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Continue reading →: Premier or Not so Premier Inn?!I’ve definitely spent my fair share of time in hotels, sometimes living in them for 6-12 months at a time. A mixture of living in, holiday and business use of hotels, both in the UK and Overseas, has given me experience of all kinds of standards. Over the last 5…
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Continue reading →: Product Review – Essential Cuisine Stock
One of the most basic, yet most important ingredients in any kitchen has to be Stock. From Gravy to Soup, Sauce to Stew, a good quality stock is the base of so many great dishes, yet far too often its an ingredient that is overlooked or taken for granted. Now…
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Continue reading →: Product Review – Nelsons GoldA while back I received a bottle of Wild Knight Vodka. The most stunning bottle of Vodka I had ever seen. I do like Vodka, it just isn’t my go to tipple plus I rarely drink it indoors. It was therefore a while before I actually opened and tried it.…
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Continue reading →: The Weekend Traveller – The Airport LoungeI’ve travelled through many airports around the world, even having the pleasure of working in some, but lets face it, they are not the most enjoyable part of any trip or holiday. People are stressed, prices are steep, quality in some is appalling and to top it all off, there…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – Masons – Manchester RestaurantThere seems to be an endless stream of restaurants opening month after month, can they all survive? We are already seeing a huge number close, as there are only so many customers. Unlike cities like London, it appears that the main source of customer for Manchesters Restaurants, are the locals.…
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Continue reading →: Out and About – Festa ItalianaIf like me, you like to plan your summer getaway around all the foodie events that take place throughout the summer, one that you just need to be aware of is ‘Festa Italiana’ Last June Maurizio Cecco, owner of Salvi’s, organised the 3 day event, where Manchester’s Italian community transformed…
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Continue reading →: Tried and Tested – The Saucy Affair
I’m really not a fan of ready-made sauces – maybe its the ‘Authentic Italian’ Pasta Sauces my mum used to use when I was younger – you know the ones, made in Holland that taste nothing like an authentic Italian sauce, and have all sorts of things added. I also…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – Dishoom – ManchesterA review of Dishoom in Shoreditch before their opening in Manchester
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Continue reading →: Tried and Tested – KombuchaKombucha? What even is that ?? – This month I was sent not one, but THREE different makes of Kombucha to try as part of a taste test panel. I have to be honest, I had never heard of this stuff before – so I needed to find out what…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – Lunya – Manchester
Who doesn’t some love Spanish food!! Well those in Manchester definitely do, with an abundance of Spanish Restaurants to choose from, they all have to make sure that they stay at the top of their game to survive. Lunya is one such Restaurant that does just that. A family run affair,…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – Brewski Chorlton
Chorlton is never short of new openings, all with their own twist, this one being no different. Brewski has replaced a number of short lived venues that have been housed in what used to be Abode on Wilmslow Road, Chorlton, since it closed its doors last year. A Canadian themed…
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Continue reading →: Product Review – Balsajo Black Garlic
For far too long, black garlic has been the ingredient of fine dining restaurants, a hint of luxury and a treasured ingredient alongside other pleasures such as Truffle. It wasn’t until I started to use the stuff at home that I realised just how versatile and easy it was to…
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Continue reading →: Holy F#*K Sauce
A few years back, I was planning one of my trips down to visit family in South London. Instead of staying in sunny Croydon, I opted to stay in Shoreditch, as my nephew was working in the ACE Hotel there. Before heading down, I reached out on twitter for a…
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Continue reading →: Tried and Tested – Nutural Almond Paste
One of the best things about being on the Tried and Tested TV panel, is that you get sent products to try and review, that you wouldn’t usually ever try. Its these products that usually throw up the biggest surprises. Nutural Smoked Almond Paste is one such product. Nutural World…
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Continue reading →: Tried and Tested – AMAZ-IN Liqueur
Did someone say Chocolate?? Along with Cheese, Coffee and Red Wine – Chocolate has always been one of my favourite things, its one of those great ingredients that can differ hugely between different producers and origins. On this taste test I was lucky enough to be able to try out…
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Continue reading →: Tried and Tested – GIN -English Drinks CoI only really got into Gin well into my 30’s, it wasn’t something that I really liked when I was younger, and never got caught up with the Gin and Juice generation, however in the last 10 years, I’ve really started to enjoy it more and more. The subtle hint…
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Continue reading →: Tried and Tested – Quoats
I’m not a big breakfast eater – unless I’m off work or away on holiday. My usual morning ritual consists of grabbing a Nespresso, drinking it and then heading for the door. I have however on the odd occasion had one of those instant porridge things, only if I’m feeling…
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Continue reading →: Tried and Tested – Hari Ghotra Curry Kits
Anyone who knows me, will be well aware of my love for curry. I took an Indian Cookery course whilst at college many many years ago and that ignited my love of cooking with fresh spices in order to make a taste explosion. More recently having lived and worked in…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – The Courthouse – KnutsfordI’ve walked past the impressive building in Knutsford a fair few times and often wondered, why nothing was being done with it – recently I found out it somebody actually was. The Old Cheshire Courthouse was built in 1818 and enlarged in 1840 to increase the size of the prison…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – 20 Stories – ManchesterFollowing my review of London’s Highest 24 Hr Restaurant (Duck and Waffle) last weekend, I was now going to experience Manchester’s new Highest Restaurant. 20 Stories is being launched by D&D London under the watchful eye of Aiden Byrne, who was previously at Manchester House, and I was lucky enough to…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – The Breakfast ClubWhilst away for the weekend in Shoreditch – London, eating good food was a must. After all, this place is a bit of a foodie heaven. Breakfast was no exception. With so many places to choose from, one of the must do’s was ‘The Breakfast Club’ – described as a…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – Duck And Waffle – LondonFor quite a while now, I have been wanting to try out Duck and Waffle in Shoreditch London. I have visited the area a number of times, being from South London and still having family there, and my nephew spending time as a manager at a well known Shoreditch Hotel,…
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Continue reading →: My Travel PassionThose who know anything about me, know about my love of travel. But few people actually know where it all stems from. I never got to travel abroad as a child. All our summers were spent in a caravan in Selsey. In-fact it wasn’t until I was in my 20’s…
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Continue reading →: Food Tourist – 1761 Restaurant – Manchester1761 and Lily’s Bar opened all the way back in November, unfortunately I am usually away most of December / January and so hadn’t yet had the chance to try out the Manchester newcomer.. Until now that is. 1761 introduces itself as ‘An Independent, British Restaurant, passionate about fresh, seasonal…
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Continue reading →: Product Review – Rapeseed Oils – Crush
I once lived on a beautiful Island in Greece. For the few years that I was there one of the traditions I followed, was to get my hands on some locally pressed olive oil. This was collected and pressed by the children on the island over their winter holidays.. unfiltered…
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