, the reaction […]
The Passion of Alentejo
I make no secret for my unwavering love of Portugal, but ever the hispanophile, I can always argue that people from Andalucía are some of the most passionate people on the planet. There is something about the fiery, passionate nature of Southern Spain… Whether it’s the 80-something year old man who works in the alimentacion around the corner from […]
“Tasting Lisboa” to Learn About Lisbon’s Culture and Identity
The first thing that struck me about Lisbon was the melting pot of cultures that were going about their daily business in the perfectly aligned streets and monumental squares of the Baixa neighbourhood. Whether it was the men from the west coast of Africa, who were proudly donning their traditional, bright coloured dress, perhaps without a place to call home […]
All the Asian Food I Ate So Far in Sydney
When I started writing my last post about Asian food, All the Asian Food I Ate So Far in Adelaide, it was originally titled All the Asian Food I Ate So Far in Australia. It was supposed to be an epic overview of everywhere I had been across the country across two cities, but when I […]
Sunday Brunch: Sotto on West
This wasn’t the first time that I’d been to Sotto on West. Since discovering it a couple of months back, I’ve visited several times. It’s conveniently located just five minutes walk from my family’s apartment in Crows Nest, where I am staying while in Sydney, and they have free WiFi to boot. Boom. They also have […]
All the Asian Food I Ate So Far in Adelaide
One of the things I miss most while being in Spain is Asian food, and it’s one of the things I most look forward to when I return to visit Australia. I know what you are thinking. Why Australia? Asian food is better in Asia! Of course, it is. Vietnamese food is best eaten in Vietnam, Thai food […]
Don’t Booze and Luge
I have to admit, the first thing that drew me to the Skyline in Rotorua was not the fact that my grandmother was paying for me to visit. Nor was it the attractions at the top. It was the Volcanic Hills Winery. I’d heard they had a tasting room at the top of the cable car, […]