• Chichester
  • El Castizo, Chichester, West Sussex

    El Castizo, Chichester, West Sussex, tapas, tapas restaurant Chichester, Spanish tapas, Spanish Chichester, Spanish restaurant Chichester, tapas restaurant Chichester, Rioja, ivy wines, Emsworth, Anares Rioja reserve temperanilllo, Anares Rioja, PX sherry, Solomillo al pedro ximenez, Morcilla con padron, Montadito, Tortilla de patata, Chistorra, flamenco,

    Geoff and I visited El Castizo one Friday lunchtime at the beginning of May. We weren’t sure if we would be able to get a table so Geoff hovered in the car outside whilst I ran in to see. I liked James the owner straight away, he was friendly and helpful about parking and by calling […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Koh Thai Tapas, Southsea, Hampshire

    sticky rice, Jasmine rice, Koh Thai Tapas, Koh Thai, tapas, Thai, Thai food, massamann, massamann curry, curry, lamb massamann, red thai curry, red thai, chillies, hot chillies, hot curry, spring rolls, Southsea, Portsmouth, Kings Road,

    Koh Thai Tapas in Southsea is another place on my ‘to-do’ list amongst many, many others. Finally, two weeks ago my sister Gill and I paid them a visit using a Groupon voucher. This was to be my first visit to a Thai restaurant and their food – apart from the odd Charlie Bigham red […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats : 22/05/2015

    Om Nom Kitchen, Melbounre, Chocolaterrarium, Ella's Yummy Delights, cheesecake, Ferrero Rocher, Sweet treats, livelifelovecake, this week's sweet treats, The WitchEZ, Brighton, tapas, Southsea, Portsmouth, Sant-Yago, cocktail bar, crumble, Om Nom, Melbourne, Australia, sponge cake, Victoria Sponge, birthday cake, cattle, cow, cattle station, cow cake, cow birthday cake, bull, outback,

      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 in England and Australia. Here’s five of our favourites! Clockwise from L-R: 1. Helen and her colleague enjoying some blondies baked by Helen for ‘smoko‘, an Australian outback cattle station speciality. Not feeling […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Sant-Yago Tapas & Cocktail Restaurant, Southsea

    Sant-Yago, tapas, Southsea, Portsmouth, Clarendon Road, tapas bar, tapas restaurant, tapas Portsmouth, tapas Southsea, food blogger, foodie, Spanish,

    Sant-Yago in Clarendon Road, Southsea, Portsmouth is a tapas & cocktail restaurant and another of those places which has been on my ‘must visit’ list, of which there are many. It was my birthday and although I’d already celebrated the evening before with friends at Annie-Jones in Petersfield (which also has a tapas bar as well […]