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Hidden Treasures Fish House Restaurant Budaiya
What a find! The special kind of discovery where you just stumble across it and could very well have driven straight past. A classic case of ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’. This very basic restaurant serves up the most delicious fish and seafood at a very reasonable price.
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Hidden Treasures Mithaas
Welcome to my second Hidden Treasure instalment. Mithaas is a restaurant I have been meaning to try for some time. It is a pure vegetarian Gujarati restaurant. My family are originally from the Gujarat, a state in India which is almost 100% vegetarian. As a result it is quite possibly the best veggie cuisine in the world. Gujaratis have learned how to use vegetables, beans and pulses in the most exquisite ways. This is the food I grew up with.
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Hidden Treasures – Haji Gahwa
Every week I hope to bring you a culinary hidden treasure. Those places that foodie’s long to discover and locals want to keep as their little secret. These aren’t flashy, fine dining, celebrity chef establishments but serve the most traditional, exquisite food. There’s really nothing more satisfying than finding one of these gems.
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A New Life (and an apology)
I have an apology to make Dear Reader. I’ve neglected my blog in recent months. The move to Bahrain made me lose my blogging mojo somewhat. Even though I continued to cook and post on Instagram and (of course) ate out (a lot!). Unfortunately I had what they call ‘writer’s block’. This post is going to be more about our move & the emotions involved and then once that is off my chest I promise I’ll get back to the business as usual of food!
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Summer is here!
We were lucky to be invited to Taste of London by Shawbury Wines. We bought a LOT of vino which was delivered very promptly and will no doubt be drunk over the coming summer months. As usual a great day was had, full of food and drink. I found some wonderful sauces by The Sauce Shop.
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Our South African Adventure Part 3 – Fabulous Foodie Cape Town
The final part of our amazing holiday in South Africa was spent in an absolute foodie wonderland. Rightly or wrongly the Michelin guide doesnt cover Africa. I personally think that if it did then SA would certainly give other world renowned restaurants a run for their money. The other side of the argument is of course that maybe the fresh exciting talent in SA and Cape Town in particular doesn’t need confirmation from an old crusty institution that they are absolutely fabulous!
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Our South African Adventure Part 2 – Impodimo Lodge, Madikwe Game Reserve
I apologise in advance for this blog post as for once food was not upmost in my mind when on our intrepid safari adventure. Most unusually food took a back step and allowed the spectacular wildlife to take centre stage. At times what we experienced left us so...
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Our South African Adventure Part 1 – Johannesberg
We have had the most fantastic few weeks in beautiful South Africa. Starting with a night in Johannesburg and then onto Madikwe Game Reserve near the Botswana Border. Our trip completed with a week in Cape Town. Throughout the food and cuisine were out of this world...
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Culinary Genius
On Mother’s Day 2017 I was fortunate enough to compete on Gordon Ramsay’s new cooking show, Culinary Genius….
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