Friday Favourites #2
A week has flown by and I’m on my holiday now! The one that I was desperately looking forward to this time last week. By the time you read this I’ll have visited Bordeaux and be on the way to the next leg of our …
Tag: Holiday
3moco – Praia do Ancão – Portugal
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 …
Talamone, Tuscany, Italy
To read more see A Weekend in Siena, Brunello Tasting in Montalcino and A Trip to Viareggio A weekend in Siena in Italy was on the cards for Dan and I, as we’d been invited to the wedding of a friend. Deciding to extend the trip …
A Quinta – Almancil – Portugal
Getting time with my family is one of my favourite things about Portugal, and tonight was a chance to catch up with my cousin Charlotte and her partner Ross who live out here year-round. We were spending the evening at one of their (and my) …
Enoteca MF – Cadaques – Spain
To read more check out my posts on Cadaques and hiking in Cap de Creus National Park. Tonight in Cadaques, Dan & I decided to go out on our own as all the others were eating in, so true to form, we picked the local …
Pequeno Mundo – Almancil – Portugal
Once again, my favourite night of the year – dinner at Pequeno Mundo – in fact I’ve already written about this amazing restaurant in my Top Restaurants in the Algarve Round-Up! It’s such a special place and has huge sentimental value for my family and …
Maria’s Restaurant – Praia de Garrão Poente – Portugal
Maria’s is my favourite beach restaurant in Portugal and you can read about it on my Top Restaurants in the Algarve Round-Up. Maria’s on a Sunday is always one of my favourite days of the year. It’s such an amazing atmosphere, lunch in the sun, the Outsiders …
Roasted Vegetable Salad with Shaved Parmesan
Feeding the 5000 at the beach in Frinton this weekend for bank holiday I decided to make a big filling salad but with not much time to prepare anything in the mornings I needed to make something I could prep the night before and assemble …
Cadaques – Catalonia – Spain
Read about my hike to Cap de Creus here! Cadaques, a little fishing port on the Catalan Coast in Spain was the destination for this week as I was spending the week with Dan and his extended family on their summer trip. I’d never been before and …
Love Brunch at Bovino – Quinta do Lago – Portugal
When I wrote my Top Places to Eat in the Algarve Round-Up I wasn’t able to give Bovino Restaurant much of a review having only eaten there once. However, Love Brunch is a new concept from Bovino Restaurant this year and having seen it advertised all over …
Garlic Butter Shrimp
This garlic shrimp recipe takes minutes to cook and it’s such a fun way to eat – communal style from a big pan! You start by melting the butter over a low heat in a large pan until it has fully melted.
Puglia (Day 4 – MY BIRTHDAY!!!)
Catch up on… Puglia Night 1, Puglia Day 1, Puglia Day 2, Puglia Day 3 Now anyone that knows me will know that I’m a bit of a birthday princess! I’ve even been accused of stretching my birthday out to a birthday month, encompassing the whole of June, but …