Cooking, Travel & Eating Out on a Grain-Free, Gluten-Free & Refined Sugar-Free Diet
The Ivy has seen quite an expansion in recent years. From one restaurant in Covent Garden they now have 8 other Grills and Brasseries dotted around London and the UK. They are also opening a new one in Soho next month along with many others planned for the …
Bala Baya is a new restaurant, just opened in Southwark and is the creation of the ex-head chef, Eran Tibi, from Ottolenghi’s Restaurant, who left to start this place up! There was an offer for 25% off on all bookings as it was the first month so …
I can always count on my mum to want to visit a healthy restaurant with me. We like the same kind of food and eat the same kind of diet (grain, gluten and refined sugar-free – amongst other things) so when I spent a day …
Madrid is such a gastronomic city with a huge tradition of cooking and eating, and the Madrilenos really know how to enjoy their food. The best restaurants in Madrid that I have visited are the authentic Spanish ones with long histories attached to them. They’ve …
One of my favourite things to do when I travel is to check out the local food markets. I love just wandering around, seeing what the locals eat and buy, trying a few things, maybe buying some lunch for a picnic and just generally enjoying …
A traditional Spanish Restaurant where the House Speciality is Steak cooked on a hot plate at your table! I took Dan to Casa Paco for Date Night on our last trip to Madrid as it’s his Dad’s favourite restaurant and he’s been raving about its steak …
Update: It seems that everyone loved the food here as much as I did. Andi Oliver and Kelly Miles have now got their own premises in Stoke Newington High Street. Check out Brunch at Andi’s Restaurant for info on the new place! Last night Dan …
Another date night tonight and this time it was my turn to be treated. A fabulous musical ‘Aladdin’ (which I highly recommend, *the genie was amazing* and even musical hater Dan agreed it was great) followed by dinner at Barrafina, a Spanish Tapas Bar, in …
If you’re travelling to Portugal, check out my Top Places to Eat in the Algarve Post here 3moco is the beach bar associated with the restaurant 2Passos (read my review here) a delicious seafood restaurant and probably one of the best ones in the area …
What a fabulous morning! Full of colour, culture, celebration and fun, spent at the Sikh wedding of our friends Divya and Pradip. Here’s Pradip with his best men – the outfit he wore was incredible and I think he loved the fact that he was allowed to carry …
Dan and I take it in turns every other month to take each other on a date night where we plan a special evening for the other person. Last time, he took me to The Ninth on Charlotte St (read about it here), a fairly new …
See my previous post A Wedding In Windermere to catch up! The next morning we ate another big breakfast (to sustain us on our walk obviously) and checked out of the hotel. Dan and I still had an entire day to spend in the Lake …