1) First launched over 50 years ago, these iconic Hunter wellies are now as much a style essential as a country classic. With the UK weather being as unreliable as our national football team, probably… Continue reading
Sometimes only noodles will do, even a cheap packet of instant noodles for me can satisfy an urge that I guess must be down to a comfort thing. As I sat staring at… Continue reading
Being food bloggers we get to do a whole host of exciting things, meet interesting and passionate people, try a wide variety of food, stay in stunning hotels. Never in a million years… Continue reading
1) Made from tough and durable melamine this pretty floral Iza Pearl Designs ‘Garden Party Cha Cha’ non-spill tray is a BBQ must. £11.99, english-table.com 2) If it’s just the two of you,… Continue reading
The birthday meal. A tough decision. After the overwhelming and unbeatable success of the pre-birthday meal at Polpetto I decided not to try to trump it. Instead I thought it may be a… Continue reading
Restaurateur Russell Norman has said several times ‘In a restaurant, service is as important, if not more so, than food. You can rescue an average food experience with excellent service, but no amount… Continue reading
When you have a grumpy hormonal son and possibly one the world’s fussiest eaters as a daughter, finding a suitable restaurant at our local shopping centre can be a nightmare. Luckily Oliver is… Continue reading
Before I visited The House of Ho I read a review on 60secondreviews.com which summed up this Vietnamese restaurant as ‘something different. some of it excellent, some of it pricey, some of it…… Continue reading
La Bodega Negra has a little sister all the way over in Shoreditch – Casa Negra. We haven’t been to La Bodega but have often admired it as we walked past, each time… Continue reading
It looks like Fred Smith‘s been busy again! The May special Miami Slice was launched and after the success of Mock Donald’s, he’s been working his little burger patterned socks off on the… Continue reading
We’d had a couple of full on weeks at work, the Easter and bank holidays had played havoc with the schedules and my stress levels. I thought the perfect antidote would be the… Continue reading
What is a pizza? We discovered recently that apparently a pizza with chicken as a topping is not a pizza, even worse, it is breaking pizza law. So what is it if it… Continue reading
1) China plates may look great but who wants to risk it when you can have smash-proof melamine picnicware? Apple print melamine plates £1.29 each and tumblers 79p each, dunelm-mill.com 2) It’s a… Continue reading
If you’re not a) A woman or b) Planning a hen night you probably stopped reading this at the headline. The Mad Hatter’s afternoon tea at the Sanderson is largely full of groups… Continue reading
We love Spain (who doesn’t?) and especially the stunning colour and vibrancy of Barcelona. On our last visit we used the Grand Hotel Central, with its amazing rooftop pool as our base camp… Continue reading
Nestled up high in the rather faded and archaic looking Royal Garden hotel is Min Jiang. A proper old-fashioned yet luxurious Chinese restaurant that boasts stunning views over Hyde Park. Layers of lush greenery… Continue reading
We must have walked past The Andaz Hotel hundreds of times and we didn’t know it was there. Even when we were looking for it the task wasn’t any easier. We passed it… Continue reading
Much to Ade’s dismay I adore blossom, ahhing at every fluffy flourishing tree that we drive past and clipping off a teeny sprig to put by our bed. I jumped at the chance to… Continue reading
Pan Asian/fusion food scares me a little, I usually prefer my meals to be one or the other but Ekachai has been going for over ten years so I guess they must be doing… Continue reading
** THE BIG RED IS NOW A POP-UP CALLED WÜNDERLUST ** Half term = an agonising time trying to find things to keep the kids occupied, when said children are at that awkward… Continue reading
