Before we had even booked our flights to the UK, but knowing that we would be going, I quickly jumped online to book a table at Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck, three months in advance. Because priorities! We had to prepay for the full meal with the booking which cost 325ยฃ per person. A hefty […] Read more…
I’d only been to Tang Dynasty on the Kingston Foreshore once when it first opened a few years ago. After seeing a 50% discount on The Fork app, I booked in (a couple of times) with some friends. Peking duck pancakes ($12.50 for a serve of two) come filled with large meaty slices of duck, […] Read more…
Following on from our adventures eating around Bruges in Belgium, we flew to England and hired a car to get around. After visiting friends in Telford, we drove down to Bath and stayed a couple of nights. I learnt some new lingo – a ‘cream tea’ which appears on most menus in the UK is […] Read more…
There’s a new pop up restaurant in town. Located at Kingston’s Green Square (corner of Eyre and Jardine Streets), Kiosk is headed up by ex-Bar Rochford’s chef Louis Couttoupes. The menu is written up with chalk on two blackboards – one outside and one inside. I’m solo for the evening, and get my pick of […] Read more…
Following on from the chocolate and waffles consumed in Bruges, we also had a fair share of mussels, frites, beer and other Belgian cuisine. Brasserie Cambrinus We were on the hunt for dinner during our first night in Bruges and stumbled across Brasserie Cambrinus, a Belgian pub. It looked like a traditional pub, housed in […] Read more…
My friends and I caught up for a Korean BBQ dinner at Insadong in Gungahlin. At 6pm, there are already 6 tables of diners busily cooking away. I’m the first to arrive and wait for the others. My friend asks for the menus, and tap water and plastic cups are provided at the same time. […] Read more…
Following on from all the chocolate shops visited around Bruges in Part 1 and Part 2, this chapter is dedicated to waffles! In Bruges, there are two main types of waffle sold – Liege or Bruxelles waffles. Liege Waffle – small slightly dense waffles filled with chunks of pearl sugar which give it crunch, some […] Read more…
Following on from Part 1 Belgian chocolates (Guild of Bruges Chocolatiers), here I explore the other chocolate shops not associated with the Guild (meaning the actual chocolate may be imported from elsewhere). La Belgique Gourmande La Belgique Gourmande was one of the few shops open late so we stopped in to have a look. La […] Read more…
Note: We were invited to try the new loaded hotdogs at The Bavarian in Woden, however all opinions are my own The Bavarian recently launched a range of three loaded hotdogs on its menu, and we got to go in to try them out. All loaded dogs are $18, come in a brioche bun and […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Spain – Seville, we flew to Brussels and caught the train to Bruges for three nights. Bruges is chocolate heaven! There are so many chocolate shops to check out and I made sure to stop by as many as possible. During our first full day, after some sightseeing, we were […] Read more…
