• Portsmouth
  • Las Iguanas

    Gunwharf Quays, Las Iguanas, creamy caramel cake

    UPDATE: 25/06/2017 see bottom of post- I love Las Iguanas. It’s a favourite with our family and we’ve been going for several years, the first being the branch at Royal Festival Hall in London, not long after they’d just opened up I imagine. We were really impressed with the whole experience, the food and the […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 07/03/2014

    bamboo cake, Cambodia, Malteser cupcake, Swallow Bakery, Chichester, Tutti Pole, Hungerford, meringue, Gu puds, souffle, carrot cake, Capers, Southsea

    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. Here’s five of our favourites! Clockwise from top left: 1. Bamboo cake from Cambodia. The correct name is Kralan and is a rice dish made of sticky rice with red beans, sugar, grated coconut and […]

  • Travel
  • Fun in the floating bungalow: Kampot, Cambodia

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    Top tip: don’t buy a bus ticket from the local pot dealer Our one and a half hour bus journey to Kampot lasted nearly five hours in a cramped non air-conditioned mini van and included various pick-up and drop-offs along the way. This is the norm in Cambodia with journey times often trippling if someone […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Capers Cafe, Southsea

    My husband and I decided to return to Capers Cafe in Marmion Road, Southsea today for brunch. We first paid them a visit at the beginning of December and again a week or two later and both times it had been very good, the service friendly with great food. We couldn’t get a seat at first so went […]