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  • Boulangerie Victor Hugo, Southampton

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    UPDATE: 13/06/2017 – Sadly, for reasons unknown by myself, this place has now closed.  Such a shame as it was so nice to go to an independent, and authentic café, instead of the same old places you find in every high street. Back in October Helen and I visited Boulangerie Victor Hugo in the High […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats : 05/12/2014

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    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 L-R 1. Some serious food porn here. Helen enjoyed this beautiful dish, blueberry & ricotta hotcake (like an American pancake) with organic maple, seeds and double cream […]

  • Australia
  • Top Paddock: Richmond, Melbourne

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    I’ve spent the whole of 2014 searching for local bars and eateries yet to be discovered by tourists and bloggers and have had my fair share of luck during my travels through Asia. It may seem strange then, that since touching down in Melbourne I’ve become addicted to UrbanSpoon and have acquired a ‘wish list’ so large […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Rosie’s Vineyard, Southsea, Portsmouth – PERMANENTLY CLOSED

    UPDATE 2020: Unfortunately Rosie’s has permanently closed. We are so sad, it was a lovely place with great food, wine and music! We miss it very much. There’s a new eatery there now called The Beacon which serves fries, burgers etc., UPDATE: see bottom of post In all the years Rosie’s Vineyard has been in […]