Alicante, day trips and birthday eats
Being back in Spain felt like coming home. Buying tomate frito, olives filled with anchovy and maiz (toasted corn snacks) in the supermarket was the first step. We started every…
Category: Travel
My love affair with Spanish supermarkets
It’s simple. Spanish supermarkets are infinitely superior to UK ones. There are no chilled and frozen aisles heaving with ready meals and fish fingers, and the fresh produce is not…
Ginger chicken udon (Wagamama at home!)
There’s no noodle quite like udon. They’re incredibly thick, filling and comforting. Like the food version of a quilt. Being a secret Wagamamaholic (maybe not so secret), we decided…
Palma mi amor – top eats in the Mallorcan capital
On a recent amazing work project I had the pleasure of spending a few days in beautiful Palma de Mallorca. It wouldn’t have been somewhere I’d have thought of going…
My top 7 Kyoto eats
If Tokyo symbolises Japan’s modern future, Kyoto is its antithesis and allows you to step back in time and glimpse the Japan of old. From the weathered small dark wooden…
Nara – Deer, giant Buddhas and delicious curry
Nara is one of the oldest places in Japan, and in Japan when they say old they mean old. Some of the buildings there are over a thousand years old,…
My top 10 Tokyo eats
It’s now been a few weeks since I came back from Japan and every time I think about it it feels almost like a marvellous dream. A glimpse into a…
Japan day 4: Odawara
A perfect little day trip out of Tokyo, we chose to visit a centuries old castle just an hour’s journey from the capital at Odawara. Odawara is a gorgeous little…
Japan day 3: Ueno park Street food and more
We spent our morning (with jetlag finally beaten) wandering round Ueno park, jostling past the crowds of families and kids on their way to the zoo. We had planned to…
Japan day 2: Tokyo farmer’s market and more
We started our day in traditional Japanese style (as advised by my friend) with salmon filled onigiri, aka a large rice ball with filling, and a cup miso soup (which…
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