Author: Theodora

Four Off-the-Wall Asian Shopping Experiences

Four Off-the-Wall Asian Shopping Experiences

Asia’s food markets can be an intense sensory experience, from live fish down to gorgeous spices. But there’s more to markets than exotic fruit and spices. Here’s four Asian shopping experiences you should definitely try, for an insight into the culture more than anything. 1: 

Six of the Best Tapas Dishes

Six of the Best Tapas Dishes

One of the joys of any visit to Spain is the insanely civilised approach to eating and drinking. Meals start late – 9pm is about the earliest any Spaniard will ever sit down to dinner, and most restaurants serve until midnight – and are lingered 

A Steak as Big as Your Head

A Steak as Big as Your Head

Every nation has its own specific way of cutting meat – especially beef. Yet out of the myriad different meat cuts – onglet, anyone? How about a New York skirt steak? – there’s one that always shows up. Yes, there’s just something about the T-bone. 

The Best Restaurants in Ubud, Bali

The Best Restaurants in Ubud, Bali

Headed to Ubud? Bali’s arts, cultural and self-discovery capital boasts an amazing restaurant scene — so much so that it can be hard to pick where to eat. Current as of December 2017, this post includes (I hope) the very best restaurants Ubud has to 

Food for a Quid: Is This the World’s Finest Beer Snack?

Food for a Quid: Is This the World’s Finest Beer Snack?

I always come back from the Philippines feeling somewhat liverish. Which is probably because Manila is, IMO, the world capital of junk food, and I end up stuffing my face with everything from cheesy popcorn to the amazing Cebuano peanut brittle, then wondering why I’m 

Nancy’s Kitchen – the Best Nyonya Cooking in Malacca

Nancy’s Kitchen – the Best Nyonya Cooking in Malacca

Malacca (Melaka) is arguably where Malaysia began. Positioned on one of the most important shipping routes in the world, the Straits of Malacca, it rose from an island fishing village supplying passing seafarers with dried fish, to the epicentre of the spice trade, the first 

Restaurant Chartier – the Perfect Parisian Bistro

Restaurant Chartier – the Perfect Parisian Bistro

One thing everyone has to do when swinging through Paris, however quickly, is eat steak frites at a classic Parisian bistro. And, thanks to a tip from Kate McCulley, we did exactly that, at Restaurant Chartier. Set in the heart of Montmartre, in a listed 

20 Greek Foods You Have to Try

20 Greek Foods You Have to Try

Greek food doesn’t have the world’s best reputation. Much of it falls under the shadow of Turkish food – and, at the risk of alienating every single Greek reader, that’s because the Ottoman occupation left its mark all over the Mediterranean in culinary terms, and 

What Is Balsamic Vinegar?

What Is Balsamic Vinegar?

“What is balsamic vinegar?” Well, this staple of international food culture comes (all but the very worst of it) from the region around Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, where it is a local obsession. Think fillet steak in a balsamic sauce (filetto di manzo all’aceto balsamico), 

The Margarita: a Mexican(?) Classic

The Margarita: a Mexican(?) Classic

The Margarita has been a classic of Mexico holidays since the late 1930s, when tequila was at least as obscure as soju is today. A classic blend of grassy tequila with sour lime, sweet orange liqueur and a salt rim, the Margarita works brilliantly frozen,