• Travel
  • Uncovering the real Singapore

    I got as far planning my trip to Singapore as I did with my “life to do” list back home in Portsmouth, which is quiet frankly zilch. Less than a week after deciding where to go I was off again, this time in the luxury of Jet Airways. I bloody love budget airlines and not just […]

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  • The Thomas Lord, West Meon, Hampshire

    cauliflower panna cotta, panna cotta, The Thomas Lord, Thomas Lord, Thomas Lord pub, cricket, cricketer, East Meon, West Meon, Springs Cafe, pop-up restaurant, Ye Old George Inn, Hampshire, The Royal Oak, black pudding, pork belly, fennel, buttermilk ice-cream, food blogger, food bloggers, foodies, mother & daughter food bloggers, travel blogger

    UPDATE 30/08/2016: I returned to the Thomas Lord today whilst out for a country walk with my sister. We sat in the garden at the rear which is very neatly kept. I had pulled pork in a brioche bun with onion rings and a side of chips as an extra which we shared. The onion […]

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  • There’s no place like home: Portsmouth, England

    England, english countryside, Manna, cafes, cakes, coffee, food blogger, food bloggers, mother & daughter food bloggers, Michelin starred restaurants, backpacker, travel, Portsmouth, Portsmouth night-life, tractor, Petworth, cycling, South downs, Gili T, Indonesia

    Surprising my parents with a visit home was well worth the 17 hour journey from Hong Kong via Moscow, even if my arrival time meant that I had to wake mum up, with her response being “is this real life or am I still dreaming?” Surprising my grandparents was even better, with nan repeatedly saying in […]