The food connoisseur blog started back in 2011, when the demand was high for recommendations to eat, see and do. The blog serves as a creative outlet writing an online journal for food places I’ve been and travelling exploring distant lands. Born and raised in London, I’ve always been passionate about food.Striking conversations with friends, family and strangers. In recent years I went on food hunts, exploring different cuisines, in some hidden bar, always out and about, going to events and living life to the fullest.
Barleylands Farm With just a 45-minute drive from East London. We arrived at Barleyland Farm in Billericay, Essex, owned by the Philpot family. The farm has 10 acres of arable land, and share the land with a village, Tiptree tearoom, attractions, The Magic Mushroom restaurant and you can even do camping. Passing the...
Billingsgate Market It’s not the usual location to venture for food. A fish market in Poplar, East London, but if you’re in the area and can get past the fishy smells in Billingsgate Market and need something to eat. Billingsgate Café is the place to go. With...
Arcade Food Theatre – Lavish food hall Tōu sandos
December 28, 2019 in Japanese
Arcade Food Theatre is a newish lavish food hall at Centre Point Tottenham Court Road. Under one roof is an impressive lineup consisting these 8 names TŌU, Lina Stores, Pastorcito, Casita Do Frango, Flat Iron Workshop, Oklava, Chotto and Popham. food halls Food halls are here to stay, my first ever experience was...
Day 8 – Queenstown | Onsen Hot Pools | Blue Peaks Apartments
December 27, 2019 in New Zealand, Queenstown
Kia Ora! The night after the wedding we were ready to jet off to the South Island of New Zealand. This is when all the fun stuff happens. The North Island and Auckland had been brilliant and you will fall in love with the country as soon as you land. With...
Opso – Greek Brunch fix
December 23, 2019 in Greek
Easter, it’s that much-needed bank holiday after New Year’s and I like seeing the Easter Specials at restaurants. It was a friend’s birthday in late April and she chooses Opso for a morning brunch date. Opso is located in Marylebone in between Baker’s Street and Regent’s Park. Opso ΟΨΟ is an actual Greek word meaning...
a moist airy fluffy pandan chiffon cake recipe
December 4, 2019 in Recipes
This light, fluffy, airy bright green coloured sponge cake is a favourite amongst the Asian community and is a crowd-pleaser for everyone. Pandan is a tropical plant, widely used in South Asian cooking. You can make fresh pandan juice by extracting it from the leaves. Or just...
puppy yoga class with Yoga Paws UK London
December 1, 2019 in Events
I did puppy yoga and it’s a thing. Currently, there are two companies running puppy yoga sessions in London. Yoga Paws UK and Pets Yoga are both so popular when each site release tickets the event sells out in 4 minutes. I know this because I was at checkout...
Hyper Japan Summer 2019 event
November 28, 2019 in Events
Hyper Japan Japanese Event Hyper Japan is one of the largest festivals held in London, that is all things Japanese culture related. Running twice a year usually at Olympia, Kensington. You find mouth-watering food stands that send queues around the corner, areas set up for the perfect photo ops, cosplay dress-up areas,...
2019 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales and promo codes
November 28, 2019 in Offers
2019 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales and promo codes Topshop Offer: 25% off everything http://tidd.ly/fe6f57fb Canon Offer: Black Friday sales http://tidd.ly/de50a7ed New Product Launch – Discover Canon Ivy Rec! – IVYREC20 – http://tidd.ly/7f5f21d Twinings Offer: Up to 50% of Twinings Collection Gift Sets http://tidd.ly/bebb6bf1 AllSaints 30%...
Flora Indica restaurant is named after a book with the same name by Sir Joseph Hooker. He was one of the botanists and explorers discovering over thousands of new exotic plants whilst travelling in India. These findings were captured in a book by the same name published in 1855. Flora...
This watch tells time, these are the opening words for the new apple watch series 5 ad. With my love of fitness, it made logical sense to add the apple watch series 5 to my smart tech collection. The sole purpose was to use it at the...
eggslut in London I blame social media for making me fantasize eggslut in LA. The constant stream of facebook videos and seeing images online making me bookmarking them for my must-try food list. I even dreamt of flying to the USA to have one of those sandwiches. Then rumour has it...
I’ve been on the hunt for a decent travel pillow for a very long time. With a super long-haul flight with over 24hrs and different connecting flights. I knew I had to try sleep as much as I can on the planes. The Trtl pillow was one of the...
When I heard that Coco Ichibanya was coming to London I was over the moon. Located at the former Abeno Too location in Covent Garden. Japan’s biggest curry house chain Coco Ichibanya opened up their very first UK outlet. My very first experience of eating at a Coco Ichibanya outlet was on...
Day 6 & 7 – Black sand beaches, I had an alpaca dream and wedding time
September 8, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand, Travel
Karekare Just 40km away from Auckland city you can discover a black sand beach in Karekare. When the temperature rises high, the black sand on the beach becomes so unbearable to walk barefooted. It was a cool breezy day parked up in the car park. We walked...
Bun House – Great for small eats
August 19, 2019 in Chinese
Bun house has been on the list to go to for a while now, it uses to reside in Greek Street, in Soho next door to Pleasant Lady Jian Bing Trading Stall which is also owned by the same group. Bun House closed down to be refurbished as Wun’s Tea room which as...
Top 5 free spots to do in London
August 13, 2019 in Things to do
Being a true Londoner, I get to discover plenty of hidden gems over the years. If you know me, I love to explore my local neighbourhood and be willing to travel far for a fun-filled adventure. Here are my 5 totally free spots in London, I love and go...
An invite from jet2holidays dropped into my inbox, to launch the two new Greek destinations flying to Lefkas and Parga in 2020 even creating the hashtags #jetme2thegreek #jetmetothegreek to mark the special occasion. Jet2holidays invited a whole bunch of influencers to an event to cook some Greek dishes, participate in a quiz and eat our hard earn...
Day 5 Spa date | Pescado | Giapo ice cream parlour
August 9, 2019 in Auckland, Just desserts
Day 5 From Kerosene Creek we drove back to Auckland back to our Airbnb location. The next day we headed to the spa for a girly day with our bride to be and ate lunch. Lemon, lime & bitters are something the Kiwi’s love to drink. Since...
Ginza Onodera London – A taste of Japanese afternoon tea
August 4, 2019 in Afternoon tea, Japanese, Just desserts
I’ve written a ton of afternoon tea articles on the site, many are the traditional British ones but I never ventured different cuisines. Ginza Onodera 銀座おのでら ロンドン offers a Japanese afternoon tea in association with Tsujiri only available on the weekends during 2-4pm. The price for the Japanese afternoon tea ranges from £29 to £72 and...
