The Foody Traveller
Ecuador – the home of Incas and other indigenous tribes, Spanish Colonial architecture, Panama hats, volcanos, the equator, great cities and scenery – Anna Hyman and Jackie Marriott set out to explore. This is the first of their reports. Latitude 0˚ Jackie had been eagerly anticipating standing on the Equator. A couple of years or […]
Following the uncertainty and the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, the Portuguese Government has prepared a contingency plan to avoid, as far as possible, disruption for British travellers to Portugal. The plan includes the following measures: • Visa exemption (trips up to 90 days) • Dedicated passport control areas/lanes for UK flights • Possibility of […]
Gina and I met up recently for a weekday lunch at Toomai Square in East Greenwich. A sleek and modern feel The restaurant is big and easy to find, occupying the glass-walled ground floor of a modern block at the corner of Woolwich Road and Vanbrugh Hill. It’s a big, high-ceilinged, light and airy space […]
The Chinese Wine Renaissance written by Janet Z Wang is a fascinating, interesting and eminently readable book. So fascinating in fact that I have promised myself that I will find time to sit down and read it cover to cover, instead of what I have been doing – dipping in and out as my fancy […]
We had enjoyed Wild and Game pâtés so much that, come last December, we decided to place a bulk online order for more, plus some other interesting looking goodies from the company, so as to stock up the freezer for Christmas and to last into the new year. With family off elsewhere and not being […]
Whilst I have eaten Filipino food from time to time and very much enjoyed the flavour and texture combinations, I have never ventured into the realms of cooking it, or to be honest even thinking about cooking it. Things are about to change however, thanks to ‘I am a Filipino – and this is how […]