• Arundel
  • The Bay Tree Restaurant, Arundel – CLOSED FOR GOOD

    The Bay Tree Arundel closed, chocolate & salted caramel tart, The Bay Tree, Arundel, Tarrant Street, West Sussex, Arundel Castle, sweet chilli beef wrap, apple & rhubarb crumble,

    CLOSED! The Bay Tree Restaurant is on Tarrant Street in the lovely market town of Arundel in West Sussex – where two great places for coffee and cake happen to be too. The Bay Tree is again, one of those places which has been on my ‘must visit’ list for a while now (for well over […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 08/08/2014

    What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of some of the many sweet treats we’ve eaten this week. Clockwise from top left: 1. Deserts on a dessert island. Is that right? 😉 They sure do look delicious. Helen shared these with friends at Mahamaya Resort, Gili Meno, Indonesia. Sticky toffee […]

  • Travel
  • Finally time to start my backpacking detox; Gili Air, Indonesia

    sunset, Mowie's on the Beach, The Garden Cafe, gili Air Hostel, 7Seas, Lombok, Gili Meno Eco Hostel, Gili Meno, hostel, detox, backpacking, travel, Gili Islands, Gili Air, Gili Trawangan, Indonesia, Gili Air,

    Relax, we’re on island time  After eight days partying on Gili Trawangan and eating nothing but pizza and burgers, it was time to get away. I had planned to visit Gili Meno, the smallest of the three Gili Islands as this would give me the perfect opportunity to hide myself away for a few days, […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Bistro Montparnasse, Southsea

    blueberry cheesecake, Bistro Montparnasse, Southsea, Portsmouth, restaurant, Michelin Guide, petit fours, pork belly, poached pear, dauphinoise potatoes, spume, Buckwell's of southsea, European restaurant

    Bistro Montparnasse has been in Southsea, Portsmouth since 1999 and it’s always been somewhere I’ve meant to go to, but never quite made it. On Friday evening I finally paid them a visit along with my good friend, Catia. Read on to see what we thought of it… The restaurant has been in the Michelin Guide […]